Disability Matters

A major six year pan-national programme of disability, health and science research, funded by a Wellcome Trust Discretionary Award (2023 - 2029)

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Thinking Affect within Critical Disability Studies

An online symposium from Spain on 2nd Oct, 2025 from 12-1pm BST.

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Our programme

A global collaboration of universities committed to transforming health research and environments through a paradigm shift to disability as the driving subject of inquiry
An image of the office windows of the Arts Tower University of Sheffield - original image 'A tidy mess' - arts tower, university of sheffield, england" by Paolo Margari | paolomargari.eu is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
"a tidy mess - arts tower, university of sheffield, england" by Paolo Margari | paolomargari.eu is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Our team

We bring together a team of disabled and non-disabled researchers from India, Singapore, Australia, Canada and the UK
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News

Latest news from the Disability Matter's team

Our work

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An image of the spines of a number of critical disability studies texts

Scholarship

How is health research, theory and scholarship transformed by an engagement with critical disability studies?
'Arrests of disability activists at protest of California health care budget cuts' by Steve Rhodes is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
'Arrests of disability activists at protest of California health care budget cuts' by Steve Rhodes is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Priorities

What are the health priorities of disabled people in Australia, Canada, India, Singapore and the United Kingdom?
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Methodologies

What kinds of research methodologies represent disabled people and their health priorities?
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A wide ramp with tactile floor markers at an accessible overhead bridge along the Ayer Rajah Expressway in Singapore.

Environments

How does the presence of disability enable more inclusive health research environments?
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Disability matters and ways of perceiving linked by an infinity symbol

Representations

In what ways can we reimagine representations of disability in health research?
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A photo image of Frida Kahlo warning against the dangers of commodifying equality and diversity

Development

How do we build a new generation of disabled and disability-positive health researchers?

Knowledge Exchange

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Transforming EDI through disability

Our ambitious plans to transform Equality, Diversity and Inclusion through disability
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spiral metal images of disability and ability

Outputs

Outputs from the Disability Matters team
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a photo of sewing notions to depict knowledge exchange

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