IDS@UL includes people with diverse backgrounds and abilities:
- 6 disciplines at UL (and growing)
- 3 Irish universities (UL, MIC, TCD)
- service organisations (Daughters of Charity, Limerick, Brothers of Charity and St Joseph’s Foundation, Charleville)
- Over 20 self-advocates from the Research Active Programme
- We have links with the Inclusive Research Network – a national group of self-advocates with intellectual disabilities who have completed several research projects.
Our Aims:
- To advance the rights of people with intellectual disabilities
- To work in a manner that recognises the individuality of each person, their family members, carers and allies
- To create a forum for promoting social inclusion and citizenship
- To respectfully engage people with intellectual disability within inclusive research
- To support and further develop the research capacities of everyone in IDS@UL
IDS@UL research partners includes people with quantitative, qualitative, participatory action, and inclusive research experience. We have the combined expertise to address a full array of research questions, specifically those related to how assistive technologies can enable equitable access to community living, social inclusion, healthcare, education and employment.
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