Daisy Holder
The Covid Disability Archive
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Disability History Snapshots
The Covid Disability Archive
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Daisy Holder
Sep 17, 20206 min read
The Law According to Disabled People (in the UK)
I've decided to write a few quick primers to disability history, as I haven't written anything here for a while since I've been working...
Daisy Holder
Jul 30, 20205 min read
Are the Beefeaters Our Greatest Historical Allies?
How historical buildings and the heritage sector have failed disabled people.
Daisy Holder
Jun 20, 20206 min read
Lockdown History: Now That Everything Is Suddenly Accessible
While this pandemic has put a spanner in the works of a lot of academic historical projects, mine included, it has vastly increased the...
Daisy Holder
Jun 3, 20205 min read
Brad Lomex: The Black Panthers and the Disability Rights Movement
How the Black Panthers helped the disability rights movement achieve their biggest goals.
Daisy Holder
Jan 3, 20202 min read
The 8 Days of DisHist-mas!
This was originally written for Twitter in the 8 days leading up to Christmas (it was originally going to be the traditional 12 days but...
Daisy Holder
Dec 6, 20197 min read
Disability History Month: Why "You've Never Had It So Good" is Actually Bullshit
While the theme for this year's Disability History Month is Leadership, Resistance and Culture, for this post I'm going a slightly...
Daisy Holder
Oct 31, 201912 min read
Black History Month: A Tale of Three Women
It is (in the UK anyway) Black History Month, and while I obviously want to mark this very important area of long ignored history, it is...
Daisy Holder
Aug 19, 20194 min read
The Disabled, Quaker Oats and a Bastard: The Story of the Measles Vaccine.
This post comes to you on the day that it has been announced that here in the UK, we have lost our "measles free" status. This is a very...
Daisy Holder
May 31, 20199 min read
In the news this week...: Disability Politics for the Uninitiated.
This is a bit of a different post, so please let me know what you think of it! I know disability current affairs are missed somewhat by...
Daisy Holder
May 30, 20193 min read
SEND National Crisis: What's All That About?
Today, May 30th 2019, families and their supporters from all over the country are marching to show support for children and young people...
Daisy Holder
Apr 22, 20194 min read
My Ugly, Ugly Shoes: A Poorly Planned Holiday
My schedule this month is all whacked out, what with a late Easter, a trip this week and all the standard disabled/chronic illness lyf...
Daisy Holder
Apr 2, 20193 min read
Kicking a Garden Gnome Off a Cliff- Finding Accessible Sport
It's been a long time since I've written about myself from a personal perspective! I think I've remembered how to do it, so if I don't...
![[ARCHIVE] An Almost Unending Ham Frenzy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2824e3_52de728899aa4ae7926c7ae40dd11d63~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_576,h_432,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_90,enc_auto/2824e3_52de728899aa4ae7926c7ae40dd11d63~mv2.jpg)
Daisy Holder
Mar 25, 20196 min read
[ARCHIVE] An Almost Unending Ham Frenzy
Oh how adorable, back in February 2016 when I wrote this I was only coeliac and lactose intolerant and thought that was tricky. How times...
![[ARCHIVE] Good Luck With Your... Ailment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2824e3_d569d4c4a9554368b766f488b77c2815~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_719,h_539,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/2824e3_d569d4c4a9554368b766f488b77c2815~mv2.jpg)
Daisy Holder
Mar 25, 20194 min read
[ARCHIVE] Good Luck With Your... Ailment
This from January 2016 was the first time I really discussed interactions with the abled, and most of my friends were shocked at the...
![[ARCHIVE] Here is a Bombshell Realisation: Having Disabilities and Illnesses is Quite Inconvenient](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2824e3_be37d72340df45398ca14a43afd9b873~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_720,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/2824e3_be37d72340df45398ca14a43afd9b873~mv2.jpg)
Daisy Holder
Mar 22, 20195 min read
[ARCHIVE] Here is a Bombshell Realisation: Having Disabilities and Illnesses is Quite Inconvenient
This post was originally written and posted on my very old wordpress blog in February 2014 while I was at uni. I was an intermittent...
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