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________________End of message________________________________End of message________________Dear colleagues,
We wish you all a very merry festive season and a happy and productive new year!
Here is the last update from the Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre for 2013.... we hope you find it of interest.
Seminar series
The next seminars in our current season are:
'My friends are my anchors' - friendship and communications disability
Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 5pm-7pm
https://gdr1401.eventbrite.co.uk
Sheila Wirz memorial symposium: A celebration of her work
Monday, 10 February 2014, 4.30pm-8pm
https://gdr1002.eventbrite.co.uk
The audio and presentation from our most recent seminar will be available online in the new year:
(Dis)ability and Disaster
Dr Ilan Kelman and Professor Laura Stough
All of the seminars in our series can be found here:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lc-ccr/seminars
Recent Publications
Recent publications from the research centre that may be of interest:
Groce, N. (2013). Disability and the League of Nations: the Crippled Child’s Bill of Rights and a call for an International Bureau of Information, 1931. Disability and Society.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09687599.2013.831752
Groce, N., Challenger, E., Kerac, M. (2013) 'Stronger Together: Nutrition-Disability Links and Synergies' Briefing Note, UNICEF.
Groce, N., Rohleder P, Eide AH, MacLachlan M, Mall S, Swartz L. (2013) HIV issues and people with disabilities: a review and agenda for research. Social Science and Medicine. 77:31–40
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953612007460
An article in the New Agriculturlist showcased an urban and peri-urban agriculture project undertaken as part of our DFID-funded Cross-Cutting Disability Research Programme.
http://www.new-ag.info/en/focus/focusItem.php?a=3097
All of the publications from the centre can be found here:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lc-ccr/centrepublications
We do hope you find this of interest. Apologies for any cross-posting, and happy new year!
Best wishes,
Ellie.
Academic Administrator
Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London
1-19 Torrington Place, London, UK, WC1E 6BT
Phone: +44 (0)20 3108 3146
Fax: +44 (0)20 3108 3167
Website: www.lcdisability.org/idc
Twitter: @LCDIDC
Skype: elliecole.lcd
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