Mediating disability in broken Britain

‘Mediating disability’ brings together local policymakers, media, politicians and activists in a one-day symposium examining how the social sciences interrogate the media representation of disability issues against the backdrop of the government’s ‘Big Society’ project and welfare reform.

The event will provide an agenda for further research in this area.

Guest speakers -

Anne McGuire MP (Shadow Minister for Disabled People)

Robert Adamson (Liberal Democrat Disability Association)

Councillor Manjula Sood (Leicester City Council)

Sue Marsh (Broken of Britain)

Marc Bush (Head of Research and Policy, Scope)

Julie Howell (Giraffe Sense Mentoring)

Filippo Trevisan (University of Glasgow)

Dr Anna Claydon (University of Leicester)

Dr Emma Briant (University of Glasgow)

Dr Vicky Tolfrey (Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sports)

Jayant Mistry (former paralympian)

Advance registration is required – click here for Economic and Social Research Council eventbrite -

http://mediatingdisability-eorg.eventbrite.com/

Organised by: Dr Paul Reilly, Department of Media and Communications, University of Leicester – Telephone: 0116 252 2829

Location: Embrace Arts at the Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester, LE1 7HA

Date and time: 9 November, 10.00-16.30

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