{"id":921,"date":"2023-12-15T11:29:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/?p=921"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:29:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:29:30","slug":"disability-history-month-at-uwe-bristol-podcast-celebrating-difference-transforming-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/disability-history-month-at-uwe-bristol-podcast-celebrating-difference-transforming-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability History Month at UWE Bristol podcast \u2013 Celebrating Difference. Transforming Futures."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of our Disability History Month celebrations, Katie Carson, Chair of the Disabled Staff Network and Senior Policy Advisor in the Student Voice and Academic Policy team, joins in conversation with Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost Amanda Coffey, who is also the University\u2019s Diversity Champion for Disability, to talk about Amanda\u2019s experiences of being a parent of a disabled child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theme of this year\u2019s Disability History Month is disability, children and youth, and Amanda shares some of the privileges and challenges she and her son have faced, but also the insight she has gained that could help us shape the support that we offer for our disabled students, staff, and carers across the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch some of the highlights of their conversation below (to turn on subtitles click the \u2018Settings\u2019 icon and select \u2018Subtitles\u2019), plus a link to the full audio podcast interview is available below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disability History Month at UWE Bristol \u2013 Celebrating Difference. Transforming Futures.\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lRSKXw-Do9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/uwebristol\/disability-history-month-at-uwe-bristol-celebrating-difference-transforming-futures\/s-NM5bIAAfPAP?si=706ccbd2310b43d4a9fd4de36761ffbb&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\"><strong>Listen to the full Disability History Month at UWE Bristol &#8211; Celebrating Difference. Transforming Futures. podcast (SoundCloud)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our Disability History Month celebrations, Katie Carson, Chair of the Disabled Staff Network and Senior Policy Advisor in the Student Voice and Academic Policy team, joins in conversation with Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost Amanda Coffey, who is also the University\u2019s Diversity Champion for Disability, to talk about Amanda\u2019s experiences of being a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/equality-and-diversity\/disability-history-month-at-uwe-bristol-podcast-celebrating-difference-transforming-futures\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Disability History Month at UWE Bristol podcast \u2013 Celebrating Difference. 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