Tag: Disability Wales

White text on a blue/green background that reads: Working as an intern at Disability Wales. There is an orange speech bubble underneath the title with white text in it that reads: It has taught me that, whilst there are many barriers for disabled people, there are also a wealth of opportunities largely fuelled by the Social Model of disability.

Working as an intern at Disability Wales: Alex’s experience

Who am I? I’m Alex, I have recently graduated from Swansea University with a First in Business Management, and I will be studying an MSc in Strategic Marketing from September 2021. I am originally from Maidenhead in Berkshire, South-East England. In my spare time I enjoy reading, hiking, eating out and watching football. I am […]

White writing on a blue background that reads: Global Accessibility Awareness Day, 20 May 2021. How can the world be more accessible? A cartoon of a computer, keyboard and mouse is placed beside the writing on the right hand side

Accessibility in the world: What needs to change?

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! The past 15 months has seen highs and lows in terms of accessibility; from spikes in remote working opportunities and golden tickets to attending events online, to digital exclusion and accessibility barriers in shops and city centres. With all of this in mind, GAAD 2021 feels more significant than ever. […]

Black text on a white background that says Working as an intern at Disability Wales. Beneath it is a quote from the blog post that says: "Despite my placement being online, the experience at DW has been invaluable and taught me a lot about the work and projects they work on." Disability Wales's logo is beneath the text and a photo of a laptop keyboard is on the right hand side.

Working as an Intern at Disability Wales: Amy’s experience

What is it like to work as an intern at Disability Wales? We have welcomed many eligible students in Wales to join us as interns for a short period of time. Our most recent recruit was Amy, a third year Social Policy/Criminology & Criminal Justice student, currently studying at Bangor University. We couldn’t let her […]

Join us in marking Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 January. Candles flicker above the text

Holocaust Memorial Day 2021

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, a day to mark the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and an opportunity to remember all those who died in the Holocaust and other genocides around the world. Disabled people were amongst those who were first targeted by the Nazi regime, with hundreds of thousands being subject to […]

Bring Us Our Rights: Disabled People's Manifesto front page which shows the DW logo at the top and then the title in orange/white writing on a dark green/blue background. Some key words such as disability rights and legislation are set in different colours in a word cloud on a white background.

Bring Us Our Rights: Disabled People’s Manifesto

Introducing Bring Us Our Rights: Disabled People’s Manifesto. After months of work and collaboration with over 200 disabled people and activists from across Wales, we are delighted to launch Bring Us Our Rights: Disabled People’s Manifesto this International Day of Disabled People!  The manifesto highlights many key areas for advancing equality for disabled people as […]

White writing on a dark blue/green background that says Working as an intern for Disability Wales. There is a short quote under the title that says 'This placement has been tremendously beneficial in building my confidence.

Working as a virtual intern for Disability Wales: Kirusha’s experience

What is it like to work as a virtual intern for Disability Wales? We have welcomed many eligible students in Wales to join us as interns for a short period of time. Our most recent recruit was Kirusha, a finance student at Swansea University, who joined us for a 10 day internship. We couldn’t let […]

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