Check out our 2026 programme brochure below by scrolling down (Easy Read Version available).

If you want to enlarge the programme on your screen, click on the small box with the arrow in the  top right hand corner of the brochure.  If you have any difficulty opening it, please email us on disability@yorkhumanrights.org  and we'll email you the pdf or an alternative as an attachment.  

If you need a copy in large font or braille, please  contact My Sight York .  If you would like a paper copy please contact us on disability@yorkhumanrights.org.  

You can also see the individual events listed in a different format on the Individual Events page.

Enjoy browsing through what is on offer!  

NOTE: please scroll down to below the programme cover for updates, late changes and so on!  PLUS some Resources and Recordings from this year's programme.

UPDATES TO THE PROGRAMME  (and Resources and Recordings from the week at the bottom)

ERROR - Virtual Pub Quiz on Thursday 3rd December at 5.30pm, please use the following link to book - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/yorkdisabilityrightsforum/248069 - rather than the one in the printed programme.

LATE ENTRIES (IN DATE ORDER):

Better Dead than (Dis)abled 2.0: Euthanasia (medical assistance in dying or MAiD) for people with mental illness and advance requests for euthanasia in the case of dementia

Register to attend

Wednesday, 2nd December  @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm Eastern Time

Register now for this illuminating online webinar on a life-threatening issue. It’s sponsored by the Canadian Sociological Association - Sociology of Disability Research Cluster. Here’s the registration link: www.csa-scs.ca/news/better-dead-than-disabled-2-0    

The webinar will be recorded and available later on the Canadian Sociological Association’s website.

Webinar description

Society (dis)ables people with cognitive impairments tremendously.

Euthanasia erases suicide prevention. Because governments only fund medical mental-healthcare, Canadians without private insurance must pay for psychologists, counselling, and medications. This makes government-funded euthanasia dangerous. Poverty, food and housing insecurity, abuse, trauma, and racial/gender/(dis)ability oppression increase suffering. Euthanasia does nothing to address these.

Many fear dementia so much they believe they’d be better off dead. Systemic ableism, ageism, and cognitivism portray dementia as unbearable. Most media about dementia comes from people without it. Accordingly, those requesting death if they get dementia may change their minds. Will others honor their desire to live?

Inclusive Social Walk and Mobility Equipment Demo 

         Friday, 4th December,  Walk from 11.00am - 12.30pm; Equipment Taster Session: 1.00pm to 2.00pm

     Meet at front of Rowntree Park Reading Cafe, Rowntree Park, York, YO23 1JU

         FREE to attend, but please book by calling 01484 841 438 or 07852 237 123 or through Eventbrite at https://tinyurl.com/3fnp8x47 .  This is an outdoor event and subject to cancellation based on various factors, including weather. Please book a place so we can let you know if it doesn’t go ahead. 

           There will be an easy ramble around Rowntree Park riverside, enjoying the outdoors and meeting new people. Walk or wheel, come along with  your own mobility equipment, or contact us about using ours. Afterwards, try out off-road mobility equipment, including all-terrain wheelchairs and adaptive cycles. 

               Come for the walk, the equipment demo, or both.  

              Step free access; Wheelchair accessible toilets; for parking see  www.york.gov.uk/AccessibleParking

              Run by Experience Community

              Email: info@experiencecommunity.co.uk; Phone: 01484 841438 

              Web: www.experiencecommunity.co.uk; Facebook: Experience Community CIC

              Instagram: @experiencecommunitycic;  Youtube: ExperienceCIC 

RESOURCES AND RECORDINGS

Pippa Stacey sent these resources to help with energy limiting conditions:

More About ELCs:

Catherine Hale (founder of Chronic Illness Inclusion) on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-hale-884ab452/ 

Catherine’s ‘Introducing ELCs’ Article: https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/intljofdissocjus.5.2.0001 - clicks and shares on this link really help to boost her work as an academic!

Further Reading:

Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion (Chronic Illness Inclusion, 2020): https://chronicillnessinclusion.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/energy-impairment-and-disability-inclusion.pdf 

Reasons To Hire People With Energy Limiting Conditions (Astriid, 2023): youtube.com/watch?v=lEyJPAShUvw&ab_channel=Astriid 

Challenging Disbelief and Disregard: Gendered Experiences Of Healthcare For People With ELCs (University of Liverpool, 2023): https://disbeliefdisregard.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ELC-Report.pdf 

Workplace Adjustments For ELCs (Astriid, 2025): https://astriid.org/candidate-support/workplace-adjustments-for-energy-limiting-conditions-free-resource/ 

Pippa's own books are here:

https://www.lifeofpippa.co.uk/shop/ 

UNIVERSITY OF YORK SENT THIS RECORDING OF THEIR YORK DISABILITY WEEK 2025 ANNUAL LECTURE 'WHAT HAS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY EVER DONE FOR US? SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGED FOR DISABLED AND OLDER PEOPLE'

If you missed the event, or want to watch it again (or share with your friends) the talk is now on our YouTube channel (watch here). 

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