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Simone Cuff shares Dr Lisa-Ann Gershwin’s career story, including challenges and successes, for Disability History Month.
Florence Seibert: From polio survivor to medical pioneer
news and viewsFor Disability History Month, Kip Heath delves into Florence Seibert’s lifelong fight against infectious diseases.
Inventor and visionary: Thomas Edison’s legacy
news and viewsThomas Alva Edison is famous as one of the pioneering inventors of the incandescent light bulb. The ‘light-bulb moment’ is now shorthand for a bright idea, and another of Edison’s inventions, the phonograph, would jump start the record industry - not bad for a man who was himself almost completely deaf. Kip Heath explores Edison's legacy as part of Disability History Month.
Disability history and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ
history of scienceTo celebrate UK Disability History Month, we take a look through the collections of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, highlighting some of our Fellows whose work has made a positive difference for people with disabilities.
Trends on students and staff with disabilities in STEM
news and viewsProfessors Paul Upchurch and Seralynne Vann share their personal experiences and perspectives on new research, commissioned by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, on trends relating to students and academic staff with disabilities in STEM.