Study by disabled people’s charity reveals need for small changes from all to create lasting difference With memories of the most successful Paralympic Games of all time still fresh in everyone’s mind, a quiz designed to engage non-disabled people in a light-hearted conversation about respect for disabled people revealed that a majority of non-disabled people had no problem using facilities ... Read More »
For the first time in the UK, a short-film has been launched to raise awareness of the world’s most common inherited neurological condition Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT). Launched at Westminster, it aims to spread the word about the condition all over the UK because so few people have heard of it, including many health and social care professionals. The film has been ... Read More »
With a week to go before the Rio Paralympics, new research from the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has shown the public’s desire to see more disability sport in the media. With many media channels set to cover elite disability sport at the Rio Paralympics, the report flags the importance of coverage beyond the Games and on a par ... Read More »
The UK’s busiest airports are failing to provide adequate support for autistic travellers according to a new survey. With school holidays in full swing and millions of families travelling by plane this summer, the survey of the UK’s 30 busiest airports by sensory equipment specialists Experia, found that only one third offer sufficient autism-friendly facilities. Despite autism affecting an estimated ... Read More »
enei and Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby have joined forces with the Government’s Disability Confident team to undertake a ground breaking piece of research regarding the relationship between disability, participation in disability sport and employment. This is an opportunity to contribute to research that could enhance the lives of those with disabilities. The results of the research will be made ... Read More »
FOI requests reveal disabled people and carers actually worse off since the launch of the Care Act. National disabled people’s charity Revitalise has responded to a new study on the first anniversary of the Care Act, published today by Carers Trust. In its own study, Revitalise found that, one year on from its launch, the long-awaited Care Act, billed ... Read More »
New research funded by the charity Action on Hearing Loss has taken scientists a step closer to finding a treatment for one of the most common causes of hearing loss among young adults following the discovery of a new gene which causes otosclerosis. Otosclerosis, a hereditary condition which affects 1 in 200 people resulting in conductive hearing loss, is associated ... Read More »
A researcher at Coventry University wants to recruit young children who snore or who have Down’s syndrome for a new study exploring the effect that disruptive sleep has on early years learning. Dr Anna Joyce from the University’s Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement is seeking children aged two to four years old who are typically developing and ... Read More »
We have come across an exciting new development in the world of wheelchairs. A new study has been developed which looks into ways to help patients with spinal cord injuries become more independent, were monkeys were able to navigate a robotic wheelchair using a brain chip. This is not the first time that a mind-controlled wheelchair to be showcased, there are differences ... Read More »
Groundbreaking research in clinical seating by specialists Seating Matters reveals astounding 88.3% reduction in pressure ulcers. Clinical Seating Specialists, Seating Matters partnered with world leading health science researchers at Ulster University to conduct a pioneering two year clinical trial. This research and its results have officially been launched to allow clinicians worldwide to translate and replicate the findings, helping improve outcomes ... Read More »
American scientists have shed light on why a common and often serious lung infection in people who have cystic fibrosis can be so hard to treat. Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered different survival traits in bacteria, depending on where in the lungs they are lodged. Scientists say this may have helped some bugs evade antibiotic therapy. One ... Read More »
A study, which will shape the future of education and training around dementia within the NHS, has been launched by health researchers at three Yorkshire universities. The research team, led by Claire Surr, Professor of Dementia Studies at Leeds Beckett University, alongside collaborators from the University of Bradford and the University of Leeds, will investigate the most effective approaches to ... Read More »
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