Latest #EvidenceBrief for Disability Evidence Portal - How do we support women & girls w/disabilities to overcome #stigma? V limited evidence on what works and much more good quality primary research needed to be able to implement #CRPD. disabilityevidence.org/index.php/ques…

Very much looking forward to this, please join us (online) to hear from the World Report on Disability's authors & global disability stakeholders 10 years on:

Today we launch the CBM Global Community Mental Health Good Practice Guides. Drawing learning from partners and research evidence to promote an inclusive world. CBM Global Disability Inclusion MigayoHR uspkenya @global_peer MeHUCA cbm-global.org/news/mental-he…

Or better yet - encourage them to engage meaningfully with one another to undertake mixed-methods research that does both!

Wonderful news to return from leave to - our new paper in The Lancet Reg Health-West Pacific on how #incontinence affects ppl with and without disabilities in Vanuatu inc. recommendations on how to address this and mitigate impacts on wellbeing - please share widely!

PS on a personal note, leave was to convert my RAAB colleague and work-husband @_ianmccormick into my legal husband and celebrate this with family & friends, which was very lovely indeed❤️. Thanks for the many kind words we've received from colleagues old and new!

People with disabilities account for around 15% of the 🌍’s population, yet only 1 in 10 have access to the assistive technology they need. Let's change this to allow equal opportunities for all. Paralympic Games are a powerful demonstration of why disabilities shouldn’t be barriers.

Latest paper in Manjula Marella & my special issue of IJERPH looks at how non-visual disability affects eye health service uptake in Bangladesh - great example of added value of disability Qs in other data collection activities: mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/1…

Our latest paper just out: interrogating & reflecting on disability prevalence ests. using WG tools in ICED work. A call for collectors & users of disability data to be aware of factors that affect outputs & a suggested alternate combo of Qs: mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/1…

Do you want to know more about prevention of violence among women w disabilities? Islay Mactaggart & Lambert Felix (he/him) discuss this in our last evidence brief! Here 👉bit.ly/2VkSDtF @heidistoeckl Naira Kalra World Bank London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine #genderviolence #disabilities #evidencebrief

How do we support girls with #disabilities to access education & stay in schools? Studies show girls w disabilities are more at risk to disruption in schooling than their male peers. Islay Mactaggart explores recommendations to address contextual barriers bit.ly/3z7Vhko

Some wise and sensible suggestions here!

It's #WorldSightDay -There are still far too many people losing their sight when they don't need to and not getting support for their eye conditions. We need vision to make eye care more equitable. #LoveYourEyes and recognise their importance #MakeEyeCareInclusive CBM Christian Blind Mission

A fab paid opportunity to contribute to the Disability Evidence Portal, with support from our team. LMIC researchers particularly encouraged to get in touch via link in original tweet!

New! 📢 A big reflective piece by the folks ICED on 10 years of doing participatory research in low and middle income countries Citation and link in thread #Disability #openaccess

Happy #IDPD2021! 🎉🎉 Our #IDPWD website includes: - A message from our Co-Director Professor Tom Shakespeare - Our #Disability-inclusive response to #COVID19 website with many resources to #BuildBackBetter - Events & campaigns 🔗bit.ly/3ohNFtm

Written by an excellent PhD student I co supervise - highlights need for mental health integration in TB care in Zambia

Come work with us!

Ahead of #WorldSightDay 👁️, our new pub explores eCSC in 55 countries using RAAB Repository data. The culmination of lots of hard work by @_ianmccormick Robert Butcher Jacqui Ramke & others, amazing job! thelancet.com/journals/langl…

RAAB data is essential for planning #eyehealth services and for advocacy #RAAB trainers are vital in supporting partners to carry out surveys and generate this data Applications are now open for a new Trainers’ Programme, find out more and how to apply: bit.ly/RAABTrainers