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November 10, 2025
The only one-handed pianist in the world – and not just because most people have two hands
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By Emmeline Burdett Maurice Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand was performed at the BBC Proms 2025 by Nicholas McCarthy, the only professio...
September 18, 2025
Dis/ability: The Complex Search for Voices in the Pre-Modern Era
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By Julia Gebke “If we can’t speak, why even live? We’re like dead bodies moving around.” That’s what Shabana said in a BBC News report by Yo...
April 23, 2025
Pedagogies of Hope and the Leuven DisABILITY Film Festival
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by Pieter Verstraete Introduction The discourse surrounding hope in pedagogy has evolved over decades, shaping the way educators conceptuali...
March 18, 2025
Perspectives on the Historical Approach to Dementia
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by Laura Dietl Dementia has, thus far, received little attention in Disability History. This post aims to change that. Firstly, dementia’s r...
February 26, 2025
“Thou lump of foul deformity”: Richard III, William Shakespeare, and The Lost King
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By Emmeline Burdett The 2022 film ‘The Lost King’ tells the story of how the remains of the last Plantagenet king of England, Richard III (1...
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