Pamela Block

Upcoming talk June 25th at 1pm Eastern/6pm BST/10am Pacific
Siblings, Disability and Care: Cocreation during Times of Transition with Pamela Block Helen Ries and @dimakassem

Hosted by the @siblingstudies
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Flyer for an event as follows: Siblings, Disability and Care: Anthropological and Co-Created Perspectives. Co-Creation During Times of Transition. This online event builds an understanding of the impact of major life transitions on sibling relationships – particularly the emotional, social and caregiving dynamics involved. We will look at mutual care relationships as a form of access intimacy, activist affordances, and worldmaking between disabled and non-disabled siblings. We will discuss possible directions for future research as well as recommendations for service providers, decision makers, parents and others to contribute to building sustainable, inclusive support systems and better overall outcomes. This project is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The event is on Wednesday 25th June 2025 at 6-7.30pm BST and 1-2.30. Email n.hayden@sheffield.ac.uk for information on signing up.

Please do join our online event next on 25th June: 'Siblings, Disability and Care: Anthropological and Co-Created Perspectives'. With @pblock8.bsky.social Helen Ries Dima Kassem @nikitahayden.bsky.social @tomjryan99.bsky.social
Programme here: tinyurl.com/mr2ejrt7
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Coming out June 6th.

Survey flier featuring diverse group of people with disabilities The 2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) has opened! We are looking for adults with disabilities who are 18 years or over to take our survey! Take the survey at: kuhealthsurvey.org The world is changing, and now, more than ever, your experiences need to be heard! Questions? Contact us! Phone: 1 (855) 556-6328 Email: healthsurvey@ku.edu

The 2025 National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) has opened!

We are looking for adults with disabilities who are 18 years or over to take our survey!

Take the survey at: kuhealthsurvey.org

The world is changing, and now, more than ever, your experiences need to be heard!

Expanding the Capacity of Planning and Facilitation Supports in Canada PARTICIPANTS NEEDED: DISABLED INDIVIUDALS & FAMILIES UNDERGOING A PLANNING AND FACILITATION PROCESS. Aim of this research: This study, conducted in collaboration with Partners for Planning and Disability and Medical Anthropologists at Western University, aims to explore the impact of planning and facilitation on disabled individuals and their families engaged in this process. Who can participate:  Participants must be 18 years or older.  Must be an autistic person, a person with intellectual disability, or a family member who is involved in a planning and facilitation process or a Facilitator.  Must be able to speak English What to expect if you decide to participate:  Interviews will be conducted via Zoom.  Each Interview will last approximately one hour. For more information about this study, please contact Dr. Pamela Block: Email: pblock(at)uwo.ca

Expanding the Capacity of Planning and Facilitation Supports in Canada

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED: DISABLED INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES UNDERGOING A PLANNING AND FACILITATION PROCESS.

Check and see if this is in your library’s catalog and if so share this to the librarians and ask them to remove it #disability #anthropology #publishing

Featuring Drs. Angela Carter, Erin Durban, Jessica Horvath Williams, and Jennie Row!
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@asiananthropology.bsky.social #disability #disabilityanthropology #medicalanthropology

Another amazing new book and note the discount codes #disabilty #disabilityanthropology #anthropology #culturalanthropology #medicalanthropology #casca @socmedanthro.bsky.social

Cover of Between Families and Institutions: Mental Health and Biopolitical Paternalism in Contemporary China by Zhiying Ma. Background features artwork by Sophie Hing-Yee Cheung, a collage of white rectangular erasers covered in marbled streaks of newspaper ink. The title is centered and framed by a black and purple ink drawing that evokes a tree shape.

In "Between Families and Institutions" @zhiyingma.bsky.social examines how the contemporary Chinese state’s biopolitical governance impacts families’ involvement in the psychiatric care of their close relatives. Read the intro for free now! #Anthropology #AsianStudies
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Recommending this amazing new book!

Thank you to all who attended this full-house event and thank you to the organizers and panelists!

Canada’s backlash against Trump tariffs is reshaping our northern neighbors’ shopping habits New Prime Minister Mark Carney says the old relationship Canada had with the United States “is over.”...

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April 1st, Hyland Cinema 204 Wharncliffe Rd S., Academy Award Winning Documentary No Other Land.  reception at 7:30, movie at 8:00, discussion from 9:30-10:45.  Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here at this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtCQfj0xg3s_7cQ1gMr5eagrcdnNS3NAGbslOyXN4HvfndIQ/viewform?usp=preview Or via text transfer to standingtogetherlondon@gmail.com

April 1st, Hyland Cinema 204 Wharncliffe Rd S., Academy Award Winning Documentary No Other Land.  reception at 7:30, movie at 8:00, discussion from 9:30-10:45. 

Tickets are $15 at this link docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Or via text transfer to standingtogetherlondon@gmail.com

The Cruelty of Medicaid Work Requirements If Republicans pass a plan with these restrictions, disabled people would not necessarily be exempt

My piece in Time, out today!

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My sister depends on Medicaid for food, housing, and medical care.

What is the future of accessibility? I have been asked to present a talk about the future of accessibility. But how can I talk only about the amazing researchh I see our community doing, when I am watching the dismantling of the right…

I have been asked to present a talk about the future of accessibility. But I feel obliged to talk about the future we face if this current dismantling of our rights succeeds. Because we know what that world will look like -- we have only to look to the past. make4all.org/2025/02/21/w...

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We've been saying DEI includes diversity for a while. Now Trump's DEIA finally includes Accessibility. It's critical that we continue the push to recognize both the positives, and fight the negatives of DEIA together with all affected communities. substack.com/home/post/p-...

NOTE: The USA dropped below the "democracy threshold" (+6) on the POLITY scale in 2020 and was considered an anocracy (+5) at the end of the year 2020; the USA score for 2021 returned to democracy (+8). Beginning on 1 July 2024, due to the US Supreme Court ruling granting the US Presidency broad, legal immunity, the USA is noted by the Polity Project as experiencing a regime transition through, at least, 20 January 2025. As of the latter date, the USA is coded EXREC=8, "Competitive Elections"; EXCONST=1 "Unlimited Executive Authority"; and POLCOMP=6 "Factional/Restricted Competition." Polity scores: DEMOC=4; AUTOC=4; POLITY=0. The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy; it has experienced a Presidental Coup and an Adverse Regime Change event (8- point drop in its POLITY score).

Yup, it's on their homepage

A screenshot of a post on LinkedIn by Monty G. Marshall, Director at Center for Systemic Peace: "Congratulations America! The Polity Project has downgraded its score for the USA from +8 (democracy with factionalism/polarization) to 0 (freely elected executive, 8; total lack of constraints on executive action, 1; restricted factionalism, 6). President Trump began ruling by decree on "Day One"; Congress has done nothing to rein him in; there is some reaction by the courts but time has proven that Trump is an expert in delaying, ignoring, or otherwise avoiding legal accountability for years (until legal action becomes irrelevant). Ignoring the Constitution and Rule of Law is the functional equivalent to suspending the constitution. USA scores 4 on democratic authority and 4 on autocratic authority (POLITY = 0). This change is considered an autocoup (executive coup) and an Adverse Regime Change."

Happy Wednesday

If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall.

tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.

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Call your Senators to #StopRFK now! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network We are deeply disappointed that Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr.’s nomination has moved out of the Senate Finance Committee. Now, the whole Senate will vote on whether he becomes Secretary of the…

We urge the Senate not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy’s long record of spreading misinformation about autism in particular and public health in general makes him a disastrous choice for this role. #StopRFK

Flyer for the Introduction to the Science and Lived Experience of Autism (ISLEA) training program. The ISLEA training program is now enrolling. ISLEA is a training program designed to debunk common myths, explore recent scientific findings, and gain insight into the autistic lived experiences. ISLEA provides professionals and family members the skills they need to more effectively support autistic individuals. ISLEA participants will: 1) develop a deeper, more reflective and empathetic way of caring for autistic individuals; 2) learn ways to work more effectively with people across the autism spectrum; and 3) reduce stress and burnout through their enhanced understanding of autism. The program consists of 30 hours of online learning over 15 weeks, consisting of: a) 15 asynchronous (or learn on your own time) 60-to-90-minute sessions; b) 15 synchronous (or learn with the instructors and up to 15 other learners) 30-minute sessions; and c) a microcredential granted upon completion. Registration is now open until Monday February 24th at 5 pm with live-sessions starting Friday February 28th. Sessions run through June 13th, 2025. Registration into the course costs $975 per person. Group contract rates are also available. You can register for ISLEA at bit.ly/ISLEARegistration. You can learn about ISLEA and other training programs in detail at bit.ly/AJDAITrainingPrograms or email sctl@drexel.edu (sctl at drexel dot edu).

The Introduction to the Science and Lived Experience of Autism (ISLEA) training program is now enrolling! Live sessions start Friday, February 28, 2025.

This program costs $975 per person (although we do have group rates).

Register for ISLEA at: bit.ly/ISLEARegistration

#ActuallyAutistic

CASCA 2025 – McGill, Montreal Fourwaves - CASCA 2025 – McGill, Montreal

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS & ROUNDTABLES 

Join us in Montreal, where waters and people have long met, for the 2025 Conference of the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) on the theme of “Confluences” (May 7-10, 2025).

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Devva Kasnitz (1950-2025) Go to Devva Kasnitz (1950-2025).

Gutted to hear of the loss of Devva Kasnitz, a gem of a person who is a giant in our disability community and among anthropologists. Share memories and get updates on opportunities to honor her lnk.to/kasnitz

RIP Devva Kasnitz - a truly inspirational, kind, fiery disability scholar and activist! The DS community has lost a kindred spirit, but she will never be forgotten. An infrastructural activist whose influence knows no bounds. Thank you for all you’ve taught me 💛

portrait by Mallory Kay Nelson

Just learned Devva Kasnitz, a well-known figure in Disability Studies and a previous prof of mine, passed over the weekend. The class I took with her during my first semester in my MA in Disability Studies opened a lot of doors for me and is the reason my thesis will be autoethnographic in nature