UM | Disability Studies @UMmtDisability
We collaborate with various @UMmalta entities to explore possible #interdisciplinary #disability-related research projects both #locally and #internationally. um.edu.mt/socialwellbein… University of Malta, Msida Joined May 2017-
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Public lecture - 'I am more than just my label' by Professor Anita Franklin : um.edu.mt/newspoint/even…
Disability & Society Special Issue 2026 #CFP — ‘Disability — Are things getting better?’ Close date 30th July 2025. Please share. Push the boundaries on the most pressing issues of our time #AI #Work #AssistedLiving #Welfare #Global #Inclusion #War Link think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues……
"It seems that deinstitutionalisation has become an exercise in wordsmithing." inclusion.eu/it-seems-that-…
Latest article: Writing Disability and Breaking Language: A Collaborative Essay tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Our new report analyses how disability is included in the EU's development funding (2022): - Only 4 projects (0.3%) specifically targeted supporting persons with disabilities. - Not a single project funded by @EIB was disability inclusive. Read: edf-feph.org/publications/s…
Il-proġett #ACTIVATE - Vidjo introduttorju minn Emily Slater: youtu.be/A9mffKKM6eY #autism #youth #autismacceptance #autismspectrum #autismsupport #neurodiversity #ErasmusPlus @EUCAP_autism Associação Portuguesa Voz do Autista @KU_Leuven Inklużjoni @CouncilAutism
My first ever academic paper has been published! Led by Lizzie Smith, we found that LGBTIQ people with intellectual disability were more vulnerable to prejudice because of their reliance on disability services that were unwilling to meet their needs tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Making the Invisible Visible: Event held on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disability um.edu.mt/newspoint/news…
This Current Issues article from Brian Watermeyer & Leslie Swartz is essential reading: Intersectionality and embodiment: important issues for disability studies Free to View #OpenAccess Considered and important scholarship tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
The Disability & Society Special Issue 2026 Call for Papers with the title ‘Disability — Are things getting better?’ is now open! Please share widely. We look forward to receiving your submissions #REF2029 #CFP #Disability Here is the link think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…
Join the Conversation Disability & Society Special Issue 2026 Call for Papers #CFP Disability — Are things getting better? Closing date for manuscripts submission: 30th July, 2025 Start thinking - details will be online soon. Please share
This week we had the pleasure of hosting @BeckstaylorFish in our Department. She delivered lectures for our undergraduate and postgraduate students and a public lecture on modern institutions. @AmyJZahra @AnneMCallus
I always believed, strongly, that #AssistedDying was a good & ethical thing to offer people who had the capacity to choose, in the case of physical illnesses without any chance of remission, recovery or cure. I don’t think this any more - I think we have such an appalling … 1/2
This is an interview by Josh Downey with Noel Zammit Pawley regarding the latter's research on providing counselling for persons with intellectual disability open.spotify.com/episode/17Lb2B…
I am reading: Disability rights and disability justice in prison: the limits of state-protected rights and the possibilities of mutual support. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Celebrating #InternationalDayofSignLanguages with an insightful interview featuring a #MalteseSignLanguageInterpreter from #AgenzijaSupport! Stay tuned to hear her thoughts on where to find sign language interpreters. #IWDP #IDSL #BuildingInclusiveCommunities
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📣Volume 4 (2) out now!! ‘Contesting Ableist Ideology : Drawing on Latinx Mothers’ Cultural Values to Define Dis/ability' an article on #ScienceOpen: scienceopen.com/document?vid=0… #Disability #Disabilitytwitter
A Fresh Chapter in Social Wellbeing ✨ With the transition from the leadership of Prof. Andrew Azzopardi to that of Dr Sandra Scicluna ✅ Read more on #Newspoint 👇 newspoint.mt/news/2024/09/f… #ShineAtUM #SocialWellbeing #Leadership #University #Malta
Dr. Kirsty Liddiard @KirstyLiddiard1
5K Followers 4K Following Sociologist and Senior Research Fellow researching disability, breath, and respiration. All views my own. She/her.
Prof Angharad Beckett... @AngharadBeckett
3K Followers 2K Following I am no longer here. I’m at the Other Place, see pinned tweet.
Professor Dan Goodley @DanGoodley
5K Followers 3K Following (he/him) Left politics, sewing, disability, @NFFC. moving to https://t.co/tNUGrBZfCV
Int. Journal of Disab... @IntJDSJ
3K Followers 1K Following Now on Bluesky @ijdsj (dot) bsky (dot) social Web address: https://t.co/uNQzEImoJG WE ARE NO LONGER USING THIS X ACCOUNT
Dr Leah Burch (she/he... @LeahFBurch
2K Followers 2K Following Senior Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University. Interested in hate crime, disability studies, sexual violence & intersectionality. She/her
Carlo Calleja @FrCarloCalleja
679 Followers 1K Following Grateful HB | RC Priest | Lecturer. SThD in #MoralTheology from @BCSTM #ChristianEthics #VirtueEthics #CST #Kinship #Vulnerability
radoskeravica @radoskeravica
584 Followers 862 Following Disabled researcher from Serbia, Marie Curie Fellow. Researching disabled children's participation in healthcare. Proud member of @CDSLeeds @ENIL_EU @ENILYouth
Sharon L. Smith @sharon_l_smith
3K Followers 4K Following Researcher/activist/‘Dr Mum’. Interests include education, disability, inclusion, (not)belonging, co-production, risk/vulnerability, learning disability
Dr. Shahd @ShahdAlshammari
5K Followers 3K Following Academic, author, disability studies and literature.
Doctor Disabled ♿�... @MrJasonOlsen
2K Followers 1K Following Advocate for disability rights, social justice & inclusion. Former Senior Policy Advisor in DC turned PhD/Researcher in UK. He/Him. Views = mine alone. 😏
David Abbott @davidabbottbris
4K Followers 5K Following Peace and peonies. Also dog, views, cake, Social Policy. He/him 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪 🏴✊🏿
Dr Antonios Ktenidis ... @AntonisKtenidis
2K Followers 2K Following Lecturer @EducationSheff, DD. BA Education, Culture & Childhood, BERA convenor Inclusive Education, Manager @JournalDSE #CriticalDisabilityStudies #Heightism
Julia Modern @laamodern
373 Followers 735 Following Researcher and disability activist. Poverty lead @InclusionLondon. Former @ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at @SoasAnthro, PhD from @Cambridge_Uni
Catherine M. Appert @catappstrophic
52 Followers 212 Following feminist/scholar, would-be writer, seriously over the ableism of this all. have pronouns will travel. tweeting into the void + 40 or so
Mel Kennedy @mel_politics
169 Followers 679 Following Disabled PhD student , researcher in disabled political representation. Senior Policy Fellow (Representation) at The Disability Policy Centre. Views are my own.
Dr Hannah Gibson ♿�... @HannGibson86
1K Followers 3K Following Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 2023-2026. Crip & Queer. Disability | Reproductive justice | Spain
Charlotte Claypole @CharClaypole
200 Followers 2K Following Represented by RWG Management [email protected] +44(0)7760 654330 @managementrwg Drama Studio London Graduate @Drama_Studio. Voice-over Artist.
Anna Sigrun @AnnaSigrun2
84 Followers 234 Following PhD student in disability studies at the University of Iceland, social worker, teacher, mum, dachshund lover, feminist, audio-book lover, podcast nerd......
Twinkle @Twinkle85656815
19 Followers 235 Following Research Scholar #Social Worker #Central University of Rajasthan
Fajar Ali @FajarAli150277
0 Followers 46 Following
IMPACTsci Education &... @IMPACTsci
5 Followers 122 Following IMPACTsci is a social enterprise with the mission of developing innovative, inclusive educational methodologies and tools that align with the diverse neurotypes
Kyleigh Melville @MelvilleKyleigh
138 Followers 367 Following ESRC-funded PhD Candidate @EdinburghUni 🔎 Neurodiversity, Sensory Environments & Participatory Research | 🇨🇦🏳️🌈🍉
jack @jieliu12391471
15 Followers 2K Following
Dr Raymond_C @RaymondChirowa
104 Followers 655 Following #Humanrights #RuleofLaw Executive Office of the Secretary General (EOSG) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
MSA_SociologyMalta @MaltaSociology
263 Followers 412 Following The Malta Sociological Association was set up in 2016. It is a non-commercial entity, which aims to develop and promote sociological knowledge. VO 1323 #Malta
HandinHandPhysio @handinhandPT
6 Followers 104 Following Fiona Priestland - Children’s Physiotherapist working in Nottingham, UK, and the surrounding areas
Dr Charmaine Agius Fe... @agius_dr
65 Followers 134 Following
Christina Lee @censored_life
395 Followers 1K Following PhD on mindfulness memoirs, healing, and self-care. She/her. #MedicalHumanities #DisabilityStudies. Research Associate: Knowledge Exchange @DisMatters
NADSN @nadsn_uk
18 Followers 66 Following NADSN is a network uniting disabled staff groups in the UK, focusing on higher education to share best practices and promote inclusivity for disabled employees.
Nairree @NairreenOekQ
11 Followers 591 Following
Leonie Jane Seymour-M... @blindnotdaft
3 Followers 89 Following
Shelley Cowan (Access... @accessavenue1
611 Followers 7K Following Hi I’m Shelley Cowan aka The Purple Lady! I’m an Inspirational Speaker and an Accessibility Consultant, Champion and Researcher.
Disability Labour @DisabilityLab
6K Followers 3K Following Disabled people's campaigning organisation affiliated to the Labour Party. Fighting for #equality for all disabled people in the UK. Supporting @sucalliance.
Tess Ezzy @picturebooklov
13 Followers 570 Following
SANTOSH MAHALDAR @MahaldarSa31096
0 Followers 48 Following
Sprout Wong @chunchun_w94095
0 Followers 82 Following
Disabled World (DW) @DisabledWorld
43K Followers 2K Following Disabled World (DW) Official X Account
Radhika Sharma @Radhika65869995
1 Followers 32 Following
Jake Pyne #Free Pales... @JakePyne
3K Followers 3K Following Prof | @YorkULAPS | Settler | Trans Studies | Disability Studies | Critical Autism Studies | Soc Work 🙄 | Transphobes blocked, mood depending
Clelia Petracca @CleliaPetracca
169 Followers 309 Following Commissioning Editor in Disability Studies and Creativity Studies @PalgraveSoc @PalgravePsych All opinions and tweets are my own.
Shodasle @Shodasle_TPwH
53 Followers 3K Following
Frank Mondelli フラ... @frankmondelli
393 Followers 733 Following Cultural historian of technology, media, and disability in modern Japan. Assistant Professor at @UDelaware. 雯出理フランク。日本の技術・メディア・障害史。 デラウェア大学の助教授 。
Society for Disabilit... @dis_studies
835 Followers 402 Following SDS is a lively scholarly association of more than 400 artists, scholars and activists who promote Disability Studies. #DSQArchives #Soc4DisStudies
Pia Karasjärvi @PiaKarasjarvi
59 Followers 352 Following Doctoral student in technical communication @univaasa
Revista de Estudos de... @RELGP_AFOMOS
7 Followers 241 Following
Dillon McMahon @d_mcmMMU
7 Followers 75 Following About to embark on a PhD in law in MMU. Maybe not the most rock’n’roll of mid-life crises but I’m going with it.
きだゆか @kidayuka164784
72 Followers 3K Following
Pili Cobeñas @pilitacobe
239 Followers 936 Following I am full of a sense of promise, like I often have, the feeling of always being at the beginning. |Diane Arbus|
Ngozi Marion Emmanuel... @NgoziMarion
178 Followers 190 Following PhD in disability studies, disability identity, inclusion, hate crimes and media at UoL. UoL Alumni. RA @BCU
dDDDdDDdD @dDDDdDD59903451
2 Followers 21 Following
hersinta @hersinta
1K Followers 1K Following A PhD graduate who digs into internet and disability issues. Proud mom of a neurodivergent. Tweets on music and other random stuff.
worldbest @frimpongakwasi4
45 Followers 417 Following
🙃 @DanielJ19729177
10 Followers 330 Following
Nancy Marshall CYC @MissMarshallCYC
538 Followers 1K Following Neurodiversity advocate. Child and Youth Care Practitioner (MA CYC, RSW). Doctoral student in Education. Critical Disability Studies & Justice Work. (She/her)
Mary Freeman @MaryFreema54356
6 Followers 198 Following
Disability Research K... @DisabKashmir
3 Followers 61 Following
Prof Angharad Beckett... @AngharadBeckett
3K Followers 2K Following I am no longer here. I’m at the Other Place, see pinned tweet.
Int. Journal of Disab... @IntJDSJ
3K Followers 1K Following Now on Bluesky @ijdsj (dot) bsky (dot) social Web address: https://t.co/uNQzEImoJG WE ARE NO LONGER USING THIS X ACCOUNT
University of Malta @UMmalta
7K Followers 647 Following 🔺 Welcome to UM's official X account🔺 Follow us for the latest from #University of #Malta 🇲🇹 For admissions please contact us via [email protected] ✍️
Dr. Shahd @ShahdAlshammari
5K Followers 3K Following Academic, author, disability studies and literature.
David Abbott @davidabbottbris
4K Followers 5K Following Peace and peonies. Also dog, views, cake, Social Policy. He/him 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪 🏴✊🏿
UN SR Disability Righ... @SR_Disability
10K Followers 692 Following Twitter account of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Prof. Gerard Quinn. Not managed by or reflecting official UN positions.
Society for Disabilit... @dis_studies
836 Followers 403 Following SDS is a lively scholarly association of more than 400 artists, scholars and activists who promote Disability Studies. #DSQArchives #Soc4DisStudies
Aġenzija Sapport @AgenzijaSapport
107 Followers 73 Following Aġenzija Sapport offers and provides services, support and guidance to persons with disabilities, their support networks, and their communities
Eva Kittay @EvaKittay
658 Followers 332 Following
Oliver Magro @olivermagro
184 Followers 540 Following A Professional Services consultant in Higher Education with a keen interest in Law, IT, Inclusivity and Diversity. Law Graduate. Now reading Disability Studies.
Alice Scavarda @scavarda_alice
76 Followers 155 Following Sociologist of Health and Illness, Disability Studies, Mental health, Qualitative Methods. Mum and traveller
ODI (Office for Disab... @OdiIssues
46 Followers 43 Following The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) is Malta's national structure & statewide focal point and coordination mechanism for implementation of the UN Disability
Inclusion Europe @InclusionEurope
11K Followers 1K Following Ambitions. Rights. Belonging. 20 million people with intellectual disabilities and their families from 39 countries. #inclusion #selfadvocacy
alien lord el zen | d... @daniellelorenz
2K Followers 1K Following #disabled settler snarkoctopus & sassmouth. Assoc. Editor of @TheCJDS. Likely 2-4 understaffed raccoons in a trench coat. She/her.
Studies in Social Wel... @StudiesinSocia1
4 Followers 0 Following An online, peer-reviewed, open access journal with an international focus on topics related to wellbeing from a social perspective
Melissa Blake @melissablake
98K Followers 4K Following Writer. Blogger. Disability activist. Op-ed queen. Viral tweeter. Sassy redhead. Down-home Carrie Bradshaw. Bylines: CNN, Cosmo, Glamour. 💌 [email protected]
Nick Watson @Nicholastwatson
2K Followers 1K Following Professor of Disability Research, University of Glasgow with an interest in folk music, jazz and Newcastle United.
Elvira Psaila @EPsaila
42 Followers 67 Following
UM | Health Sciences @UMhealthscience
401 Followers 518 Following The Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Malta is responsible for the #education and #training of #healthcare professionals
Hannah Morgan @hannah... @HannahnagroM
4K Followers 2K Following Professor of Disability Studies / CDS / Sociology & Social Policy / Leeds University. Loves Starbeck, books, cooking & wine.
CRPD @CRPD_Malta
256 Followers 542 Following The Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) is the national equality body for the disability sector in Malta and Gozo.
Arianne Attard @ArianneAttard
34 Followers 98 Following
CeDR @CeDRLancs
2K Followers 45 Following We are a research centre at Lancaster University concerned with disability and disablism
Dr Armineh Soorenian @ASoorenian
320 Followers 630 Following Disability Academic Activist. Passionate about Inclusive Education. Advocating for Disabled children's equal rights to education.
Nadine Camilleri @NadineC2
88 Followers 514 Following
Lorraine Attard @Lora_Ali_A
8 Followers 32 Following
Annabelle Xerri @AnnabelleXerri
222 Followers 190 Following 2016 Queen's Young Leader | Deaf People Association Malta President | Maltese Sign Language Council Chairperson | Focal Maritime Services Marketing Exec
SCDR Disability @DisabilitySCDR
836 Followers 1K Following Researchers working @UofGlasgow & @UofGsociology. Producing rigorous, cutting edge, high impact work to remove disabling barriers & improve people's lives.
Melanie Chapman @DrMelChapman
747 Followers 1K Following Committed to improving lives of people with learning disabilities. I no longer use this account. See what I’m doing work-wise/contact me @wearegmgold @FD_SPICE
Oliver Scicluna @JThinlegs
1K Followers 345 Following An ex-breakdancer, an ex-athlete, a husband, a father of 2, ex-Commissioner for the Rights of PwDisability, Former Member of Parliament, CEO @ Aġenzija Sapport
Social Wellbeing UM @FacultyforSW
122 Followers 113 Following The Faculty for Social Wellbeing was established by the Council of the University in July 2012.
SJDR @SJDResearch
977 Followers 296 Following Official account of the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, associated with the Nordic Network of Disability Research.
Mary Rose Attard @mrattard1
18 Followers 48 Following
Ria Cheyne @riacheyne
3K Followers 4K Following No longer here - find me with the same handle at the blue place. Disability, neurodiversity, genre fiction, #MedHums.
Kerry Pace 🏳️... @DiverseLearners
4K Followers 2K Following 1:1 coaching / tuition for staff + students who have Dyslexia/Dyspraxia. Inclusion training for healthcare settings. Love UDL. Me + kids have dyspraxia. La!
Damian Milton @milton_damian
12K Followers 1K Following This is a personal page and views tweeted are my own and are not representative of any of the organisations I have worked with.
Dr Rebecca Fish @BeckstaylorFish
2K Followers 4K Following Researcher - intersections of disability/gender, experiences of health/social care/CJ services, self-harm, violence. Managing editor @JDisSoc. Opinions my own.
Val Williams @ValatLA
596 Followers 62 Following Disability researcher + Norah Fry Centre at Bristol - working with disabled people to improve things, including conversations! Viola playing - also improving...
Disability&Society @JDisSoc
11K Followers 6K Following The official account of the journal Disability & Society - publishing a wide range of perspectives including the voices of disabled people
Michele Moore @michelemooreEd
8K Followers 3K Following Professor, International Inclusive Education, Disability Studies. Own views. Questions things happening. Insistent on inclusion. Do right, fear no one. Survivor
Kurt Borg @KurtBorg2
152 Followers 369 Following Lecturer at @ummalta, teaches & researches on poststructuralism, politics & power; Secretary, @MaltaPen; Author, "sens ta' ħarifa" (KKM, 2024)
Andrew Azzopardi @Azzopardi70
5K Followers 2K Following Prof. Andrew Azzopardi is Professor at the Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta, former Dean and broadcaster…🎙️
Amy Camilleri Zahra @AmyJZahra
652 Followers 612 Following Assistant Lecturer | Activist | Public Speaker | PhD candidate | US Ambassador Woman of Courage Award and Global Goals Award 2016 | Mum of a boy and a dogTrends for United States
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