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Collaboration with Glasgow Disability Alliance
Long-term research in collaboration with Glasgow Disability Alliance, a disabled people's organisation with 5,500 members.
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Critical use of equalities and rights frameworks
Examinations of rights and care; equality duty and employment; capabilities and people with mental health challenges; reproductive choices and living with a learning disability.
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Living with Motor Neurone Disease
Work exploring the intersection between disability, chronic ill health and terminal illness.
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Self-directed support, personalisation and the provision of social care
Examining the design and delivery of Self-Directed Support in Scotland and the personalisation of social care in England, and its role in enabling disabled people to live independently.
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The Impact of COVID-19 on disabled people
This qualitative study took a longitudinal approach to explore disabled people's experiences of the epidemic in the short and medium term.
Completed May 2021.
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Scotland in Lockdown
This study aimed to understand the social, behavioural and health impacts of COVID-19 mitigation, including lockdowns, on groups already isolated or excluded.
Completed December 2020.
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Does the Criminal Justice System treat disabled people fairly?
Research for the Equality and Human Rights Commission about the experiences of people with disabilities who had been accused of a crime in Scotland.
Completed June 2019.
Image credits
- 'Living with Motor Neurone Disease' image sourced from iStockPhoto.
- All other images sourced from the Centre for Aging Better photobank and published under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.