I’ve been a little quiet on here whilst I hunt for a job (sadly my current contract ends in September). If anybody stumbles across research roles linked with disability, neurodiversity, human geography or creative and inclusive research methods, you officially have permission to cold message me 😂

Hundreds of thousands of disabled people with lifelong conditions are being put through “pointless” benefit reassessments, contrary to official guidelines. This includes people with learning disabilities and limb amputations. My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Disabled people with lifelong conditions facing ‘unnecessary’ Pip reassessments

‘Pointless’ reviews are wasting public money and ‘significantly harming’ the mental health of claimants, charity says

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In April we held 'Dancing Across Disciplines' - a sector-wide event exploring the role of dance across research and practice. Event leads @danielpjones.bsky.social, @marieminden.bsky.social and Emily Davis recap the day in this news piece.

Dancing Across Disciplines

Dancing Across Disciplines was a sector-wide event exploring the role of dance across research and practice. The event leads recap the day.

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I have two spaces left on this month's workshop. Get in touch if you're interested!

Claire Turner@claireturner.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I'm delighted to finally share details of a workshop series I'm hosting with @thackraymuseum.bsky.social! 'Researchers in Museums' is open to a wide range of early career researchers and offers the opportunity to go 'behind the scenes' in a fantastic medical museum. Please share widely!

You know it's #TouretteSyndromeAwarenessMonth when you start to get the annual "we're trying to produce a dating show and want you to talk about how it's hard to date with tics" emails. EVERY year. To others in the TS community: please tell me it's not just me?

Today marks the start of Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month. Instead of showing you're aware of us, show solidarity. Challenge ableism. Recognise our experiences as more-than-tics. Listen to tourettic voices over non-tourettic parents. Question media portrayals. We deserve more than acknowledgement.

I’m delighted to finally share details of my upcoming workshop, ‘Medicine and the Senses: Past, Present, Future’, an in-person, interactive event exploring the complex and fascinating relationship between bodies, health, medicine, and the senses. www.eventbrite.com/e/medicine-a...

This afternoon I attended a wonderful session from some of our brilliant @ndhumanities.bsky.social members. A powerful space for collab discussion and imagining a future of neuroaffirming humanities. Thanks to the organisers for holding such a wonderful event with us! Watch this space for more!

"We regret to inform you that we will not be progressing with your application [...]We had over 470 applicants for the position." 470+ applicants for ONE entry level job in academia. Something needs to change, surely? How is this sustainable?

NEW: ChatGPT advised a woman in South Korea before she poisoned 3 men, police say. 2 of them died. She asked about whether mixing certain substances could kill, and what dosages were dangerous, according to authorities. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

A woman turned to ChatGPT before poisoning 3 men in South Korea, police say

Kim So-young is accused of asking ChatGPT for lethal dosing advice before giving three men benzodiazepine-laced drinks. Two died.

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Bridging Fellow @danielpjones.bsky.social recently gave a public lecture for the European Society for the Study of Tics & Tourette Syndrome. ▶️ Find out more and watch the lecture here: medhumsplatform.org/new-public-l...

New Public Lecture on the use of Performance Art in Researching Tourette Syndrome

A public lecture by Bridging Fellow Daniel P Jones has just been published by the European Society for the Study of Tics and Tourette Syndrome.

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The language and assumptions we bring to Tourette Syndrome are never neutral. Framings of TS as arhythmic are having an impact on clinical decision making - I argue that performance art can play a role in reframing tourettic folks as human in this recent lecture! medhumsplatform.org/new-public-l...

New Public Lecture on the use of Performance Art in Researching Tourette Syndrome

A public lecture by Bridging Fellow Daniel P Jones has just been published by the European Society for the Study of Tics and Tourette Syndrome.

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My lecture for the European Society for the Study of #Tics & #TouretteSyndrome is now live! Here, I explore the role that my performance artist-scholar practice plays in re-humanising narratives about the tourettic community. Now available for free at the link below! www.essts.org/news/the-rol...

ESSTS | Webinars | The role of performance art in Tourette Syndrome research

Bringing a medical humanities lens to TS research and showing how performance and creative practice can open new pathways for inclusive, ethically grounded clinical and research work By Natalia Szejko

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✂️ What if academia was designed differently - more inclusive, more creative, and shaped by diverse ways of thinking? Join @ndhumanities.bsky.social for an online zine-making workshop to explore these ideas. No experience needed! 🗓 13 May 12.30–2pm Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimaginin...

Reimagining academia/the humanities: a collaborative zine-making workshop

Join us for a workshop reimagining academia and the humanities from a neurodivergent perspective.

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When Labour next tell you there is no money left and that's why they can't help people to heat their homes, show them this.

Doug Parr@dougparr.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW: Analysis from @globalwitness.org shows windfall global oil companies are likely to make if oil prices remain elevated for the rest of year $234bn Meanwhile it's reasonable to expect there'll be people struggling to afford to stay warm by end 2026 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Or read the transcript and watch the BSL translation here: shef.ac.uk/ihuman/waarc/cripping-research-culture-podcast Cripping Research Culture is a Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture podcast and is supported by the Wellcome Trust.

Cripping Research Culture Podcast

WAARC presents "Cripping Research Culture", a podcast that asks the question: "How can we make better working conditions for disabled staff in higher education?". Hosted and produced by Élaina Gauthie...

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The final episode of #CrippingResearchCulture is out! Listen to @danielpjones.bsky.social and me interview @louisecreechan.bsky.social and Haf Serajee on "Daring to Plan Inclusive Events" here or wherever podcasts can be found: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

Nice to see this confirmed, I hope it leads to much more openness and compassion in how we speak about suicide with children and young people.

The Mental Elf@thementalelf.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Asking preadolescents about suicide does not increase suicidal thoughts 🧒 A 12-month study of 8–12 year olds found no evidence of harm, even in those already at higher risk. buff.ly/eRdFfop #SuicidePrevention #ChildMentalHealth

Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances, we will be postponing this event. Watch this spaces for the rescheduled event later this year! 🔥

Neurodivergent Humanities Network@ndhumanities.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Where, and how, are conversations about neurodiversity unfolding today? What is lost, reshaped, or new when translating neurodiversity across cultures and disciplines? Join us on April 23rd for a free, online roundtable on Translating Neurodiversity! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...

Where, and how, are conversations about neurodiversity unfolding today? What is lost, reshaped, or new when translating neurodiversity across cultures and disciplines? Join us on April 23rd for a free, online roundtable on Translating Neurodiversity! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...

Thrilled to share I've had TWO papers accepted for the European Society for the Study of Tics & Tourette Syndrome Meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia this June! 🇸🇮 I'll be sharing findings from a recent roundtable on the future of TS research, and a recent paper of mine on technoableism in TS treatment 👏

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Join us in Durham on 28th April for a 1-day event exploring dancing across different disciplines, forms, spaces and communities. The day will explore the links between dance, literature, geography, health, and more! Tickets are free but limited 🕺 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dancing-ac... #AcademicSky

Dancing Across Disciplines

Keen to move and be moved? Join us for a dynamic 1-day event exploring dancing across different disciplines, forms, spaces, and communities.

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The BSL translation of #CrippingResearchCulture episode 7 with Lucy Killerby and Freya Douglas Oloyede is now live on the Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture website! sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/waarc... Cripping Research Culture is made possible with support from the @wellcometrust.bsky.social.

Cripping Research Culture Podcast

WAARC presents "Cripping Research Culture", a podcast that asks the question: "How can we make better working conditions for disabled staff in higher education?". Hosted and produced by Élaina Gauthie...

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This is Apartheid. It's morally disgusting - and comes at the same time as Israel is committing an ongoing genocide. To see the Labour Government defend Israel repeatedly will horrify the British public - it cannot go on like this.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo ago

Israel’s death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners moves to final vote

For me, one of the strangest things about being an interdisciplinary academic is being asked to return a peer-review for a clinical science journal in 5 days, whilst waiting 10 months for the first round of reviews on your latest social science manuscript. The speed differences give me whiplash 😅

NEW CfP! 🌈🎓 📸 VISUAL HISTORY NOW: Using photographs to study the history of gender, sexuality, and space 8-9 Oct, Tampere Uni, Finland If you research gendered, sexual, queer or trans histories using visual materials, this is the conference for you! Deadline 31 March www.tuni.fi/en/research/...

Presenting queer visual history (PicMe) | Tampere universities

Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) constitute the Tampere Universities community. Our areas of priority in research and education are technology, health and societ...

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A new publication by our Moving Bodies Lab researcher Emily Davis, explores professional perspectives on Scottish Ballet’s developing ‘dance on prescription’ model 🩰 Find out more about the publication 👇 medhumsplatform.org/prescribing-...

Prescribing dance? A new study looks at what health professionals think

A new publication by our Moving Bodies Lab researcher, Emily Davis, explores professional perspectives on Scottish Ballet’s developing ‘dance on prescription’ model.

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'Dancing Across Disciplines', Durham, UK | 28 April 2026 Join us for a FREE 1-day event exploring dance across disciplines, forms, spaces, + communities. We'll explore historical connections across dance, literature, geographies, community practice, and more! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dancing-ac...

Dancing Across Disciplines

Keen to move and be moved? Join us for a dynamic 1-day event exploring dancing across different disciplines, forms, spaces, and communities.

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My latest paper is now out in Neurodiversity (Open Access!) In it, I critically examine emerging technology-based treatment interventions for Tourette Syndrome, considering median nerve stimulation and the Neupulse device in particular. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Centring Tourettic Experiences in Technology: Tourette Syndrome, Median Nerve Stimulation, and the Role of Technoableism in Self-Harm and Stigma - Daniel P. Jones, 2026

Tourette Syndrome (TS) is commonly conceptualised as a neurological disorder that frequently has childhood onset, and is characterised by tics – impulsive vocal...

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Absolutely appalled at every single person involved in this. Once again, the tourettic community is being punched down at. Tourette Syndrome is not an excuse. We are not your punchline. Your ableism is showing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkKb...

Tourette’s - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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