Disability Resource Centre (DRC)
10th Annual Disability Lecture 2012: Two steps forward, one step back: challenges to disabled people in 2012
We are very sad to announce that as a result of the injury recently sustained by Dame Anne Begg, the 10th Annual Disability Lecture, planned for the 22nd March 2012, has been postponed. We will provide information regarding its rescheduling on this page as soon as possible, and wish Dame Anne a speedy recovery.
The 10th Annual Disability Lecture: Two steps forward, one step back: challenges to disabled people in 2012 will be given by Dame Anne Begg MP on 22nd March at 5.30pm in the Palmerston Room at St Johns College. It is open to all and will be followed by a drinks reception. Fully wheelchair accessible, there will be a sign language interpreter present.
The lecture is an opportunity to hear Dame Anne Begg discuss her view on the challenges to disabled people on 2012. Dame Anne Begg is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South since 1997. She was the first full-time user of a wheelchair elected to the House of Commons. She made her maiden speech on 21 May 1997 and she is now Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
Booking is optional but an idea of numbers does help with planning. To book, or for questions about access please email disability@admin.cam.ac.uk or see http://www.training.cam.ac.uk/equality/event/338980. Parking is available a short walk from the venue or on site for disabled people – please email disability@admin.cam.ac.uk to arrange.
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Previous lectures
9th Annual Disability Lecture 2011: Dr. Nicola Martin - Disability Identity - Disability Pride
8th Annual Disability Lecture 2010: Dr.Ross Cooper - Neurodiversity and Dyslexia
7th Annual Disability Lecture 2009: Prof. Alan Roulston - Disabled People and the Economic Downturn
6th Annual Disability Lecture 2008: Baroness Jane Campbell - Fighting for a slice or for a bigger cake?
5th Annual Disability Lecture 2007: Prof. Lewis Wolpert - Severe Depression is Indescribable
4th Annual Disability Lecture 2006: Bert Massie CBE - Civil and Human Rights for Disabled People: The Future Agenda
3rd Annual Disability Lecture 2005: Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen - Is Asperger Syndrome a Disability?
2nd Annual Disability Lecture 2004: Dr. Tom Shakespeare - Can Genetics Solve the Disability Problem?
1st Annual Disability Lecture 2003: Prof. Usha Goswami - A Cross-language Approach to Developmental Dyslexia