New study funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Social Care Research seeks to understand more about the challenges faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) disabled community.
Next-to-nothing is known about the use of self-directed social care support by disabled men and women from the LGBT community (including people who use direct payments, personal budgets or who self-fund to pay for social care). A new project launching this month however hopes to address this knowledge gap by discovering more about the needs and experiences of LGBT-disabled people.
This project will produce a range of online resources to support LGBT-disabled people, their supporters and social care providers. LGBT disabled adults who use self-directed social care in England will be surveyed and interviewed and the study will also talk to groups of personal assistants and support workers who currently support LGBT-disabled people.
If you are an LGBT Disabled person living in England and organise some or all of your own social care support and would be interested in taking part in the research, please contact David Abbott: d.abbott@bristol.ac.uk 01173310972