The Disability Lectures

May 16 2024 9 ep. 64 mins 440
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This annual lecture series celebrates the achievements of disabled people. The University is committed to establishing an inclusive environment, and we hope that this lecture series will be inspiring and empowering for everyone, particularly for our disabled staff and students. We hope that it will also increase understanding of the experiences of people living with a disability and of the creative and flexible support that may help them to flourish. The events are organised by the Equality and Diversity Unit and the Disability Advisory Group.

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2024 Disability Lecture: Changing the disability narrative - from unseen to understood

May 16 2024 59 mins  
Oxford and Harvard alumna Beth Kume-Holland shares her personal journey from Oxford undergraduate and researcher to award-winning CEO and international disability rights advocate. Disabled people make up 24% of the UK population and 1.85 billion people globally, but all too often disability and accessibility are afterthoughts across institutions, business and society. Beth Kume-Hol

2023 Disability Lecture: Going beyond standards in technology and accessibility

Jun 14 2023 63 mins  
Dr Jessica Boland shares her experiences as a hard-of-hearing/deaf academic in science and technology, and her passion for improving accessibility in higher education. Oxford University Annual Disability Lecture 2023 'Terahertz, Topology and Telecoil Loops: Going beyond standards’ Dr Jessica Boland (https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/jessica.boland) is an award-winning

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Aug 23 2022 78 mins  
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2021 Disability Lecture: The intersections of disability, science and academia

Jul 05 2021 73 mins  
Dr Hamied Haroon explores the intersections of disability, science and academia. All views expressed in the lecture are the speaker’s own. To download a transcript of the 2021 Disability Lecture, use the following link(s): Transcript - PDF version (download) https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/admin/disability/2021-05-24-uas-disability_lecture-haroon-slides.pdf

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Jun 01 2020 81 mins  
Dr Kate West, a neurodivergent student-turned-academic, reflects on the neurotypical University. To download a transcript of the 2020 Disability Lecture, use the following link(s): Transcript - PDF version (download) https://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/admin/disability/2020-05-27_kate_west_annual_transcript.pdf

2019 Disability Lecture: The Triple Cripples... creators, educators, rule breakers, and the personification of empowerment

Jun 13 2019 61 mins  
Jay Abdullahi and Kym Oliver, a team of two black disabled women, reclaim the word ‘cripple’ in their fight against three layers of discrimination. This year’s University of Oxford Disability Lecturers are Jay Abdullahi and Kym Oliver, a team of two black disabled women determined to reclaim the word ‘cripple’ in their fight against three layers of discrimination. Jay is

2018 Disability Lecture: That Way Lies Madness - Poets, Power, Health

Jun 04 2018 43 mins  
The Equality and Diversity Unit and TORCH are delighted to announce that Gwyneth Lewis will give the 2018 Disability Lecture. From Gwyneth Lewis's introduction to her lecture: "All good education should cause what feels like an intellectual nervous breakdown in the student. Otherwise, the institution isn’t doing its job of challenging them to abandon old ideas and to grow. For th

2016 Disability Lecture: A Psychiatrist's Experience of Depression

Jun 07 2016 60 mins  
Professor Linda Gask had a successful career as psychiatrist and academic, despite living with depression and anxiety. She speaks with candour about her experiences of periods of mental ill-health. From Professor Gask's introduction to her lecture: "I’ve always had an interest in people with common mental health problems – with depression, anxiety, eating problems – rather th

2015 Disability Lecture: Hilary Lister, from Jesus College to sailing solo around the UK

May 07 2015 56 mins  
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