I’m a member of many DDPOs, grassroots and community groups! Can you tell us why you wanted to get involved with the work to develop the Nothing About Us Without Us programme at People’s History Museum? The social model of disability was introduced to me in 2007, when I trained as a peer support worker for disabled people, by disabled trainers who taught the concept of D/deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs). My advocacy includes disability, LGBTI+, the ‘honour’ based abuse system, inclusive education, Stop the War, campaign for nuclear disarmament, appearance equality and other social justice causes! These are mostly based in Manchester, Bradford and Leeds, with some regional, national and international outreach. I am vegetarian, agnostic, dyslexic, neuro divergent, and have anxiety and depression! I’ve been visually impaired from birth which saved me from infanticide, a fate that befell intersex people born into my wider Pakistani Muslim family, hence my affinity for disabled people!!! I’m a straight, non-binary, intersex person/person with variations of sex characters/a hermaphrodite with attitude! I attended both special and mainstream school. I’m Anis (they), originally from Bradford and now living in Leeds. We asked Anis, Ruth, Hannah and Alison to tell us a little bit about themselves and their reasons for joining the team at PHM as a Community Curator. We will also have some exciting collaborations, including a project with internationally acclaimed artist Jason Wilsher-Mills, and a programme of events taking place both online and in the museum. Opening Wednesday 16 November 2022 until Mon 16 October 2023, this National Lottery Heritage Fund supported exhibition will be researched, curated and created by our four Community Curators, who have been working on the project as paid staff members since August 2021. Please would you tell us what visitors should expect to see at the museum next year?Ī core part of this programme will be a headline exhibition, ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’, exploring the history of disabled people’s activism past, present and future. To find out more about how we are creating Nothing About Us Without Us you can download the consultation and planning report for PHM’s 2022 – 2023 programme, which was developed through many conversations with disabled people with a range of impairments, guided by the museum’s Steering Group between 20. At present, they are heavily involved in the research that is going into the programme, beginning with PHM’s own collections and archives. The team of four, Anis, Ruth, Hannah and Alison have now been in position since the summer. They have also led on the appointment of Community Curators, who all identify as disabled people. It is wonderful to see it starting to take shape and come to life. This programme will include themed exhibitions, events and activity developed in collaboration with disabled people.Ī Steering Group of disabled people, who have been working with the museum on various projects since 2017, are guiding the way forward in all areas of the programme. Can you begin by telling us a little bit about PHM’s programme for next year and the work behind the scenes to get us here?Īcross 2022 and throughout 2023 People’s History Museum (PHM) will focus on exploring the history of disabled people’s rights, activism and fight for inclusion. Nothing About Us Without Usĭisabled People’s Activism: Past, Present and Future. SpeakersĬhair: Vera Kubenz (research fellow, ECAR)ĭr.In this blog, Programme Officer Michael Powell shares information about the museum’s next major programme, Nothing About Us Without Us – Disabled People’s Activism: Past, Present and Future and we introduce PHM’s four new Community Curators who reveal why they chose to get involved. The event will be held on Zoom with live captions and British Sign Language interpretation. This interactive webinar will explore how the lived experience of disabled people can inform activism and politics to make the world a fairer and more accessible place for all. The session will include an overview of the key issues faced by disabled people during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a panel discussion with four disabled activists from different countries and contexts. There will also be time for audience discussion and Q&A. The event will explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on disabled people, who have been deprioritised in pandemic planning around the world, facing discrimination in healthcare, exclusion from education and employment, and neglect, abuse, and violence both in care and in the community. Add to my calendar Register for this event
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