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Tillie Curran's Outputs (42)

Disabled young people's hopes and dreams in a rapidly changing society: A co-production peer research study (2020)
Journal Article

The idea that disabled young people should be at the centre of decision making about their future is promoted in policy, practice and research, yet this often translates into a narrow agenda on transitions through service and benefits systems. In thi... Read More about Disabled young people's hopes and dreams in a rapidly changing society: A co-production peer research study.

ImaYDiT - Imagining young disabled people's transitions in a time of major societal change: Research project report (2018)
Report

ImaYDiT was funded by DRILL – Disability Research for Independent Living and Learning. This is supported by the Big Lottery Fund. WiltsCIL staff, members of WiltsCIL Coproduction
Group and researchers at UWE came up with the original idea for this p... Read More about ImaYDiT - Imagining young disabled people's transitions in a time of major societal change: Research project report.

Disabled children’s childhood studies and leadership as experts by experience: Learning activism in health and social care education (2018)
Book Chapter

People involved in disabled children’s childhood studies, and others who contribute their experience of using health and social care services, strongly object to being seen by professionals as ‘the problem’. In contrast Experts by Experience involved... Read More about Disabled children’s childhood studies and leadership as experts by experience: Learning activism in health and social care education.

The heaviest burdens and life’s most intense fulfilment: A retrospective and re-understanding of my experiences with childhood liver disease and transplantation (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter presents a personal reflection on my childhood with liver disease, including thoughts on going to school with chronic illness, my family and undergoing transplantation.

The chapter is presented under the framework set out at the begin... Read More about The heaviest burdens and life’s most intense fulfilment: A retrospective and re-understanding of my experiences with childhood liver disease and transplantation.

The PMLD ambiguity: Articulating the life-worlds of children with profound and multiple learning disabilities (2015)
Journal Article

The PMLD Ambiguity questions the passive construction of children and adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) viewing PMLD people as having complex, dynamic and varied forms of shared and personal experience. It is based on Ben... Read More about The PMLD ambiguity: Articulating the life-worlds of children with profound and multiple learning disabilities.