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Writing a book where the main character has Cerebral Palsy
Hello all, First off - mods/admins if this isn't ok, then please do just delete the thread. Ok - my name is Andrew Shanahan and I'm an author. My first book came out in January and it's called Before and After. It's about a man who is stranded in his home, while a pandemic ravages the world outside. I wrote it last year…
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Pip and social support Supreme Court ruling.
Hi I’ve read the ruling and I’m confused. Are they going to be checking everyone’s claim or is it just for claims that began after 2016 ? I scored 2 on the discripter and currently have 11 points.I can not attend appointments or leave the house without support from my mental health team or Son. My reports also says this.…
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QUICK TASK: Help us organise Scope's website
THIS RESEARCH HAS NOW ENDED, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. We will be publishing leisure and travel
information and advice on the website soon. We want to check that this will be
easy for people to find. To do this we want to hear from you! We would like you to complete a quick online task called a card
sort.…
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Participants needed for virtual workshops on inclusive sportswear design for upper limb impairment.
Hi all, I'm a disabled design researcher at London College of Fashion looking at sportswear design process for people with upper limb impairment. If interested, please let me know! Details below: Participants needed for PhD research on inclusive sportswear design at University of the Arts London. The aim is to present…
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Looking for ASD participants for my study
Hi Everyone, Overview: Hi everyone, I hope you all are well? I hope you don't mind me posting this post to your page, I myself am autistic. This study is a precursor to a new possible diagnosis tool for individuals (primarily female) whom camouflage their autism. This current study will us the evidence required to making…
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Research Recruitment Flyer - Exploring disabled teachers’ perceptions
Research Recruitment Flyer Exploring disabled teachers’ perceptions of the journey to senior leadership study 2018-20 Are you a disabled aspiring or established senior leader in a secondary school in England or Wales? If so, would you able to spare up to two hours to share your views on your experiences of progression to…
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Hi, my name is anicaz! - looking for study participants - experience of disabled people COVID/work
Iam a registered blind researcher. I recently received funding from the British Academy to do a diary study on disabled people and their experience of work during the pandemic. To include as many disabled voices as possible, work is understood very broadly and includes full-time, part-time as well as casual work,…
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Would you like to be on TV and have one of your treasured items repurposed?
About the show BBC Two has commissioned a new show called 'Saved and Remade', which will be presented by Sabrina Grant. Saved and Remade brings together the
multiple skills of a team of expert craftspeople to help solve viewers’
conundrums of what to do with treasured, but purposeless, items. Host Sabrina
Grant, herself no…
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International survey on COVID and the effect on intellectual and/or developmental disabilities
Morning folks. Please see a link below for an international survey on how COVID has affected some disabled people and their caregivers .................................................................... Dear all I’m emailing to inform you about an international survey on the impact of COVID 19 on individuals with…
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SHIELDING 2020 – An upsetting experience that we must not forget
A month on from Shielding coming to an end, how are you all doing? I wrote this piece at the time: https://joelvsarthritis.co.uk/shielding-2020/. I have been reflecting on it today more than ever as my son, who shielded with me for 5 of his 18mths of life, returned to nursery today. I have very mixed emotions. I'm…
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Scope research for BSL users
Hi! I'm James, and I run our Scope Research Panel. I arrange research projects for disabled people and their families, and I'm hoping to speak to some people who are fluent in BSL for an exciting research project that we're doing on a new product. The participants will have a chat to my Scope colleague Maria, who is our…
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Hi, my name is JDContreras and I'm researching people's fear and struggles.
Hi I am Juan <moderator removed - personal details> a former patient of Great Ormond Street Hospital and have a neurological condition. I have Glutaric Aciduria type 1 and Dystonia. I have suffered a lot over the years with fear and speaking out which is why I want to give a voice to those that feel vulnerable and those…
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Coronavirus and SEN Children
Does your child have special educational needs or disabilities?
We’re a team of researchers at the University of York interested in how children with SEND and their parents are feeling during the Coronavirus outbreak and how they’d like to be supported. We’d be really grateful if you could spare 5-10 minutes to complete…
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Sign our open letter to the Prime Minister
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We won't be forgotten 1 in 4 disabled people feel forgotten by the government right now. So we're putting a spotlight on the serious issues disabled people are facing. Too often disabled people are the last to be thought of. But disabled people do not have the luxury of forgetting the everyday risks and challenges that…
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Coronavirus lockdown: 'I have never felt so blind before' - BBC
Coronavirus lockdown: 'I have never felt so blind before' So, what do you think? How have you found the easing of lockdown? Have you found it difficult to abide by social distancing rules? Do you think that disabled people have been abandoned and ignored by policy makers? Let us know what you think down below in the…
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Sense UK needs your help in Llandudno
Please please share..Sense UK are there for every person living with blindness and complex difficulties that can make it a challenge to communicate, access information and take part in life. We are in need of Retail Volunteers for our Llandudno based Charity Shop. The success of our Sense Shops is down to people like you –…
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Want to be on a BBC Children's show with your family?
Researchers from the BBC Children's show 'Mimi on a Mission' are looking for families with disabled children to take part in the new series. What is it? Mimi on a Mission is a popular BBC Children's show hosted by Mimi Misfit, in the new series, the presenter is exploring fun new activities with her family and meeting…
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An exciting opportunity to be on TV and raise some money!
The Bidding Room, a BBC One series in which a group of expert dealers attempt to outbid each other to buy extraordinary items brought in by the public, are looking for a wide and diverse group of potential sellers to go on the show and see if they can get a good price for something unusual they’ve got stored away. Perhaps…
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Special Needs Teacher looking for survey participants!
Are
you the parent/guardian of a child with special needs who attends a mainstream
secondary school? If
so, I would appreciate your participation in this study for my MSc. Psychology Dissertation
(Birmingham City University). The process will take approximately 20 minutes. It will require you and your
child to answer some…
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Disability activism in York
The York Disability Rights Forum has recently launched and is looking for new members. As a member of the Forum I'm ridiculously excited to be involved with the whole thing! If you live or work in York please consider joining up. https://www.yorkhumanrights.org/current-work/york-disability-rights-forum/
