Gill Porter

Ask the Expert: Miro Griffiths on disability politics Disability studies scholar and activist Miro Griffiths answers questions on welfare reforms, disability policy and assisted dying.

Our Miro Griffiths was interviewed for @smfthinktank.bsky.social's Ask the Expert: Miro Griffiths on disability politics www.smf.co.uk/commentary_p...

Recognising Capabilities: The Importance of Recognition for Human Flourishing This article aims to enrich critical sociolegal scholarship and methodological approaches within the field of capability theory by introducing ‘recognising capabilities analysis’. The recognising cap....

New open access article by Alex Pearl 'Recognising Capabilities: The Importance of Recognition for Human Flourishing' which suggests a new approach to sociolegal analysis and challenging structural injustice by embedding Fraser's theory of recognition.
bit.ly/45dt0we @lawatleeds.bsky.social

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR CDS PGR CONFERENCE on 17th September disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk/events/pgrco...

Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century British History in the Long 18th Century Semianr

My talk on 18th century histories of disability and resistance at the Institute of Historical Research is now available as a podcast

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The image is for the Annual Disabled Student Survey 2025 by Disabled Students UK. It features a person with a prosthetic leg running. The text reads: "'PhD students can have quite different needs...the university needs to recognise the needs of all its students.' Below this, there is an invitation to participate in the survey: 'Fill out the Annual Disabled Students Survey." There is also a logo for Disabled Students UK in the top right corner.

PhD students have unique needs that must be recognised!

Join us in raising our voices by filling out the Annual Disabled Student Survey. Let's ensure every student's needs are met! 👇

Link to the survey: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dsuk-resea...

#DisabledStudents #ADSS2025

A Polaroid style image of myself, Nish, and Coco. I have blonde long hair and am wearing red lipstick.

It was a pleasure to be on this week’s @podsavetheuk.crooked.com We chat about Who Wants Normal?, the chaos of the disability benefits vote, and why @mrnishkumar.bsky.social must stop his ableist hate crimes against Rosie Jones.

Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

My researcher profile...

essl.leeds.ac.uk/pgr/3628/gil...

Call for papers for the Conference ''Disability within Environments: disability studies perspectives'

#disabilitystudies #leeds #universityofleeds

Read about her trip: essl.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/ne... (click the link)

#Sociology #Conference #DisabilityStudies

The image shows a research flyer with information about the study. The survey with all the details can be found via this link https://forms.office.com/e/7Kda0UzP6G

I am doing a survey to gather people’s experiences of receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Adult Disability Payment
(ADP) to highlight the impact that disability benefits can have on the wellbeing of disabled people.

forms.office.com/e/7Kda0UzP6G

Please can I encourage folks who are disabled / neurodivergent students out there, or folks who know disabled / neurodivergent students to pass this on. (A researcher, tutor, and student, I've completed mine.)

bsky.app/profile/disa...

When I was ill, some friends disappeared - here's what I'd like to tell them As she publishes a new book on disability, journalist Frances Ryan shares how illness affects our friendships, and can ultimately bring us closer

One of my favourite chapters in Who Wants Normal? is on relationships and disability: the joy, taboos, and occasional grief.

I wrote for @theipaper.com about one snippet: what to do if your friend is going through health problems right now (and what not to). inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Poster for Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies, and Mad Studies. One-day hybrid symposium for researchers and community members. 11th June 9 30 - 4 30 Centenary Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ. And online! Save the date: 11th June

Save the date!!!! 📢

Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies, and Mad Studies.

One-day hybrid symposium for researchers and community members.

11th June 9.30 - 4.30

Centenary Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ. And online!

#MadCrip2025 #AutRes

A grey haired woman in green coat and smiling stood next to the AERA conference welcome sign.

Denver!

I'm off to Denver on Tuesday! Gulp.
I'm presenting my work on a research-in-progress round table for postgraduate researchers, and am excited and nervous in equal measures. Looking forward to meeting peers and an interesting week.
www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...

Supporting disabled women in academia matters. Here's why Meredith Wilkinson makes the case for an inclusive space that empowers disabled women in universities to thrive Meridith Wilkinson makes the case for an inclusive space that empowers disabled women in...

This week on Wonkhe: Meridith Wilkinson makes the case for an inclusive space that empowers disabled women in universities to thrive

Really chuffed we secured these scholarships for students from lower income Commonwealth countries, the application window is tight so please pass onto your networks.

Tattooed porcelain figurines by contemporary Scotland-based artist Jessica Harrison #WomensArt

Peregrine on the ledge of the Parkinson tower guarding over five eggs

High above the Parkinson steps, a pair of Peregrine Falcons are tending to five eggs!

Since 2008, Peregrine Falcons have been nesting intermittently on the Parkinson Tower. During that time, the University has seen fourteen chicks successfully hatch 🐣

Loving seeing this!✨

It is a privilege to be presenting at the Society for Applied Anthropology Conference in Portland, Oregon today! The title of my paper is - Care in the Neoliberal Academy: Exploring the Disruption of Disabled Academics’ Embodied Experiences.

Welsh born textile artist and knitwear designer Kate Jenkins creates fun crochet/knit 'food' creations #womensart

History UK Disability and History Project The History UK Disability and History Project was launched in November 2023 in response to the History UK EDI report which identified disability as an important aspect of EDI work worthy of further…

History UK are recruiting disabled historians (and historians who work on disability history) to take part in focus groups to inform their fantastic Disability and History Project - do consider signing up! www.history-uk.ac.uk/projects/his...

A reminder to my disabled friends.

Your value is not based on your productivity. Your bodies & minds are valid, beautiful & important just as they are.

You are worthy of love, deserve comfort, joy and safety.

We will fight ableist narratives about our lives. You're not alone #DisabilityJustice

Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life is out ONE MONTH today. This feels a v hard time for the disabled community but I hope this book brings solidarity, support - and jokes.

Pre-order on hardback, e-book, and audiobook (with Ruth Madeley): shorturl.at/HcpEt

Moral Maze - Is there a moral case for cutting welfare? - BBC Sounds Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.

Last night on the Moral Maze, our Miro Griffiths contested the claim there is a moral case to cut welfare, arguing the focus should be on addressing strutural inequalities and disabling barriers.
The programme is available on BBC Sounds:
bbc.in/3XStUKj

Ballet, beauty, and the joy of wheelchair dance Since childhood, Kate Stanforth has danced whenever and wherever she could. The only difference now is her wheelchair.

Joy as a disabled person is a radical act.

I have edited a series for Wellcome Collection Stories which explores what it means to be joyful, defiant and disabled.

The series starts with a passionate performance by @katestanforthdance.bsky.social
wellcomecollection.org/stories/ball...

There is a shameful British tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Labour’s reported disability benefit cuts are not just about budgeting but a belief: paid work is a virtue (and people who don’t perform it deserve a worse life than everyone else).

My col. in tomorrow’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A photo of a fluffy orange cat looking out through a skylight window.

Every day my morning view from my home desk. Have a good week!

Hi Harriet, could you add me please? (Disabled PGR at Leeds Uni)