📢Shocking: People with disabilities die 13.8 years younger on average! New review by @hannahkuper1 & colleagues finds major health gap & calls for action. bit.ly/4eMxAnU #DisabilityRights #HealthcareEquality

How do experts go about trying to solve employment gaps between people with and without disabilities? With colleagues from BRAC Institute of Governance and Development-BIGD , we look at STAR+, a livelihoods programme for youth with disability in Bangladesh. #PENDA ICED lnkd.in/eDt2F6mC

I am sure someone must have said this already, but all companies should have accessibility baked into their products and services. So, unintentional win from Greggs

This is exactly what we found in our latest research. Ableism is a major barrier holding people back in sport. Read our report here: thedisabilitypolicycentre.org/powerofsport Soda Nimbus Disability

We're developing a Short Course on Global #Disability & want your input! This online course will boost your expertise without the commitment of a degree. Help us tailor it to your needs by completing our 3-min survey 👇 lnkd.in/eTESsY8Y

New paper from @TommyShakes and I on why we need to study intolerance and tolerance toward disability issues. Can disabled people themselves be intolerant to disability issues? Is tolerance even a good thing? Find our thoughts on this and more here: sjdr.se/articles/10.16…

As people travel home from the Paralympics, our ‘Power of Sport’ report with Soda and Nimbus Disability highlights recommendations for breaking down barriers in sport and physical activity. Read the report here: thedisabilitypolicycentre.org/powerofsport 🇬🇧🏅 #ParalympicGames2024

Over the past year we have welcomed two new Non-Executive Directors, Danny and Arun to the team. They have brought a wealth of knowledge, from charity development to employment policy. We have been privileged to work with them. Read more about them here: thedisabilitypolicycentre.org/new-senior-hir…

Wonderful working with this team!

Our new book 'Inaccessible access: Rethinking Disability Inclusion in Academic Knowledge Creation' is available to pre-order. Kelly Fagan Robinson Harsha Balasubrahmaniyan Mark Carew and I spoke about it at this seminar yesterday - the recording is now online: lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/eve…

Fantastic work by Mel Kennedy and the DPC team. #researchimpact

🚗 Why is the right-wing press attacking Motability? A govt scheme helping people with serious disabilities access cars is being framed as a "luxury scam." Today’s Guardian briefing unpacks the facts with insight from Mark Carew Read more👉bit.ly/4c1YRBS

Our Non-Executive Director Mark Carew in The i Paper on the recent Motability story. Read the story here: inews.co.uk/news/taxpayer-…

Our Non-Exec Director Mark Carew spoke to the The Independent this week about the Motability scheme. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Why has the rightwing press turned on Motability? Mark Carew tells The Guardian #motability scheme for #disabled people "clearly delivers value" and "because it comes out of an existing Pip award, it’s at no additional cost to the taxpayer.” theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

We're pleased to share some new roles within our team at the Disability Policy Centre! Louie Freeman-Bassett is now our Communications Director and Emily Wilson has become our Communications and Events Manager. Matt Lloyd and Mel Kennedy are both moving into Senior Policy