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Disability Visibility group

This group aims at raising awareness about student/staff disability, both visible and invisible disabilities

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Group aims andÌýobjectives

  • ÌýAs well as raising awareness about students and staff disability, both invisible and visible Ìýthe groupÌýalso aims to answer theÌýcritical issue: how do we define disability in 2022?Ìý
  • We would like to be able to share experiences and good practices, and to examine the challenges that people withÌýallÌýdisabilities face hereÌýat »Ê¼Ò»ªÈËÌýGOS Institute of Child Health. This group aims to support and amplify these voices.Ìý
  • We also wish to raise awareness of non-visible impairment ensuring inclusion of people whose conditions are hidden such as mental health conditions and unseen illnesses (e.g.Ìýchronic conditions, rare diseases).ÌýÌý
  • We would like to promote the interest of people withÌýallÌýdisabilities at the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health on the Departmental, Institute and Faculty levels.ÌýÌý
  • As well as the objectives above after the success of our Athena Swan application we would like to carry forward theÌýAthena SwanÌýactions around disabilities.

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