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University of Malta, Msida
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@AnneMCallus has interviewed @ShahdAlshammari for Studies in Social Wellbeing, the @FacultyforSW journal: um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstr…
Public lecture - 'I am more than just my label' by Professor Anita Franklin : um.edu.mt/newspoint/events/u…
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Disability & Society Special Issue 2026 #CFP — ‘Disability — Are things getting better?’ Close date 30th July 2025. Please share. Push the boundaries on the most pressing issues of our time #AI #Work #AssistedLiving #Welfare #Global #Inclusion #War Link think.taylorandfrancis.com/s……
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"It seems that deinstitutionalisation has become an exercise in wordsmithing." inclusion.eu/it-seems-that-d…
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Latest article: Writing Disability and Breaking Language: A Collaborative Essay tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Our new report analyses how disability is included in the EU's development funding (2022):
- Only 4 projects (0.3%) specifically targeted supporting persons with disabilities.
- Not a single project funded by @EIB was disability inclusive.
Read: edf-feph.org/publications/st…
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Il-proġett #ACTIVATE - Vidjo introduttorju minn Emily Slater: youtu.be/A9mffKKM6eY
#autism #youth #autismacceptance #autismspectrum #autismsupport #neurodiversity #ErasmusPlus
@EUCAP_autism
Associação Portuguesa Voz do Autista
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My first ever academic paper has been published! Led by Lizzie Smith, we found that LGBTIQ people with intellectual disability were more vulnerable to prejudice because of their reliance on disability services that were unwilling to meet their needs
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Making the Invisible Visible: Event held on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disability um.edu.mt/newspoint/news/202…
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This Current Issues article from Brian Watermeyer & Leslie Swartz is essential reading: Intersectionality and embodiment: important issues for disability studies
Free to View #OpenAccess Considered and important scholarship tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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The Disability & Society Special Issue 2026 Call for Papers with the title ‘Disability — Are things getting better?’ is now open! Please share widely. We look forward to receiving your submissions
#REF2029 #CFP #Disability
Here is the link think.taylorandfrancis.com/s…
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Join the Conversation Disability & Society Special Issue 2026 Call for Papers #CFP Disability — Are things getting better? Closing date for manuscripts submission: 30th July, 2025 Start thinking - details will be online soon. Please share
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This week we had the pleasure of hosting @BeckstaylorFish in our Department. She delivered lectures for our undergraduate and postgraduate students and a public lecture on modern institutions. @AmyJZahra @AnneMCallus
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This is an interview by Josh Downey with Noel Zammit Pawley regarding the latter's research on providing counselling for persons with intellectual disability open.spotify.com/episode/17L…
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I am reading: Disability rights and disability justice in prison: the limits of state-protected rights and the possibilities of mutual support. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Celebrating #InternationalDayofSignLanguages with an insightful interview featuring a #MalteseSignLanguageInterpreter from #AgenzijaSupport! Stay tuned to hear her thoughts on where to find sign language interpreters. #IWDP #IDSL #BuildingInclusiveCommunities
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waslet il-ħarifa u magħha ġġib...esejs. il-ktieb ġdid tiegħi, sens ta' ħarifa, ħiereġ daqt.
huma esejs dwar il-memorja, il-fraġilità, it-tenerezza, il-griż u l-petrichor. fuq kollox, huma dwar il-pjaċir tal-esej.
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📣Volume 4 (2) out now!!
‘Contesting Ableist Ideology : Drawing on Latinx Mothers’ Cultural Values to Define Dis/ability' an article on #ScienceOpen: scienceopen.com/document?vid…
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A Fresh Chapter in Social Wellbeing ✨
With the transition from the leadership of Prof. Andrew Azzopardi to that of Dr Sandra Scicluna ✅
Read more on #Newspoint 👇
newspoint.mt/news/2024/09/fa…
#ShineAtUM #SocialWellbeing #Leadership #University #Malta
