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An update on the work of the Network for Researchers with Speech Impairments/Differences

Anita Ghai is seen in her wheelchair, wearing a bright pink dress. On the left is Sandeep Singh wearing an orange top and cream trousers. On the right stands Dan Goodley, wearing a flat cap, blue shirt and trousers. All are smiling together outside a building entrance.
Anita Ghai, Sandeep Singh and Dan Goodley

Professor Anita Ghai, Rest in Power

Use of real-world data in drug development

World Orphan Drug Congress 2024 – Barcelona

by Matthew Hanchard
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Anti-Frontiers in Zineing: Zines as Process & the Politics of Refusal

Zines are becoming increasingly popular in academic spaces. Whilst this is widely celebrated, what are the risks of mainstreaming zine culture?
Do autistic people feel empathy?

Do autistic people feel empathy?

Any parent of an autistic child is likely, at some point, to wonder how their son or daughter is able to understand and experience emotions. Working as an Educational Psychologist, it is a question I’m asked, in one form or another, quite regularly.
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Multilingual Streets: Translating and Curating the Linguistic Landscape

Reflections on process and progress by Jessica Bradley
My brother and me

Reflections on learning disability and Covid-19 for Learning Disability Week

by Imogen Runswick-Cole
Logo that reads 'Why can't we dream'

Thinking critically about co-production

On 24 June 2021, Dr Kirsty Liddiard and Living Life to the Fullest Co-Researchers Katy Evans and Sally Whitney will be giving a keynote talk at Critically Exploring Co-Production Approaches: A BSA Regional Postgraduate Forum.
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The importance of community and humanity: Nomadland, ageing and place

A recent ESRC research project (PlaceAge) explored urban contexts of how ageing-in-place occurs. The theories and data drawn on provide rich food for thought in relation to Chloe Zhao’s Oscar winning empathic film, Nomadland.