DRF Seminars
There were a number of initial meetings of the DRF from January 2005 onwards, but the first meeting proper took place on a rainy Monday morning in May 2005.
Date: Monday 23rd May 2005 – Venue: University of Sheffield
- Janet Lees (University of Sheffield): Writing-up Focus Group Material
- Caroline Palmer (University of Sheffield): Disability Issues in International Non-Governmental Organizations and Development
- Laura Canty and Joseph Langley (University of Sheffield): ‘Inclusive Design’ of Packaging
Date: Thursday 23rd June 2005 – Venue: University of Sheffield
- Tsitsi Chataika (University of Sheffield): Inclusion of Disabled Students in Higher Educational Institutions in Zimbabwe
- Katherine Runswick-Cole (University of Sheffield): The ‘Warnock’ Debate
- Roundtable discussion led by Diane Wright (Sheffield Hallam University): Terminology matters…?
Date: Wednesday 20th July 2005 – Venue: University of Sheffield
- Alice Mathers (University of Sheffield): Summary of research and a chance to ask questions/offer feedback on the ‘Exhibition’
- Paul Doyle (University of Sheffield): summary of research: setting up an advocacy group in a school for children with disabilities
- The Social Model: Friend, Foe or Frienemy? Article Discussion on Barnes (2003) ‘Disability Studies: What’s the Point?’
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