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![Title: What works to make healthcare services more accessible and acceptable to children who are on the autism spectrum?
Quote: 'I don't think that [healthcare workers] know how to communicate with her... they were talking around her, just to me. And I said, "She understands, so please talk to her' (parent of a child on the autism spectrum)
Written by: Nina Abrahams, Kelsey Andrews and Zara Trafford.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjpOzplWcAAVN7q.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Title: What works to make healthcare services more accessible and acceptable to children who are on the autism spectrum? Quote: 'I don't think that [healthcare workers] know how to communicate with her... they were talking around her, just to me. And I said, "She understands, so please talk to her' (parent of a child on the autism spectrum) Written by: Nina Abrahams, Kelsey Andrews and Zara Trafford.
![What works to increase the inclusion and participation of children and young people with disabilities in research?
"Involving [children with disabilities] in research is vitally important; they are ideally placed to say what works and how things can be better for themselves and their families" - Brief by Ruth Useh, junior researcher and PhD candidate at the institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GiR4Z3PWQAACWkl.jpg?name=orig)
ALT What works to increase the inclusion and participation of children and young people with disabilities in research? "Involving [children with disabilities] in research is vitally important; they are ideally placed to say what works and how things can be better for themselves and their families" - Brief by Ruth Useh, junior researcher and PhD candidate at the institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University.
ALT What works to empower people with disabilities towards entrepreneurship or self-employment? - "Goverments must take proactive steps to develop and structure customised programmes specifiically aimed at training people with disabilities for entrepreneurship" - A brief by Prince Changole, Researcher at the institute for life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University.
ALT A woman with disability in a colourful skirt and black jacket working in a maize field, using a hoe to tend the soil. There are green plants and another person visible in the background.
ALT Poster card: What interventions or strategies are effective for enhancing the mental wellbeing of family caregivers and parents caring for children with disabilities? Brief by Ruth Useh, Junior researcher and PhD candidate at the institute of Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University.
ALT What works to reduce barriers faced by women with physical disabilities in perinatal healthcare? - "It is vital that collaboration among perinatal and disability-related providers is prioritised Efforts to meaningfully include women with physical disabilities in educational initiatives and care plans will also help in improving care experiences and outcomes." Brief authored by Prince Changole a researcher at the Institute of Life Course Health Reasearch, Stellenbosch University.
ALT Representatives of ADF and ADA shaking hands.
ALT Ruth Useh is a young black woman wearing glasses, a white shirt and a black waistcoat. In this image, she is standing in front of her research presentation, which is displayed on a screen behind her. In front of her is a lectern with the text "University of Leeds" and the associated logo displayed in white text on a black background. The white text has light behind it so that it is lit up.
ALT Abstract of the paper. Full text found here: https://sjdr.se/articles/10.16993/sjdr.1145
ALT A Figure from the paper explaining the distinction between tolerance/intolerance and prejudice/stigma. Figure with full alt text found here: https://sjdr.se/articles/10.16993/sjdr.1145
ALT A table from the paper showing examples of prejudice beliefs and intolerant beliefs related to anticipated personal consequences of enabling the conduct.
ALT Examples of prejudiced beliefs and intolerant beliefs toward disability issues related to moral concerns about the conduct
ALT colourful pencils arranged in a row