{"id":1021,"date":"2022-11-14T12:41:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-services\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2022-11-14T12:41:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:41:35","slug":"disability-history-month-at-kent-sharing-our-stories-raising-awareness-improving-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-services\/2022\/11\/14\/disability-history-month-at-kent-sharing-our-stories-raising-awareness-improving-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability History Month at Kent: Sharing our stories, raising awareness, improving inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Disability History Month?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Disability History Month (DHM) is a yearly nationwide celebration from 18 November to 18 December, which was started to shine a spotlight on historical and current achievements and issues to do with disability. UKDHM is the national organisation which strives to celebrate the lives of disabled people; challenge disablism or stigma around disability; and achieve equality.<\/p>\n

UKDHM ascribes to the social model of disability, an idea first proposed by Kent alumnus and professor Mike Oliver, in the 1980s. This is the now widely accepted idea that much of the difficulty of being disabled is due to societal failure to adapt for disabled people.<\/span> At Kent we actively work to seek to acknowledge and remove those barriers to create a more inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. We provide expert support for students with disabilities, chronic conditions, specific learning difficulties, autism and mental health conditions within our Student Support and Wellbeing team<\/a> at any point during their studies.<\/p>\n

DHM at Kent<\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of Kent and Kent Union are proud to collaborate to amplify the voices of disabled people within our community to educate everyone on the issues people with visible and invisible disabilities continue to face, so we can further de-stigmatise and work together for a more inclusive and equal society.<\/p>\n

The full programme is available on the Kent Union website<\/a>, and all events are open to students and staff, and free to attend.<\/p>\n

Some key highlights include: a discussion with a debut novelist, Kent Alumnus and disability activist Chloe Timms<\/a>; a creative workshop where you can try Finger Casting<\/a> and foil embossing, the inspirational speaker and paralympic skier Millie Knight<\/a>,\u00a0Disability Workshop at Medway<\/a> which discusses and explains the campus provisions, and a fun interactive workshop to look at Accessibility and Ideas for Inclusion<\/a> to improve your work and study.<\/p>\n

Our Stories: <\/strong>Tuesday 6 December<\/strong><\/p>\n