Links
If you are interested in learning more about life stories, life history, or just general information on the elements that came together to make this project happen, explore the links below!
The National Institute for Intellectual Disability
The National Institute for Intellectual Disability (NIID) is a department of the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin. NIID Link.
The Museum of Disability History
This is an American based site, but it is wonderfully interactive and has a great timeline of major events of disability history.
Museum of Disability History Link.
The Social History in Learning Disability Group, at The Open University, UK.
The website of a research group made up of researchers, students and people with disabilities who research the history of disability. The work of the members of this group has proven instrumental in the creation of the NIID project.
1,000 Voices- Australia
This is the online project hub for a global lifestories project running in Griffith University which aims to collect 1,000 life stories from people with all types of disability all over the world.
The Life Story Centre, University of Maine, USA.
The stories on this site are the stories of everyday people, not just people with disabilties. It is interesting to see how the topics spoken about in these stories are similar to some of the topics spoken about in the stories on this site.
The Oral History Society, UK.
If you are interested in learning more about oral histories and life stories, this is a very good place to start.
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences have funded this project. Information on the other projects the fund is available on their website.
The National Federation of Voluntary Bodies- Inclusive Research Network.
The National Federation of Voluntary Bodies, in partnership with the NIID have an Inclusive Research Network, in which people can learn about different ways of conduction inclusive research, including work on lifestories. National Federation of Voluntary Bodies Link.