{"id":32,"date":"2022-06-06T14:14:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/?p=32"},"modified":"2022-06-06T14:18:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:18:56","slug":"welcome-to-the-staff-disability-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/2022\/06\/06\/welcome-to-the-staff-disability-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Staff Disability Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Whether you need support or advice as a staff member who is disabled, or you want to create a more fully inclusive and supportive place for your colleagues who are, we are here to help.<\/p>\n<h1>Who we are<\/h1>\n<p>The network is run by a small group of academic and professional services colleagues from across the university. Together they are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>raising awareness of staff with have lived experiences of disability, long term health conditions, chronic illness and neurodiversity<\/li>\n<li>promoting inclusive practices for staff through understanding, best practice, engagement and advocacy<\/li>\n<li>developing ideas to make real improvements for all staff across our campuses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>How we can help<\/h1>\n<p>Get in touch with the Staff Disability Network for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>advice about carrying out an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/equality-diversity-inclusivity\/edi-reports\/equality-analysis\">Equality Impact Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>sharing your ideas with us for events, blog topics, and more<\/li>\n<li>suggesting ways to continue to create a more inclusive and supportive place for our colleagues<\/li>\n<li>advice about asking for or making reasonable adjustments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If we haven&#8217;t listed the guidance that you need, please get in touch to find out how the network can support you.<\/p>\n<h1>Get involved<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:dsnchairs@kent.ac.uk\">Contact the Staff Disability Network by email<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniKent_SDN\">Follow the Staff Disability Network on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Say hello to us by commenting on this blog and letting us know what you&#8217;d like us to write about in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you need support or advice as a staff member who is disabled, or you want to create a more fully inclusive and supportive place &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/2022\/06\/06\/welcome-to-the-staff-disability-network\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40095,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[163715,150358,265958],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40095"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/staff-disability-network\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}