How do politicians discuss disability issues? An interactive research tool

Thu,23 March 2017
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How do politicians discuss disability issues?

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Has this changed over time? When do particular ways of speaking about disability become popular, or fall out of favour?

Evan Odell, DRILL Research Programme Officer. has put together this excellent interactive blog which enables you to see how regularly disability related words and phrases (including offensive terminology) has been used over time, specifically 1937-2017.

The DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning) is an innovative 5 year UK wide programme, funded by the Big Lottery, which will deliver the world’s first major research programme led by disabled people. Find out more about DRILL

How do politicians discuss disability issues?