UK Disability History Month 2014
For UK Disability History Month, Manchester City Council’s Disabled Staff Group have developed a programme of events in partnership with Archives+, People’s History Museum and University of Manchester.
UK Disability History Month was established in 2011. The theme for 2014 is War and Impairment: The Social Consequences of Disablement, focusing on World War 1. For the first time, Manchester City Council is organising a public programme of events for UKDHM.
Manchester City Council’s Disabled Staff Group have led on the development of a programme of events in partnership with Archives+, People’s History Museum and University of Manchester. The programme is free and open to all those interested in finding out more about the impact of the First World War on the 2 million men disabled in combat and what happened on their return. It includes:
- Interactive digital exhibition in Archives+ from 1 December 2014 until 5 January 2015 - Ground Floor Virtual Archive Wall
- Exhibition at People's History Museum from 12 December 2014 until 5 January 2015
- Central Library Archives handling session for International Day of Persons with Disabilities at 12.30-1.30 on Wednesday 3 December
- Hidden Histories of Disabled Veterans and the First World War Learning Event in Central Library on Wednesday 17 December at 5.00-7.00 pm with leading disability historian, Dr Ana Carden-Coyne, University Of Manchester. Opened by Councillor Tracey Rawlins, Lead Member on Disability.
- The Sensory War Exhibition 1914 – 2014 at the Art Gallery (co-curated by Dr Ana Carden-Coyne).