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Figure: Ben and Andrew from The Professors explore an exhibit on a trip to the Turner Prize show in Bradford.
Ben and Andrew from The Professors explore an exhibit on a trip to the Turner Prize show in Bradford.

The Professors: challenging dominant ideas about co-production through disability arts practice

Dr Cassie Kill reflects on working with The Professors, a learning disability artist collective whose creative, non-linear and embodied ways of working disrupt the ableist assumptions underpinning dominant models of participatory research.
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New paper: Open Science, Health Data and Epistemic Harms: A Multidisciplinary Reflection

Colleagues in iHuman at the University of Sheffield have recently published a paper entitled ‘Open Science, Health Data and Epistemic Harms: A Multidisciplinary Reflection’ in Data Science Journal. 
William Mager (centre) in signed conversation with members of the ‘Reunion’ cast and crew.
William Mager (centre) in signed conversation with members of the ‘Reunion’ cast and crew, including lead Matthew Gurney (left), BSL Coach and Monitor Duffy (second right) and BSL Interpreter Kat Wright (right). Credit: BBC / Warp Films

“It can almost feel like a lucky dip”: bringing film and TV subtitles up to standard

Blog: Dr Ryan Bramley spoke to William Mager - a producer, director, and scriptwriter for a new University of Sheffield film, ‘'How can we improve subtitles’.
A sunny street outside Battersea Arts Centre, London
Image: a sunny street outside Battersea Arts Centre, London

Disability Arts Practice as Methodology: a research visit to London

Dr Cassie Kill
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World Sleep Day: Regular sleep means healthy future

Friday 19 March is World Sleep Day and this year's theme is ‘Regular Sleep: Healthy Future.’ Today also sees the launch of The British Sleep Society’s strategic plan to support and promote ‘Healthy Sleep for All’.

A row of vaccine bottles titled 'Coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine'

Vaccines for people with learning disabilities – the story behind the headline

This is the story behind the headline, by Professor Katherine Runswick-Cole.

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Autistic adults’ experiences: introducing our collaborative project

by Harriet Cameron and Luke Beardon
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Online sessions on digital health design and development: co-produce, evaluate and implement

A series of 4 webinars in January and February 2021 to share knowledge and experiences of digital health innovation.
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Thoughts for life during COVID-19 pandemic

by PhD student Ke Li