Disability and Social Inclusion Seminars 2015-16:
For more information or to reserve a place please contact Doria Pilling: d.s.pilling@city.ac.uk
Thursday, November 12th | Technology and empowerment for disabled people | Robin Christopherson, Head of Digital Inclusion, AbilityNet |
Thursday, December 10th | The meaning of arts for people with mental health problems and physical disabilities | Dr Frances Reynolds, Reader, Occupational Therapy, College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University |
Friday, January 22nd, 2016 | “Looking at illness in a very different way”: psychiatrists’ views of mental health recovery | Dr Tom Shakespeare, Senior Lecturer, Norwich Medical School |
Thursday, February 11th | Disabled people’s financial histories: Uncovering the disability wealth-penalty | Dr Abigail McKnight, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). |
Thursday, March 10th | Driving change in the delivery of mental health services | Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, Mind |
Thursday, April 14th | Will the integration of health and social care solve the problems of provision of long-term care? | Richard Humphries, Assistant Director of Policy, King’s Fund |
Thursday, May 12th | ICT and dementia | Professor Martin Knapp, Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). |
Thursday June 16th | Does peer support benefit people with long-term health conditions? | Jullie Tran Graham, Programme Manager, Health Lab and Johanna Ejbye, Health and Ageing Team, Health Lab, Nesta |