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Including a new generation? Using qualitative longitudinal methods to understand disabled people's lives in the 21st century

Dr Sonali Shah and Dr Mark Priestley
School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds
£147,388 over 3 years

Dr Sonali Shah and Dr Mark Priestley will seek to explain how recent changes in social attitudes, policies and practices affect the life choices of a new generation of disabled people and the lives they lead. The research uses qualitative longitudinal methods to actively involve three generational cohorts of disabled people (60 participants in all) and compare their experiences and life choices with those of their non-disabled peers. The analysis will link these generational experiences to timelines of social and political change affecting disabled people in Britain. Dr Shah will acquire expertise in disability studies and longitudinal methods.

Last Updated Thu, 31 August 2006