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Involving People with Intellectual Disabilities in Research

18 Nov 2022

The Deputy President and Registrar Prof. Stephen Byrne gave the welcome address at a seminar co-organised by students from the id+ Project鈥檚 Certificate in Disability-Inclusive Practice and the PPI Ignite Network @UCC on 18^th November 2022.

The title of the seminar was 鈥�About Us鈥� How can we achieve greater, meaningful involvement of people with intellectual disabilities in research?鈥� The keynote speaker was , Visiting Chair in the History of Learning Disabilities at the UK鈥檚 Open 深夜亚洲福利久久.

Other speakers included:

• Mary McCarron, Centre for Ageing and Disability, Trinity College Dublin
• Lucia O鈥橲ullivan (COPE Foundation) and Dr Anne-Marie Martin (UCC School of Nursing & Midwifery)
• Brian Donohue, Inclusive Research Network
• Margaret Turley, self-advocate and spokesperson for Inclusion Ireland
• Students from the Certificate in Disability-Inclusive Practice: Alan Burke, Brian Cull, Ciara Dineen, William O鈥橠onovan and Kayleigh Twomey.

The seminar concluded with a lively roundtable discussion on the challenges and opportunities of Public & Patient Involvement (PPI) with people with intellectual disabilities.