Disability Research on Independent Living & Learning (DRILL)
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CARP Collaborations: From existing to living
24th May 2018
Today young people with learning disabilities are delivering powerful messages to Welsh politicians about the social isolation and social segregation of their peers.
Young people with disabilities feel they face many prejudices which harms their life chances and well-being. They feel they are too often ‘just existing’ rather than living a good life. They face problems ...
DRILL Grants Success QUB
16th May 2018DRILL Grants Success
The Disability Research Network at the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work (SSESW) is delighted to be involved in three grant award successes in Northern Ireland as part of the DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning) programme, a £5 million scheme led by people with disabilities and funded by ...
DEPARTMENT FOR SNAKES & LADDERS?
16th April 2018Fionn is 60, and has two long-term conditions for which there are no effective treatments. He wanted to be able to call on a social safety net; the best thing on offer at the moment seems to be a spectacularly uncomfortable hammock.
I’m exactly the same as anyone else who’s gathered up a lifetime of training ...
Barod: Workshop event
20th March 2018Anne Collis, from Barod, has received funding from The British Sociological Association to organise a workshop on ethics for anyone who considers themselves an ‘early career researcher’. The workshop will be held in Bangor (Wales) but the event is not restricted to people based in Wales. There are only 30 places available so if you ...
