Our first digital accessibility demo day was a success so we’re running it again on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, 15th May 2025.
Here’s an announcement of an event from Rachel Queen. April is Autism Acceptance Month, a time to celebrate all forms of neurodiversity and promote understanding and acceptance of autistic individuals. The Autism Acceptance Walks are organised by the National Autistic Society and will be taking place throughout April all across the UK. Autistic people face […]
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Digital accessibility demo day
What does “accessible” mean? What difficulties do students have accessing the material we provide? How do students surmount those difficulties? How do you improve the accessibility of your material? We’re putting on an event to help answer those questions.
Following the success of last year’s event celebrating Disability History Month, we’re doing the same thing again, and we welcome you to attend! This year, our question is “What is neurodiversity?”. It’s a term that has exploded in usage lately, but what does it mean? Is it a helpful term, or does it group too […]
Rachel Queen has informed us of an event she’s helping to organise for Neurodiversity Celebration Week. It’s open to all Newcastle University staff and students, and you can attend either in-person at the Centre for Life or on Zoom. A workshop arranged as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week. We have invited Dr Amy Pearson, assistant Professor in […]
Our event for Disability History Month on November 30th was a success, with over 50 people stopping by to respond to our question, “What is a disability?” We handed out a few flyers, and the fidget toys were a big hit! It was great to hear a wide range of perspectives on disability, from just […]
On Friday 1st December we will light up the King’s Gate building purple to mark the International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPWD). The day is a United Nations initiative for: Celebration – to recognize and value the diversity of our global community, and to cherish the role we all play, regardless of our abilities; […]
The Disability Interest Group (DIG) team at Newcastle University have created this event to celebrate Disability History Month 2023 and we welcome you to attend!
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New co-chair model!
The Disability Interest Group (DIG) relaunched in July 2023 with a new Co-Chair model. The network now has three chairs: Stephanie Roberts, Christian Lawson-Perfect, and Kevin Johnson. The chairs have a variety of professional and lived experiences and have a passion for disability inclusion. They are also looking for new members to join our DIG […]
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Thank you!
The DIG would like to thank Emma Simblett, School Learning & Teaching Assistant for PS Mathematics, Statistics & Physics, for her hard work and contribution to the group, while she is taking a break from committee membership. Thank you Emma!