Blog and News
News: Fully Funded PhD Awarded
The DRILL Programme is delighted to announce that Ruth Nortey – DRILL 4 Nations Researcher based at Disability Wales – has been awarded a fully funded PhD opportunity. The research is entitled ‘What Works in Wales? Developing an evidence base to inform a kitemark for employers to address the disability employment gap’. The aim of […]
Read MoreNews: Platinum Training Institute proud to be a partner on the ‘Empowering people through physical activity’ project
Platinum Training Institute, a training provider in Northern Ireland that helps people pursue their career in health and fitness, is excited to be a partner on the project, ‘Empowering people through physical activity.’ The project which funded by DRILL, is led by the Mental Health Foundation along with various partners including Queen’s University Belfast, Praxis Care and […]
Read MoreNews: Joint oral statement by APDA, Disabled People Against Cuts and Disability Rights UK
British government policy at national, regional and local levels repeatedly refers to ‘helping people to stay independent for as long as possible’. It claims its policy accords with Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities but demonstrates a failure to comprehend the concept of ‘independent living’ based on […]
Read MoreBlog: February in New York, APDA
UN Blog February in New York is far from ideal – it’s bitterly cold – but that’s when the UN’s 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development was held. The Commission is the advisory body responsible for the social development pillar of global development. The priority theme for 2109 was ‘Addressing inequalities and challenges […]
Read MoreBlog: Centre for Welfare Reform, On Not Being Believed
Wheelchair Vista on the lasting effects of being doubted Many of us with long term conditions struggle to accept that we can no longer live life as we used to. It took me almost ten years. I carried on working for longer than I should. A resident at the care home I managed said; “It’s […]
Read MoreBlog: Barod ready to work
What do you call a researcher with learning disabilities? Most people call them a ‘co-researcher’. We think that’s OK as long everyone doing the research is called a co-researcher. But if you have ‘the researcher’ working with ‘the co-researcher’, it’s like saying only one of them is a real researcher. We often hear people talking […]
Read MoreBlog: Centre for Welfare Reform: Issues around Chronic Illness and Disability
The Chronic Illness Inclusion Project ran two extended online focus groups, each running over an eight-week period, where people could come together and explore issues around chronic illness and disability. The online aspect of our research wasn’t for reasons of cost or convenience, it was fundamental to our aim of reaching an invisible housebound population. […]
Read MoreNews: Chronic Illness Inclusion Project Newsletter (November issue)
Launching “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 […]
Read MoreVlog: Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living
The ‘ImaYDit’ project has produced the following Vlog providing a greater insight into the transition from childhood to adulthood for disabled young people. It is coproduced with up 10 young disabled co -researchers who are engaging with up to 50 young disabled participants to explore the opportunities for moving forward into independent lives. For further information about the project please […]
Read MoreBlog: Exciting ongoing research: 4 Nations Research project on attitudes and disability
Northern Ireland section: ‘‘Is It Me?’ How do attitudes in the adult social care system impact on the independent living choices of disabled people’. This blog is an update on the exciting project regarding attitudes towards disabled people in the context of adult social care that we are currently conducting. The project is funded by […]
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