Welcome back to the DRF 2022-2023! We hope you have had a lovely summer in all of this sunshine, though I don’t know about you, I’m glad to see the back of the really hot weather!
As you may know for the last couple of years we have held the DRF online due to the continued threat of COVID-19. We are going to continue to do that this year as well, however due to time pressures we are going to have a shortened seminar series this year – September to December. We hope to be back in full swing next year, and perhaps even have a few sessions face to face!
This year session will be held on Zoom (but please let me know if another online area is better for you in terms of accessibility) and I have updated our website to give information about privacy, accessibility and presentation guidance. Please check these pages out to keep up to date with how we aim to keep our sessions as accessible as possible for as many people as possible. Unfortunately we are constrained in that we have no funding to help with things like sourcing BSL interpreters, but I aim to give the best experience I can under these constraints.
We are asking again that you sign up to each event using the Eventbrite site, so that the appropriate link can be sent to you on the morning of the talk. Please let me know if you have any accessibility problems using that platform.
If you would like to come and present at the DRF (virtually) please get in touch on the email address below. We are keeping things pretty flexible this year and I will try to fit in a time and date that is best for you. As a result some sessions may have two presenters, some may only have one – but with ‘zoom fatigue’ a real thing this may be a good thing!
Ever since it began, an important part of the DRF has been bringing people together. Since 2005 it has worked to create informal networks by providing friendly and encouraging environments in which to discuss and think through all things ‘disability’.
In case you are interested in contributing to one of our future sessions, please contact Steph Hannam-Swain: s.r.hannam-swain@shu.ac.uk . Please also have a look at our guidelines about accessible presentations.
If you have any accessibility requirements please email Steph to try to facilitate.
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