And finally we have Emmeline Ledgerwood who researched a key figure in disability rights campaigning: Dr Margaret Agerholm. Find out more about how Dr Agerholm advanced disability rights👇 http://ow.ly/KcO050LUSiA
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #OralHistory #Histodons @histodons @histodon

And finally we have Emmeline Ledgerwood who researched a key figure in disability rights campaigning: Dr Margaret Agerholm. Find out more about how Dr Agerholm advanced disability rights👇 http://ow.ly/KcO050LUSiA
#DisabilityHistoryMonth #OralHistory #Histodons @histodons @histodon

Next we have Stephen Ball who reflects on the career and legacy of Joseph Ablett. Ablett made a significant contribution to the treatment of mental illness in mid-nineteenth century Wales. Find out about this contribution👇 http://ow.ly/2K4f50LxmXF @histodons @histodon #DisabilityHistoryMonth #MentalHealth #19thCentury

Next we have Stephen Ball who reflects on the career and legacy of Joseph Ablett. Ablett made a significant contribution to the treatment of mental illness in mid-nineteenth century Wales. Find out about this contribution👇 http://ow.ly/2K4f50LxmXF @histodons @histodon #DisabilityHistoryMonth #MentalHealth #19thCentury

Our next blog is from Andrew Thrush, who reflects on how prominent figures with physical disabilities were treated at court in early modern England. Including how Charles I engaged with court while facing barriers from his peers👉 http://ow.ly/MGZc50LmBT5

#DisabilityHistoryMonth #EarlyModen @histodons @histodon

Our next blog is from Andrew Thrush, who reflects on how prominent figures with physical disabilities were treated at court in early modern England. Including how Charles I engaged with court while facing barriers from his peers👉 http://ow.ly/MGZc50LmBT5

#DisabilityHistoryMonth #EarlyModen @histodons @histodon

As #DisabilityHistoryMonth comes to an end, we would like to share with you a few of our blogs that are available all year round. First up, this blog explores the political career of Col. George Thomson, who lost a leg in the battle of Cheriton in 1644. http://ow.ly/me6T50Ltrc0

@histodons @histodon #Histodons #17thCentury

As #DisabilityHistoryMonth comes to an end, we would like to share with you a few of our blogs that are available all year round. First up, this blog explores the political career of Col. George Thomson, who lost a leg in the battle of Cheriton in 1644. http://ow.ly/me6T50Ltrc0

@histodons @histodon #Histodons #17thCentury

With #DisabilityHistoryMonth ending today, a reminder of our project focus on #DisabilityHistory - and that this is a topic we're interested in year-round!

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RT @RWLDproject@twitter.com

'I do not think that this disability had any bearing on the accident.'

#ICYMI our current blog post relates to #DisabilityHistoryMonth.

We look at John Duncan's sight loss & his subsequent accident at #Thornton in #Scotland in 1930:

https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/seeing-disability-in-our-database/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RWLDproject/status/1603359659758391298

Today we are reflecting on the career of Henry Fawcett, the first completely blind MP. During his career, he helped organise and present the first mass petition calling for women's suffrage. Find out more about him👇
https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/mp-of-the-month-henry-fawcett-1833-84/

@histodons @histodon
#Histodons #WomensHistory #DisabilityHistoryMonth

Today we are reflecting on the career of Henry Fawcett, the first completely blind MP. During his career, he helped organise and present the first mass petition calling for women's suffrage. Find out more about him👇
https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/mp-of-the-month-henry-fawcett-1833-84/

@histodons @histodon
#Histodons #WomensHistory #DisabilityHistoryMonth

We welcome guest blogs on past railway staff disabilities, in relation to safety & accidents, so please get in touch with your ideas!

For all our project #DisabilityHistory blog posts so far, have a look at:

https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/category/disability/

#DisabilityHistoryMonth

Being super lazy (battling deadlines!), here's a handy compliation of blog posts touching on #DisabilityHistory from a couple of years ago - though we've done an awful lot more since then, of course:

https://twitter.com/RWLDproject/status/1198546298904989696?s=20

#DisabilityHistoryMonth

'I do not think that this disability had any bearing on the accident.'

#ICYMI our current blog post relates to #DisabilityHistoryMonth.

We look at John Duncan's sight loss & his subsequent accident at #Thornton in #Scotland in 1930:

https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/seeing-disability-in-our-database/

RT @Lucy_Webster_@twitter.com

Very proud to have marked #DisabilityHistoryMonth with this @guardiang2@twitter.com piece on the overlooked icons of the disability rights movement

From Rosa May Billinghurst to Brad Lomax, Barbara Lisicki to Stella Young - we stand (sit) on the shoulders of giants
http://theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/09/from-the-wheelchair-using-black-panther-to-the-cripple-suffragette-10-heroes-of-the-disabled-rights-movement

NEW BLOG POST!

‘some months ago the unfortunate man lost the sight of his left eye'

Did this influence John Duncan's 1930 accident at #Thornton, #Fife, #Scotland?

Our final post for 2022's #DisabilityHistoryMonth:

https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/seeing-disability-in-our-database/

Map (c) @natlibscotmaps@twitter.com

Big 👍👏 for this blog post from @RailwayMuseum@twitter.com, for #DisabilityHistoryMonth.

Co-written by our project co-lead at the NRM, Karen 😀👍

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Delighted also that we're aiming to bring some of these records into the project in the future!

RT @RailwayMuseum@twitter.com

As part of #DisabilityHistoryMonth, Karen Baker and Tania Parker investigate accidents involving railway workers in our latest blog.

👉 Read more here: https://blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/loss-of-life-and-limb-making-sense-of-railway-worker-accidents/

🤝 Cc @RWLDproject@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RailwayMuseum/status/1601882231605075969

RT @Lucy_Webster_@twitter.com

Very proud to have marked #DisabilityHistoryMonth with this @guardiang2@twitter.com piece on the overlooked icons of the disability rights movement

From Rosa May Billinghurst to Brad Lomax, Barbara Lisicki to Stella Young - we stand (sit) on the shoulders of giants
http://theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/09/from-the-wheelchair-using-black-panther-to-the-cripple-suffragette-10-heroes-of-the-disabled-rights-movement

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Lucy_Webster_/status/1601222291219972096

The Guardian: From the wheelchair-using Black Panther to the ‘cripple suffragette’ – 10 #heroes of the #disabled #rights movement

"Creating change starts with growing awareness. So, to mark #DisabilityHistoryMonth, let me share some of these fierce, feisty, overlooked characters with you:

#RosaMayBillinghurst
#BarbaraLisicki
#AlanHoldsworth
#JavedAbidi
#JudyHeumann
#JaneCampbell
#YetnebershNigussie
#StellaYoung
#EdRoberts
#BradLomax"

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/09/from-the-wheelchair-using-black-panther-to-the-cripple-suffragette-10-heroes-of-the-disabled-rights-movement cc: @TeresaHeartchild