IDS hosted a seminar to celebrate International Day of Disabled People and growing interest in disability at IDS, University of Sussex and beyond. Our speakers were:
- Lorraine Wapling (UCL and DFID) discussed the impact of disability disaggregated data on programme decision-making
- Maria Zuurmond (LSHTM) shared her experiences of research conducted with Ghanaian carers of children with disabilities
- Atif Choudhury (Diversity and Ability) brought a local experience, describing the work of his Brighton-based advocacy organisation
- John Walker (University of Sussex) described his research on the deaf community as a global diaspora
