20 May 2013
As from Easter 2013, Val Williams took over as the new Head of Centre for Norah Fry. She has been at the centre some 15 years, and so has a long history here. She hopes to build on the existing contacts that the Centre has, in order to maintain and extend strong partnerships with a range of organisations and individuals.
19 March 2013
A three-year study into the extent of premature death in people with learning disabilities has found that those with learning disabilities are more likely to have a premature death compared with individuals in the general population. The findings, published in a Department of Health report, have made a series of recommendations aimed at improving the quality of healthcare that people with learning disabilities receive.
7 March 2013
Forty five professionals committed to improving the support available to parents with learning difficulties met on 28 February 2013. Participants on this networking day for the English WTPN network learnt about new initiatives such as the parenting toolkit developed by the London Network.
17 January 2013
The Working Together With Parents Network (WTWPN) has been awarded nearly £200,000 from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation for a new project that builds on previous work to support parents with learning disabilities, and the professionals that assist them.
17 January 2013
Michael Rosen met with Norah Fry’s Dr Val Williams this week, to interview her and two of her colleagues with learning disabilities for the BBC Radio Four programme Word of Mouth. This episode was about communicating with people with learning disabilities and autism, and the Norah Fry contribution was based on inclusive research, which analysed conversations between support workers and those they support.
2 December 2011
Vic Finkelstein, a leading figure in the field of Disability Studies, died on 30 November 2011. His contribution was momentous, in helping to establish the right of disabled people to found their own movement and their own model of disability.
2 December 2011
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities provided us with an opportunity to celebrate the work and the lives of people with disabilities. People with disabilities make up approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population. At Norah Fry Research Centre we are aware of the continuing contribution that disabled people make to all aspects of society, the arts, sport, politics, and the economy.
29 July 2011
Qualitative Evaluation of the Disabled Children's Access to Childcare (DCATCH) Pilots - Helping families iwth disabled children access childcare
22 July 2011
The Norah Fry Research Centre would like to congratulate Dr Marcus Jepson on his graduation on Wednesday 20 July. Marcusto the Centre in 2006 on a CASE studentship in partnership with
8 March 2011
The Department of Health has confirmed that the Confidential Inquiry will be continuing for another 2 years