Research and analysis

Exploring the everyday lives of disabled people

Research into the lived experiences of disabled people carried out by the Disability Unit and Policy Lab.

• From: Disability Unit
• Published: 28 July 2021
• Last updated: 20 September 2021 — See all updates

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Exploring the everyday lives of disabled people

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Exploring the everyday lives of disabled people: British Sign Language (BSL) videos

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Exploring the everyday lives of disabled people: Easy Read

PDF, 14.8 MB, 32 pages

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Exploring the everyday lives of disabled people: large print

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Exploring the everyday lives of disabled people: Welsh translation

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Details

The objective of this research was to gain deep insight into the lived experiences of disabled people, rather than to provide a representative picture.

Lived experience refers to knowledge acquired through direct, first hand and personal experience. This is essential with regard to disabled people as the variety of impairments makes assumptions about them problematic.

The aims of the research were to:

• inform cross-cutting policy development and policy announcements
• enable policies developed for disabled people reflecting their lived experiences
• help inform the government how to better integrate departmental policies and services

This research was conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and a follow up to this project looks at the effects of COVID-19 on disabled people’s everyday lives.

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Published 28 July 2021
Last updated 20 September 2021 + show all updates

1. 20 September 2021

   Added the following formats: British Sign Language (BSL), Easy Read, large print, and Welsh translation.

2. 28 July 2021

   First published.