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FLIPPED WEBINAR
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Intersectional Approaches to
Disability and Race
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9 July 2021
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The flipped webinar ‘Intersectional Approaches to Disability and Race’, consisted of blog posts (below) that were read beforehand, and a live webinar with four short Q&As panels (on 9 July 2021).
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The event was organised by the Intersectional Neurodiversity and Disability Reading Groups. BSL interpretation was provided by Sumayya Si-Tayeb. Live captions were provided by 121 Captions​
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This webinar was made possible with the support of:
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BLOG POSTS
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Panel 1: Research and education: disability and race
2.00-2.20pm (UK time)
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Francisca Adom-Opare, University of Edinburgh: “'Visible' yet 'invisible': Counting persons with Albinism and Kyphosis in Sub-Saharan African censuses”​
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Tasnim Hassan, Durham University: “Exploring the intersections of disability and race as an insider: Methodological choices, challenges, and reflections”
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Dr Armineh Seroonian, Independent Scholar: “The impact of the COVID-19 educational policy response on neurodivergent children”
Panel 2: Authority and the non-recognition of racialised disability
3.00-3.20pm (UK time)
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Amani Alnamnakani, Cardiff University: “‘If I was different, I probably wouldn’t be treated like that’: An intersectional account of the body experience of a disabled British Muslim woman”
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Myrle Blaine, University of Derby: “Disability and race: Black women with Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) experiencing bias”
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dipak Panchal, University of Warwick: “Policing: An intersectional analysis of race and neurodivergence”
Panel 3: Historical reflections on knowledge (production) of disability and race
4.00-4.20pm (UK time)
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Kariima Ali, University of Roehampton: “The uncaring arm of the state: The Black British women’s movement and mental health activism in the archives”
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Eric A. Deutsch, University at Buffalo (SUNY): “‘If he is a deserving Negro’: The intersection of disability, race, and citizenship in the interwar United States’ guide dog movement”
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Dr Eric Olund, University of Sheffield: “Exemplary spaces of (dis)ablement”
Panel 4: ADHD & race
5.00-5.25pm (UK time)
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Priscilla Eyles, Inclusion London; ‘ADHD&...’ podcast: “‘Only normal, successful, intelligent people join cults’: The susceptibility of the multiply marginalised and neurodivergent to coercive indoctrination and the erasure of our experience in cult survivor media”
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Dr Dyi Dieuwertje Huijg, University of Roehampton: “ADHD whiteness: An exploration of the (absent) role of race in ADHD research”
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Vivienne Isebor, University College London; ADHD Babes: “Invisible & overlooked: ADHD in Black women and Non-binary people”
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Rudy Reyes, University of Denver: “ADHD Latinxs as nepantleras: Embracing multiple worlds”