Online Symposium in Delhi

Online Disability Matters Symposium: Film recording

Speakers

Aparna Sachdev (she/her), Saksham Trust, a DPO, and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Aparna Sachdev comes from an English Studies disciplinary background, and works on assistive technology testing, documentation and training as part of a joint project between Saksham Trust, a DPO, and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Lived experience of the Indian mainstream education system as a disabled person and a longstanding enthusiasm for assistive technology galvanized her interest in Disability Studies. Her research interests include inclusive education, disabled children's childhood studies, and disability and technology. 

Title: Inclusive education in India: A personal exploration

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Abhishek Anicca (he/him)

Abhishek Anicca, is a writer, poet, scholar and arts practitioner. An independent scholar, Abhishek completed his MPhil in Women's and Gender Studies from Ambedkar University, Delhi. His first book, The Grammar of My Body, a collection of memoir essays of living with disability and illness has been published by Penguin Random House India (2023)

Title: Radical Vulnerability: An effective tool for narrative construction

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Sandeep Singh (he/him), Ambedkar University

Sandeep R. Singh is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Ambedkar University Delhi, India. He teaches courses on Disability Studies, World Literature, Literary Comparison, Narratology and Life-Writing at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. He is a co-applicant on the Disability Matters Project funded by Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom. His research interests lie in the areas of Critical Disability Studies,  Life-writing, and Narrative Discourse.

Title: Disability in Healthcare: Mediating the Self in Illness Narratives

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