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All sessions take place in the George Fox Conference Centre.
Lecture Theatres (LT) 1-6 are downstairs, B58/9 is upstairs on the first floor
(accessible by lift).
Paper Session A: Monday 3.00-3.30pm
Paper Session B: Monday 4.00-5.00pm
Paper Session C: Tuesday 10.30-11.00am
Paper Session D: Tuesday 11.30-12.30pm
Paper Session E: Tuesday 2.45-3.15pm
Paper Session F: Tuesday 3.45-4.45pm
Paper Session G: Wednesday 9.30-11.00am
Each plenary session takes place in Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1).
Speaker:
Vic Finkelstein, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Disability Studies,
University of Leeds and Founder member of the Union of the Physically Impaired
Against Segregation
Title: Phase 3: Conceptualising New Services
Abstract
Paper
(Word document)
Speaker: Rannveig
Traustadottir, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Iceland & President
of the Nordic Network on Disability Research
Title: Disability Studies: A Nordic Perspective
Abstract
Presentation
(Powerpoint document)
Speaker: Lennard Davis, Professor of Disability, University
of Illinois at Chicago
Title: Disability Studies: The Second Wave
Abstract
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LT2 |
Chair: TBA Speaker: David Halpin, Lancashire Social Services Title: Better Government for Older People Abstract |
LT3 |
Chair: TBA Speakers: John Carpenter, Clare Connors and Umme Imam, Centre for Applied Social and Community Studies, University of Durham Title: Meeting the Needs of Severely Disabled Pakistani and Bangladeshi Children and their Families Abstract Paper (Word document) |
LT4 |
Chair: Bob Sapey Speakers: Janet Read, School of Health and Social Studies, University of Warwick and Luke Clements, Cardiff Law School Title: The Cases of Leonard Arthur and 'Baby Alexandra' (1981): a litmus test of contemporary attitudes towards disabled people Abstract |
LT5 |
Chair: TBA Speaker: Peter Bailey, School of Life and Sport Sciences, University of Surrey Title: Gis a Job (you don't have to take us home) Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) Paper (Word document) |
LT6 |
Chair: Donna Reeve Speaker: Mike Shamash Title: New Orthopaedic Boots and Incontinence Panties Abstract Paper (Word document) |
B58/9 |
Chair: Sarah Parker Speaker: Andrew Azzopardi, University of Malta Title: Reading stories of inclusion: Engaging with different perspectives towards an agenda for inclusion Abstract Paper (Word document) |
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LT2 |
Chair: Tom Shakespeare Speaker: Simo Vehmas, Department of Moral and Social Philosophy, University of Helsinki Title: What Makes Needs ‘Special’? Abstract Speaker: Jackie Leach Scully, Arbeitsstelle für Ethik in den Biowissenschaften, Institut für Geschichte und Epistemologie der Medizin, Universität Basel Title: Normative ethics and non-normative embodiment Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) |
LT3 |
Chair: Geof Mercer Speaker: Floris Tomasini, IEPPP, Lancaster University Title: Using phenomenology in rehabilitating amputees Abstract Paper (Word document) Speaker: Bruno Daniel Gomes de Sena Martins, School of Economy, University of Coimbra, Portugal Title: Blindness: Cultural and incorporeal productions of a condition Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) Paper (Word document) |
LT4 |
Chair: Jennifer Harris Speaker: Susan Magasi, Department of Disability Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago Title: So what happens now? The use of ethnographic methodologies to explore the process of social network mobilization after nursing home discharge Abstract Speaker: Alison Sheldon, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds Title: Disability, the majority world and global capitalism – shared agendas and unified resistance Abstract |
LT5 |
Chair: Michelle Moore (tbc) Speaker: Parvaneh Rabiee, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York Title: Accessing the views of children and young people who do not use speech for communication Abstract Speaker: Gill Parkinson, Educational Support & Inclusion Research and Teaching Group, School of Education, University of Manchester Title: Unrecognised communication difficulties in children and young people with epilepsy and learning difficulties – whose problem is it anyway? Abstract |
LT6 |
Chair: Hannah Morgan Speaker: Sarah Parker, Department of Sociology & Social Policy, The University of Sydney Title: Searching for the Absent Citizen: Enabling & (Dis)abling Discourses of Social Citizenship Abstract Paper (Word document) Speaker: Joana d'Orey Novo, Advocate for people with disability at the Individual and Group Advocacy Unit of People with Disability Australia Incorporated (PWD) Title: Disability, Autonomy and Independence Abstract |
B58/9 |
Chair: John Stewart Speakers: Judith Waterfield and Melanie Parker, SPACE Project, University of Plymouth Title: Critically Responding to Current Professional Practice through the Adoption of Inclusive Methods of Assessment Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) Speakers: Helen Masterton and Sara Doherty, University of Surrey Roehampton Title: Culture Change in an HEI: the SENDA Agenda Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) |
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LT2 |
Chair: Karen Beauchamp-Pryor Speaker: Pauline Evans, School of Health and Social Sciences and Centre for Learning and Teaching, University of Gloucestershire Title: Echoes of Experience in Researching Hearing Difficulties: researcher and researched; researcher researched Abstract |
LT3 |
Chair: TBA Speaker: Sharon Barnartt, Gallaudet University Title: American Deaf Women’s Inequality: Is Deafness or Femaleness to Blame? Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) |
LT4 |
Chair: Andrew Azzopardi Speakers: Debbie Jolly, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds and Charlotte Pearson, Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research, University of Glasgow Title: Devolving direct payments: A review of policy development in the UK Abstract Paper (Word document) |
LT5 |
Chair: Bob Sapey Speaker: Carol Thomas, Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University Title: Sociologies of Disability: how is disability understood? Abstract See also: Thomas, C. (2004) 'How is disability understood?: An examination of sociological approaches', Disability and Society 19(6). |
LT6 |
Chair: Jackie Leach Scully Speaker: Alison Wilde, Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds Title: Being There: Does content really matter? Abstract |
B58/9 |
Chair: Hannah Morgan Video Presentation: Maysaa S. Bazna, Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York and Tarek Hatab, Madnet Corporation, New York Title: Dis/ability in the Qur’an: The Islamic alternative to defining, viewing and relating to dis/ability Abstract Paper (PDF document) |
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LT2 |
Chair: Sarah Parker Speaker: Dr. Nancy Higgins, Dunedin College of Education, New Zealand Title: Social constructivism: Including the personal and the political Abstract Speaker: Theo Blackmore, SELL University of Exeter Title: Social Capital + Social Network Analysis: Re-Conceptualising and Re-invigorating the Social Model of Disability? Abstract |
LT3 |
Chair: Sharon Barnartt Speakers: Ludo Schoeters, President of the Flemish self-advocacy group ‘Onze Nieuwe Toekomst’ (ONT) – Our New Future and Dries Cautreels, Orthopedagogics (special education – Disability Studies), Ghent University and advisor at ONT Title: Taking the plunge of self-advocacy ... some considerations & thoughts about the self-advocacy movement Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) Speaker: Simoni Symeonidou, University of Cambridge Title: Explaining the development of the Cypriot disability movement: A preliminary theoretical model Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) |
LT4 |
Chair: Kirsten Stalker Speakers: Brett Smith and Andrew C. Sparkes, Qualitative Research Unit, School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter Title: Becoming disabled through sport: Exploring metaphors, narrative types, and the reconstruction of body-self relationships Abstract See also: Smith, B. & Sparkes, A. C. (2004) 'Men, sport, and spinal cord injury: An analysis of metaphors and narrative types', Disability and Society 19(6), 509-612. Speaker: Kelly Fritsch, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Title: SuperCrip Strikes Again: Or Mine-Body Dualism Abstract Paper (PDF document) |
LT5 |
Chair: Dan Goodley Speakers: Sheila Riddell, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, Pauline Banks, Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research, University of Glasgow, Andrew Jahoda, Section of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Wendy Kerr, Learning Disability Partnership, Glasgow and Victoria Williams, Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research, University of Glasgow Title: The Impact of Supported Employment on the Mental Health and Well-Being of People with Learning Difficulties Abstract Presentation (Word document) Speaker: Ghasem Norouzi, Inclusive Education and Equality Research Centre, University of Sheffield Title: Employment Experiences of the Six Adults with the label of ‘Learning Difficulties’ Abstract Presentation (Word document) |
LT6 |
Chair: Jackie Leach Scully Speaker: Donna Reeve, Department of Applied Social Science, Lancaster University Title: Psycho-emotional dimensions of disability within relationships between professionals and disabled people Abstract Paper (Word document) Speaker: Mary-Ann O’Donovan, Dublin Institute of Technology Title: Advertising’s Role in Disability as a Social Process Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) |
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LT2 |
Chair: Bob Sapey Speakers: Kirsten Stalker, Aileen Barclay and Iain Ferguson, University of Stirling Title: Representations of ‘personality disorder’ Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) The full report can be found on the authors' website http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/SWRC/staff/kstalker.htm. Hard copies of the report can be obtained free of charge from the authors. |
LT3 |
Chair: John Stewart Speakers: Phil Cotterell, Patient and Public Involvement Research Unit, Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust, Di Cowdrey, Service User and Mandy Paine, Service User Title: Reflections and Projections: Service User Involvement in Palliative Care Research Abstract Paper (Word document) |
LT4 |
Chair: TBA Speaker: Dr. David Kreps, Information Systems Institute, University of Salford Title: The ‘Visually Impaired Website’: Representing Disability on the WWW Abstract Paper (PDF document) |
LT5 |
Chair: TBA Speaker: Sonali Shah, Research Fellow, Social Policy, Nottingham University Title: Disabled and successful: Education in life stories of disabled high achievers Abstract |
LT6 |
Chair: Andrew Azzopardi Speaker: Tom Shakespeare, University of Newcastle Title: Do disabled people have a right to die? Disability rights and bioethics at the end of life Abstract |
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LT2 |
Chair: Tom Shakespeare Speaker: Stephen Macdonald, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, The University of Newcastle Title: Hidden Biographies: Understanding a Dyslexic Identity outside the Education System Abstract Speakers: Jude MacArthur and Berni Kelly, Donald Beasley Institute and Michael Gaffney, Children’s Issues Centre, New Zealand Title: “I get called ‘Pautism’”: Exploring the influence of school context on children’s identity Abstract Address: Donald Beasley Institute, 44 Dundas Street, PO Box 6189, Dunedin, New Zealand. Tel: (00643) 4798080 |
LT3 |
Chair: Michelle Moore (tbc) Speaker: Len Barton, Institute of Education, University of London Title: What sort of ‘difference’ does teaching make? Some personal reflections Abstract Speaker: Lynne Barnes, Deaf Studies, University of Central Lancashire Title: Assessment of Deaf Students: An Investigation into the Working Practices of Language Support Tutors Abstract |
LT4 |
Chair: Kirsten Stalker (tbc) Speaker: Rebecca Mallett, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield Title: The Attribution of ‘Authorship’ in Cultural Interpretations of ‘Disability’ Abstract Paper (Word document) Speakers: Stefan Hayes, Burton Street Project and Alex McClimens, University of Sheffield, Department of Mental Health & Learning Disability Nursing Title: TWO AUTHORS IN SEARCH OF A CHARACTER: representation, narrative and shared learning disability research Abstract |
LT5 |
Chair: Peter Beresford Speaker: Lesley Jordan, School of Health & Social Sciences, Middlesex University Title: Disability Paradigms, Models and Professional Practice in Rehabilitation Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) Speaker: Kathryn Ellis, Department of Applied Social Studies, University of Luton Title: Human rights, professional practice and social care: the findings of a small scale research study Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) Paper (Word document) |
LT6 |
Chair: Donna Reeve Speaker: Nick Watson, University of Edinburgh Title: Normal Is As Normal Is: The Quotidian Nature of Impairment Abstract Speaker: Jennifer Harris, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York Title: ‘Non-disabled’ – an oxymoron? Exploring the foundations of a divisive label Abstract Presentation (Powerpoint document) |
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LT2 |
Chair: Dan Goodley Speaker: Sara Ryan, School of Health and Social Studies, University of Warwick Title: “Busy behaviour” in the “Land of the Golden M”: going out with learning disabled children in public places Abstract Speakers: Nicola Bundy, University of the West of England, Kate Gleeson, Clinical Doctorate University of Bristol and Mary Haslum, University of the West of England Title: To What Extent Does The Social Model Enable Us To See People Labeled As Having ‘Learning Disabilities’ As ‘One Of Us’? Abstract Speaker: Phil Bayliss, School of Education & Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter Title: 'Sam' Abstract |
LT3 |
Chair: John Stewart Speaker: Claudia Malacrida, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Title: Subject Visions: Ex-Residents' Perspectives on Life in an Institution for "Mental Defectives" Abstract Speaker: Margaret M. Mathiang, advisor to South Sudan Disabled Persons Association (SSDPA) Title: Post War strategies for enabling the effective participation of war disabled person in the development of South Sudan Abstract Speaker: Elena Tarasenko, Institute of Sociology of Russian, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Title: Problems and Perspectives of Disability Policy in Russia: The Move from Paternalism towards Disability Rights? Abstract Paper (Word document) |
LT4 |
Chair: Geof Mercer Speaker: Roger Steel, Development Worker, INVOLVE (formerly Consumers in NHS Research) Title: A Research involvement continuum Abstract Paper (Word document) Speaker: Rachell Purtell, Folk.us, University of Exeter Title: Crossing the Research Divides without a Safety Net! Abstract |
LT5 |
Chair: Donna Reeve Speakers: Karen Ling, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Division of Social Studies, The City University of Hong Kong and Simon Wu, General Secretary, Rehabilitation Alliance, Hong Kong Title: Disabled Women and Marriage in Hong Kong Abstract Speaker: Jackie Topp, School of Health & Social Welfare, The Open University Title: Narrative Analysis as a Methodology for Disability Research: Experiences of Pregnancy Abstract Paper (Word document) Speaker: Supriya Raman, University of Illinois at Chicago Title: Disability: An Analysis of the Profession of Physical Therapy Abstract |
LT6 |
Chair: David Corbett Speaker: Andy Howes, Educational Support and Inclusion, Faculty of Education, University of Manchester Title: Managers, policies and story-telling Abstract Presentation (Word document) Speakers: Richard Hughes, Patricia Phillips and Daniel Docherty, Manchester People First, Brendan Regan, Bury People First and David Corbett Title: Partnerships Abstract Speakers: Jo Frankham, Kathy Boxall and Ian Kaplan, Educational Support and Inclusion, Faculty of Education, University of Manchester Title: Partnership Research: Learning from each other Abstract |
The poster reception will be held on Monday evening.
Presenter: Victoria
Eathorne, RCN Assistant Lecturer and Disability Advisor, Cornwall Partnership
NHS Trust
Title: Supporting RCN Members with disability in the clinical environment: A
workbook to support a workshop
Abstract
Poster
(PDF document)
See also Wright, D. J. and Eathorne, V. (2003) 'Supporting students with disabilities',
Nursing Standard 18(11): 37-42.
Presenter: Chin-Ju Huang, Department of Sport Sciences,
Brunel University
Title: Constructing disability in physical education: Schooling experiences
of elite athletes with disabilities in Taiwan
Abstract
Presenter: Karen
Jackson, University of York
Title: Meaningful User Involvement
Abstract
Presenters: Ian Kaplan, Manchester University and
Richard Hughes
Title: Is this access to higher education?
Abstract
Presenter: Dr Tom Shakespeare, University of Newcastle
Title: Antenatal Screening Web Resource: giving balanced information about disability
in pregnancy
Abstract
Presenter: Dr Tom Shakespeare, University of
Newcastle
Title: Combining methodologies to understand restricted growth: the collaboration
of medical and social research
Abstract
Presenters: Users of Lancashire Social Services
Disability Services
Title: People Like Us
Abstract
Presenters: Users of Lancashire Social Services
Disability Services
Title: Changing Images
Abstract
The full list of speakers/presenters, titles and abstracts can be downloaded:
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The provisional schedule for papers can be downloaded:
Schedule
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