The ALLIANCE has commissioned a research project looking at disabled children and young people’s access to support during the pandemic.
This research project aims to understand how disabled children and young people, and their families, have accessed support during COVID-19. The project will look at how the pandemic has impacted on their access to healthcare (e.g. mental health support, therapies) and access to social care (e.g. day centres, short breaks, child payments).
Taking part could help make positive changes to how disabled children and young people, and their families, access social care and support in Scotland. We hope that our research will provide evidence to help improve policy and practice. Understanding children’s and young people’s own views and experiences is important so that their needs and requirements can be properly addressed by policy makers.
This research is designed for disabled children and young people aged 10 to 18 (including, but not limited to, those living with sensory loss, mobility requirements, multiple complex health conditions, or visual facial differences) from any region in Scotland. It will involve taking part in three remote (online) interviews lasting between 20 to 40 minutes each. Interviews will be adapted to participants’ communication needs, for example, by using text conversations, audio-stories, podcasts, or photo-stories. All interviews will be completely confidential and anonymised.
If you have any questions about the project, or are interested in taking part, please email Dr Liliana Arias–Urueña at liliana.arias@ed.ac.uk or liliana.ariasu@gmail.com. You can also reach Liliana on: 07494 182157
“Accessing support for disabled children, young people, and their families during COVID-19” is a project commissioned by the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE), and carried out by Dr Liliana Arias (University of Edinburgh) in collaboration with Dr Francesca Vaghi
More information on the project is available on our project information sheet for parents and carers, and our project information sheet for children and young people. The information sheet for children and young people is also available in audio format, accessible via a QR code on the children and young people’s information sheet document.
