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Disability History Month 

Disability History Month aims to explore intersectionality, disability activism, and challenge misconceptions. Disabled people make up a fifth of the population of the UK, and yet they are still the largest minority which faces discrimination in this country.

 

 

Disabled Students’ Voices: Your Experience, Your SU.

We want to understand disabled students’ experiences at university and how your Students’ Union can improve them. This includes your academic experience, getting involved, accessing support and having your voice heard. You do not need a formal diagnosis or to have told the university about a disability to take part. You can skip any question.


By taking part, you will be entered into a prize draw to win one of 5 £20 Vouchers
Please direct any questions to: insights@greenwich.ac.uk

 

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Disability History Month - Portraits 2026

Profiles of disabled students, staff and graduates at University of Greenwich.

Meet five individuals and learn more about their story, experiences and insight this Disability History Month. Click on each image to learn more about the person featured. 

You can also explore this exhibition in our physcial spaces across all three campuses at the following locations: The Dome, Avery hill. The Atrium, Dreadnought Building, Greenwich and The Hub at Medway. 

 

 

 

Dr Melanie Thorley

STAART Manager
Fibromyalgia, Clinical depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 
photo of Ijaz stood outside in front of a large tree smiling

 

Ijaz Zaland

STAART Graduate Ambassador
I am a polio infected person since my childhood, and my right leg is not functioning, for which I do use a brace, and a crutch for my mobility around.

 

 

Rahid photographed outside, smiling stood in front of a tree wearing black glasses and a white long sleeved shirt

 

Rahid Ali

BA Business Management, GSU Disabled Students' Liberation Chair
Long Term Health Condition

 

 

Sally M Stevens

Psychological Wellbeing Advisor
Autism, ADHD, Fibromyalgia

 

Shona at Medway campus wearing a navy university of greenwich hoodie, photographed outside in front of a brick wall

 

Shona Eagles

PhD student and STAART Graduate Ambassador
ADHD and dyslexia

 

 

 
 
 

What's on? 

Disability History Month Conference
23rd November noon - 4pm
Lower Deck, Dreadnought Building, Greenwich Campus
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Recommended Resources

To celebrate Disability History Month we have put together a collection of books we reccommend. Find out more about each below. 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Disability Visibility

Disability Visibility is a collection of short essays exploring the life of disabled individuals across the globe, discussing the impact their disability has had on their life, from medical care, to poverty, to fashion and relationships.

This intersectional exploration of disability illuminates areas of disability that are often too taboo to discuss in the open, and sheds light on the struggles, but also the joy, that can come with being disabled.

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How to Build a Boat

This shortlisted Booker Prize nominee follows Jamie O'Neill on his journey to create a Perpetual Motion Machine to connect with his dead mother, Noelle, who died from his birth. At a new school, exploring his teenage hood, Jamie struggles to find friends, instead connecting with two teachers who bring their own complicated lives.

Set in West Ireland, the book explores community and connections which beautifully represents Autism in a new light.

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The Perseverance

British-Jamaican poet utilises space and time to discover new territories in his identity, exploring grief, loss and language through the lens of the deaf experience.

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Leg

A painstakingly funny memoir of a man with cerebral palsy, and how his experiences of being disabled and gay have challenged his life, but not taken away his joy or happiness. He explores the fire and spirit he had to take on the world, while acutely aware the world wasn't ready for him.

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