Disability Research on Independent Living & Learning (DRILL)
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News: Recruitment
21st January 2019
DISABILITY ACTION
One
in five people in Northern Ireland have a disability. Disability Action believes in human rights
for all and works to promote, protect and uphold the human rights of people
with disabilities. We are a Northern
Ireland wide pan disability organisation working with disabled people with
various disabilities; physical, mental, sensory, learning and hidden.
The Disability Research on Independent Living
& ...
News: Calling photographers, artists, illustrators
21st January 2019
Can you help bring our work alive with images to convey life with chronic illness? We want to convey the sense that internet and communication technology are a lifeline for people who may be housebound. Do you have any creative ideas for how to portray both solitude, confinement, invisible illness and also the connection and solidarity ...
News: Fully Funded PhD Opportunity.
15th January 2019
In collaboration with Cardiff University Business School and Disability Wales, the DRILL Programme is delighted to announce a fully funded PhD opportunity to research ‘What Works in Wales?
Developing an evidence base to inform a kitemark for employers to address the disability employment gap’. The aim of the project is to identify an evidence base ...
News: Chronic Illness Inclusion Project Newsletter (November issue)
18th December 2018Launching “energy impairment”
From now on, “Energy Limiting Chronic Illness” is the term we’ll be using to better represent you and voice your concerns. From all our focus groups and survey responses, the concept of energy impairment seems to best convey what people with chronic illness want policy makers and society in general to understand and ...