Start Date between Sept 24 - July 25

This module introduces students to the nature and lived experience of disability inequalities in contemporary global contexts. Taking as its starting point the concepts of equality and inequality, it considers the differing ways these and related concepts like justice, fairness and entitlement are articulated and applied in relation to disability. This module provides a foundational knowledge for identifying, resisting, challenging and reworking definitions and classifications of disability and of disabling barriers and practices they are explored in greater depth in subsequent modules.

This module introduces students to the nature and lived experience of exclusion and principles and practices of inclusion in contemporary global contexts. Taking as its starting point the concepts of belonging, community, equality and inequality, and justice it considers the differing ways exclusion impacts different population cohorts with a particular focus on disability. This module provides a foundational knowledge for identifying, resisting, and challenging barriers for disabled people and for building theories and practices of inclusion.

This module equips students with knowledge and skills to engage critically with the ways in which governments and other civil society actors have sought to meet the needs of disabled people and to evaluate the implications of this for disabled people’s lives, individually and collectively. It provides the opportunity for students to investigate and explore disabled people’s responses to the disability business and the disabling state have been highly influential in changing ideas about what appropriate and effective services and other forms of provision are. In particular, the articulation of Independent Living as the aspiration of the disabled people’s movement has created a powerful challenge to existing policies and practices. This module will explore how this challenge has been embraced, resisted or appropriated in different contexts and spaces.

The module is designed to be relevant to those who are or strive to be activists, advocates, or allies (be that family-, professional- or academic-allies). What does it mean to be an effective human-rights defender or disability-inclusion change-maker? What are the objectives of these defenders and change-makers? What strategies (tactics and practices) have been used, successfully, to bring about positive change in the lives of disabled people? When it comes to social innovation and social transformation in relation to disability, human rights and inclusion - what works, for whom, in which contexts and why? This module will allow you to explore these questions and find answers. Learning from real-world case-studies and from international change-makers (disability activists, legal advocates, radical practitioners and academic-activists) you will grapple with the challenges involved in, and opportunities available to effect positive change.

This module introduces students to the nature and lived experience of disability inequalities in contemporary global contexts. Taking as its starting point the concepts of equality and inequality, it considers the differing ways these and related concepts like justice, fairness and entitlement are articulated and applied in relation to disability. This module provides a foundational knowledge for identifying, resisting, challenging and reworking definitions and classifications of disability and of disabling barriers and practices they are explored in greater depth in subsequent modules.

This module introduces students to the nature and lived experience of exclusion and principles and practices of inclusion in contemporary global contexts. Taking as its starting point the concepts of belonging, community, equality and inequality, and justice it considers the differing ways exclusion impacts different population cohorts with a particular focus on disability. This module provides a foundational knowledge for identifying, resisting, and challenging barriers for disabled people and for building theories and practices of inclusion.

This module equips students with knowledge and skills to engage critically with the ways in which governments and other civil society actors have sought to meet the needs of disabled people and to evaluate the implications of this for disabled people’s lives, individually and collectively. It provides the opportunity for students to investigate and explore disabled people’s responses to the disability business and the disabling state have been highly influential in changing ideas about what appropriate and effective services and other forms of provision are. In particular, the articulation of Independent Living as the aspiration of the disabled people’s movement has created a powerful challenge to existing policies and practices. This module will explore how this challenge has been embraced, resisted or appropriated in different contexts and spaces.

The module is designed to be relevant to those who are or strive to be activists, advocates, or allies (be that family-, professional- or academic-allies). What does it mean to be an effective human-rights defender or disability-inclusion change-maker? What are the objectives of these defenders and change-makers? What strategies (tactics and practices) have been used, successfully, to bring about positive change in the lives of disabled people? When it comes to social innovation and social transformation in relation to disability, human rights and inclusion - what works, for whom, in which contexts and why? This module will allow you to explore these questions and find answers. Learning from real-world case-studies and from international change-makers (disability activists, legal advocates, radical practitioners and academic-activists) you will grapple with the challenges involved in, and opportunities available to effect positive change.