Our lives, our journey is a pioneering research study, following the lives of disabled people in the UK over 5 years.
Disabled people tell us there are important moments of change during their lives that have a lot of influence. The support, interventions and decisions made at these important moments can have a significant effect on what happens next.
Our study focuses on 4 specific groups of people, each representing a different important moment of change:
Over the 5 year study, we will be publishing reports on the 4 important moments of change.
The participants in this study told us about the positive and negative experiences they had starting a new job, and the influence that has had on their lives.
The participants in this study told us about the positive and negative experiences they had during:
Disabled children and their families
As we continue this research study, we will be publishing reports on the other important moments of change.
Our lives, our journey offers the unique opportunity to capture the effect the coronavirus pandemic has had on our 4 participant groups and their lives.
Through this study, we can record disabled people’s lives before, during and after the pandemic.
Disabled people entering adulthood.