{"id":13,"date":"2019-07-25T15:42:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2024-02-15T15:20:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:20:25","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle University Disability Interest Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NU Disability Interest Group (NU DIG) is a disabled staff and student network at Newcastle University. We aim to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>promote accessibility and inclusion<\/li><li>encourage good practice in all the University does<\/li><li>promote positive attitudes towards disability<\/li><li>provide a forum for sharing ideas, experiences and expertise<\/li><li>influence University decision making and policy development<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blog posts<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates has-author wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/files\/2025\/04\/dig-accessibility-demo-day-march-2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"People in a large room stood and sat around tables with laptops.\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/2025\/09\/16\/digital-accessibility-demo-day-4th-november-2025\/\">Digital accessibility demo day &#8211; 4th November, 2025<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Christian Lawson-Perfect<\/div><time datetime=\"2025-09-16T16:57:07+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">16th September 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">What does &#8220;accessible&#8221; 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&#8217;re putting on an another digital accessibility demo day, to help answer those questions.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/files\/2025\/04\/dig-accessibility-demo-day-march-2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"People in a large room stood and sat around tables with laptops.\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/2025\/04\/10\/digital-accessibility-showcase-for-global-accessibility-awareness-day\/\">CANCELLED: Digital accessibility showcase for Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Christian Lawson-Perfect<\/div><time datetime=\"2025-04-10T10:57:31+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">10th April 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Unfortunately, due to the industrial action, we&#8217;ve had to cancel our planned event. We&#8217;ll try again to run it at a later date.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/2025\/03\/13\/autism-acceptance-walk-3rd-april-2025\/\">Autism acceptance walk, 3rd April 2025<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Christian Lawson-Perfect<\/div><time datetime=\"2025-03-13T09:24:27+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">13th March 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Here&#8217;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\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/2025\/03\/13\/autism-acceptance-walk-3rd-april-2025\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Autism acceptance walk, 3rd April 2025<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/files\/2025\/01\/dhm-2024-poster.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Digital accessibility demo day poster. Boiler House 13:00 - 15:00, Wednesday 5th March. Other text content is repeated in the post.\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/2025\/02\/04\/digital-accessibility-demo-day\/\">Digital accessibility demo day<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Christian Lawson-Perfect<\/div><time datetime=\"2025-02-04T17:11:55+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">4th February 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">What does &#8220;accessible&#8221; 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&#8217;re putting on an event to help answer those questions.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/files\/2024\/11\/dhm-2024-digital-sign-1366x768-1.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Disability History Month event. What is neurodiversity? Answer our question and get a free fidget toy and \u00a31 caf\u00e9 voucher. In the courtyard caf\u00e9, 11:00 - 13:00, Wednesday 27th November.\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/2024\/11\/15\/disability-history-month-2024-event\/\">Disability History Month 2024 event<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Christian Lawson-Perfect<\/div><time datetime=\"2024-11-15T09:27:33+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">15th November 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Following the success of last year&#8217;s event celebrating Disability History Month, we&#8217;re doing the same thing again, and we welcome you to attend! This year, our question is &#8220;What is neurodiversity?&#8221;. It&#8217;s a term that has exploded in usage lately, but what does it mean? Is it a helpful term, or does it group too\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/2024\/11\/15\/disability-history-month-2024-event\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Disability History Month 2024 event<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/dig\/news\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"77\">Read older blog posts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NU Disability Interest Group (NU DIG) is a disabled staff and student network at Newcastle University. 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