The Disability on Screen Network unites scholars, practitioners & activists to explore how visual media reflect & shape experiences of impairment & disability.

York, UK
Joined October 2014
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Call for proposals: Accessibility in Film, TV, Interactive Media tinyurl.com/zn5eoap Please RT @dos_network @EnableMagazine @VocalEyesAD
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Only 9 places left! FREE film workshop @ICALondon for new disabled talent 5 min application- BIG career boost: 104films.com/training
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Join @sallyephillips and her son Olly as she explores a question that affects us all. #WorldWithoutDowns? Now on Two.
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It's time to stop calling disabled people 'inspirational' – video trib.al/yhEljMM
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Our survey on Audio Description closes 8th August tinyurl.com/jehv7bx Please RT @disabilityarts @me_backwards @dos_network @extantltd
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Owen Jones
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This was a hate crime against disabled people, and deserves far more anger and attention than it's currently getting theguardian.com/world/2016/j…
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Academics, disabled people & practitioners building collaborations! @firstmcr @PSGSpeakup @CMFT_Research #LDWeek16 xitter.cf/lucyburke23/status/745… – at Manchester, England
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Why are roles of a people w/ #disabilities never given to an actor who has a #disability bostonmagazine.com/news/blog… @BostonMagazine @Variety
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Funded PhD @UofGlasgow: 'Children with Learning Disabilities as Digital Audiences'. Deadline 15 June 2016: disabilitystudiesnetwork.gla…
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Finally, a genuinely good all-round media piece on autism: We have put autism on TV but can’t accept it in real life gu.com/p/4thg4?CMP=Share_iOS…
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CFP: edited collection, ‘MediAbility: Transforming Disability in the Media’. Deadline 1 April 2016: mhrc.academicblogs.co.uk/201…
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"@TVinquiry: 80% of the public thought Paralympic coverage changed their perception of disability-Dan Brooke of @Channel4" @dos_network
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We need more disabled people on movie and TV screens | Mary O’Hara gu.com/p/4djtj
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Talk/Demos on Audio Films for visually impaired audiences, may be of interest to @dos_network @yourlocalcinema tinyurl.com/q5gtbo2
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Final CFP: special forum on 'Disability and Aging' for the Review of Disability Studies. Deadline 31st Oct 2015. disabilitystudiesnetwork.gla…
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"UK schoolboy calls for more disabled characters to be included in children's books theguardian.com/film/2015/se…" @EarlyModernDoc @dos_network
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The Disability Community’s Bechdel Test | Al Jazeera America america.aljazeera.com/opinio…
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Where are #SouthAfrica's children with disabilities? Not at school, says new @hrw report hrw.org/node/280175