In June 2020, I released a new report from a qualitative project with perinatal women in England during the England lockdown of spring 2020, listening to their accounts of having…

Isolation put on the table the discussion regarding access to rights, to essential goods, to water, electricity, and housing as part of an integral right to health[i]. At first, the…

One of the most striking features of the current pandemic has been the centrality of scientific experts. At the daily Downing Street Corona Briefing the mantra ‘led by the science’…

The consequences of the Coronavirus Crisis on academic work are emerging with reports of a decline in research from disadvantaged academics and concerns about the growth of inequalities in the…

There are numerous difficulties faced by disabled people, who are just not seen as quite disabled enough within society. This can include the lack of access to disability benefits to…

The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare economic weakness around the world. Current practices, led by the airline industry and manufacturing companies, include measures such as downsizing the workforce, halting shareholder…

COVID-19, Higher Education and Disability – a series of four blogs on lessons to be learned from the current crisis, Disability Studies, and disabled people. Four:  Although these posts may…

COVID-19, Higher Education and Disability – a series of four blogs on lessons to be learned from the current crisis, Disability Studies, and disabled people. Three:  As suggested in the…

COVID-19, Higher Education and Disability – a series of four blogs on lessons to be learned from the current crisis, Disability Studies, and disabled people. Two: The yawning chasm between…