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Antonios standing in front of a sign for the Ponderosa Commons North building at the University of British Colombia

The Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Project at The University of British Columbia

Dr Antonios Ktenidis shares his experiences giving a presentation on the WAARC project at the University of British Columbia
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The WAARC logo reading 'WAARC - Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Culture'

Reimagining research culture through anti-ableism: An interview with Sheffield’s WAARC team

By examining the WAARC project, we can explore how sustained, collaborative work that centres disabled researchers and professional services colleagues can shift not just policy, but the everyday culture of a university.

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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. 
Making connections to support disabled young people to live their lives

Making connections to support disabled young people to live their lives

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Reflections on transdisciplinary approaches to multilingualism, pre- and post- COVID19

Jessica Bradley, University of Sheffield & James Simpson, University of Leeds
Sally Whitney with assistant dog Ethan

iHuman Research featured on BBC Ideas

iHuman-affiliated researcher Sally Whitney, key co-researcher on the ESRC project Life, Death, Disability and the Human: Living Life to the Fullest, has been featured on BBC Ideas.
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United Voice: Self-Advocacy in Malaysia in Covid times
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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’.