Disability Inclusion Webinar: 8 June 2026

Sharing details of a Disability Inclusion Webinar, jointly hosted by the Disability Inclusion in Research Collaboration (DIRECT), NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Leeds and Accelerated Surgical Care HealthTech Research Centre.

➡️ A global call to action for disability inclusion in health research.
➡️ Taking place at 15:00-16:30 BST on Monday 8th of June via Zoom.
➡️ Everyone is welcome to sign up at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disability-inclusion-webinar-tickets-1987387439330?aff=oddtdtcreator

The webinar will outline key messages from our recently published global call to action for disability inclusion in health research: https://rdcu.be/efacT.

DIRECT members with diverse lived and professional experiences of disability will share:

➡️ Key challenges to disability inclusion in health research.
➡️ Multi-level actions needed to address the challenges.
➡️ Practical examples of work focused on advancing disability inclusion.

British Sign Language interpreting and real-time captioning will be provided. Slides will be shared before the webinar. The webinar recording and transcript will be shared after the webinar.

Please contact the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre Patient and Public Involvement team on PPIBRC@Leeds.ac.uk with any questions or other accessibility needs for the webinar.

Sign up at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/disability-inclusion-webinar-tickets-1987387439330?aff=oddtdtcreator