Piercing the pandemic social bubble: Disability and social media use about COVID-19

K Dobransky, E Hargittai - American Behavioral Scientist, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing stay-at-home orders caused tremendous
restrictions in social contacts, which led to increasing use of the internet for daily tasks and …

“I just stay in the house so I Don't need to explain”: a qualitative investigation of persons with invisible disabilities

G Hendry, C Wilson, M Orr, R Scullion - Disabilities, 2022 - mdpi.com
Research has shown that persons with disabilities continually face discrimination. More
research attention has focused on individuals' experiences of visible disability, despite …

Emancipatory practice development in social welfare service evaluation–a worked example

L Deacon - International Practice Development Journal, 2022 - sure.sunderland.ac.uk
Background This article presents a worked example, advocating for Emancipatory Practice
Development in community-based social welfare practitioner research. Aims and objectives …

Support-nets: A participative Action-research into the Value of a Mutual Support Group to overcome Social Isolation.

J Zwijnenburg, T Van Regenmortel… - Social Work and …, 2021 - journals.whitingbirch.net
Social isolation is a widespread problem with which community oriented social workers are
increasingly confronted. Mutual support groups can be used by social workers to support …

Practice Report: Story of Place, 2023

L Deacon, K Lockhart, G Gray, Z Bikova - 2023 - sure.sunderland.ac.uk
This Practice Report was co-written by Community Development Officers (Kate Lockhart and
Gill Gray) and University Researchers (Dr Lesley Deacon and Zeta Bikova) to report on the …