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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?
Street art drawings

Multilingual Streets artwork installed at Burnage Academy

A new vinyl artwork has been installed at Burnage Academy, Manchester, which shows a collaborative response by Y9 pupils to the languages and cultures of Rusholme.
Book cover for The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children's Childhood Studies

Exploring Disabled Childhoods

In 2018, the School of Education and iHuman’s Dr Kirsty Liddiard and Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole, along with Dr Tillie Curran (University of West England), published The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children's Childhood Studies.
Scrabble pieces spell out DISABILITY

Disability, youth and leadership: #everyonebelongs

The Living Life to the Fullest Project is proud to have collaborated with the publisher Emerald on its celebrations for International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) 2019.

Book cover for Disabled Children: a legal handbook

Legal Action Group publishes third edition of Disabled Children: a legal handbook

The Legal Action Group has published a third edition of Disabled Children: a legal handbook. The handbook is an authoritative, yet accessible guide to the law which explains what public bodies must do to support disabled children.
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Crook Fellows chosen to be part of the Learning Disability Leaders List

Sunderland People First have been chosen as part of the Learning Disability Leaders List in the category of Advocacy, Policy and the Media, for their #SelfAdvocacyWorks project.