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Pamela Block

@pblock8.bsky.social

Disability Anthropologist at Western University and Activist Books: Occupying Disability; Allies and Obstacles; Family and Disability Activism. My research is based in Brazil and North America Posts my own.

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Pamela Block@pblock8.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I am really excited to share that our article Extraordinary measures of sibling worldmaking (Block, Ries, and Kassem) is now published in MAQ. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Medical Anthropology Quarterly | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library

In this ethnographic research project involving disabled and non/disabled siblings in Canada, we have found that during major life-changing transitions, such as the death of a parent, siblings face m....

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Pamela Block@pblock8.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I am so happy to say that a webinar on "Sibling Co-Creation During Times of Transition" recorded with Helen Ries and Dima Kassem is finally available online. It is short, only 36 minutes long but there is also a text summary of the discussion that followed which was really amazing.

WEBCAST | Co-creation during times of transition - Research Findings

This course is a replay of a web presentation of research findings with Dr. Pamela Block, Helen Ries and Dima Kassam. They share the results of their research on sibling relationships during times of ...

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Pamela Block@pblock8.bsky.social · last yr.

Check and see if this is in your library’s catalog and if so share this to the librarians and ask them to remove it #disability #anthropology #publishing

Sami Schalk@drsamischalk.bsky.social · last yr.

I don’t have a lot of capacity to deal with this but I just found out the sixth edition of the Disability Studies Reader is out. Four years ago a bunch of disability studies scholars, activists & artists protested our inclusion in this textbook. www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

UMN American Studies@umn-amst.bsky.social · last yr.

Featuring Drs. Angela Carter, Erin Durban, Jessica Horvath Williams, and Jennie Row! Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Critical Disability Studies Conversation

A conversation with the UMN Critical Disability Studies Leadership Team exploring the “D” in RIDGS and considering directions for the next few years. The event will discuss the history of critical dis...

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erin l. durban@erindurban.bsky.social · last yr.

UMN Critical Disability Studies Conversation on April 14.

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Jen Mankoff@jcmankoff.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have been asked to present a talk about the future of accessibility. But I feel obliged to talk about the future we face if this current dismantling of our rights succeeds. Because we know what that world will look like -- we have only to look to the past. make4all.org/2025/02/21/w...

What is the future of accessibility?

I have been asked to present a talk about the future of accessibility. But how can I talk only about the amazing researchh I see our community doing, when I am watching the dismantling of the right…

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)@autisticadvocacy.org · 2y ago

We urge the Senate not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy’s long record of spreading misinformation about autism in particular and public health in general makes him a disastrous choice for this role. #StopRFK

Call your Senators to #StopRFK now! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

We are deeply disappointed that Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr.’s nomination has moved out of the Senate Finance Committee. Now, the whole Senate will vote on whether he becomes Secretary of the…

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