History, Literature, News

Celebrating Disability History Month 2025

To mark Disability History Month in the UK, we've collated a reading list from our books and journals that engage with ideas and narratives of disability, particularly our leading journal, The Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, and our acclaimed book series, Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society. Browse the reading list below and … Continue reading

Journals

Town Planning Review 96.3 Featured Article | Understanding accessibility and disability in the planning profession: An examination of planners’ knowledge and practices

The authors of ‘Understanding accessibility and disability in the planning profession: An examination of planners’ knowledge and practices’ talk about the importance of their paper which has been selected as the Featured Article from Volume 96.3 of TPR.

Heritage and Landscape, History

A History of Disability in England

A History of Disability in England by Simon Jarrett has recently published as part of our Historic England partnership. This thousand-year history of people with disabilities in English society ranges from the surprisingly integrated societies of the medieval and early modern periods to the institutionalisation of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book holds important … Continue reading

History, Literature, News

Disability History Month

To mark Disability History Month in the UK, we've collated a reading list from our books and journals that engage with ideas and narratives of disability, particularly our Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society book series and our leading publication The Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies. A history of disability in England: From … Continue reading