Please contact us for our application form and research guidance.

We have a number of studies we are currently supporting.

The Intersectional Effects of Disability and Social Class on Becoming NEET

My name is Dr Angharad Butler-Rees and I am a researcher working on a study for the University of Warwick, funded by the British Academy-Leverhulme Trust. The study looks to explore the education and employment trajectories of working-class disabled young people. As part of this study, we are keen to speak to dyspraxic working class young people (aged 18-30) about their experiences of seeking support, navigating education and employment.

Contact Dr Angharad Butler-Rees at [email protected]

Children with motor coordination difficulties' experiences of participating in a Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) intervention

My name is Mark Tudge. I am a PhD student at the University of Brighton. Before starting my studies, I worked as a children’s occupational therapist for over 25 years.

I am looking for participants to talk about their experience of the CO-OP intervention.

I would like to talk to children who:

• are going to CO-OP sessions in the NHS.
  
• or have recently finished the CO-OP. (You just need to remember the experience.)
• are/were between 7 and 11 when in the CO-OP.

I have ethical approval from the NHS. I would like parents/carers to be with their children for all of the interviews. Children do not need to have a formal diagnosis.

I am happy to travel to your area.

If you would like to take part or find out more information, see the flyer below or call/text me on 07578 094261 or email [email protected].

Mental health and wellbeing during pregnancy

Researchers based at King’s College London are conducting a short online research survey (~15-20min) with the hope of:

• better understanding experiences across different people especially as they go through pregnancy (including the partner) and become new parents.
• getting the views of a neurodiverse community to shed more light on the factors that may contribute to (or protect against) the development of mental health difficulties such as depression and anxiety.
• understanding the public perception of what research priorities should be.

This survey is co-designed with members who are lived experience experts. One neuroscientist researcher in their team is a parent of a little girl with dyspraxia and contacted the foundation specifically as she feels that this community is underrepresented in research. She hopes for better inclusion of this type of neurodevelopmental condition into science and for a better understanding of their wellbeing during pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

To find out more, please email: [email protected]

Neural Basis of Sequence Planning in Motor Co-ordination Disorder (DCD/Dyspraxia)

My name is Helena Wright, I’m a PhD student in the Skilled Action and Memory lab at the Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham. For my PhD I’m researching the neural basis of sequence planning in Dyspraxia/Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). This project is funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Dyspraxia - Preventing Falls

Do you have a child who has been diagnosed with dyspraxia, or who may have dyspraxia? Do they fall more often than their peers? If so, you may be interested in the study below.

We are a group of researchers from the Liverpool John Moores University and Manchester Metropolitan University who are interested in fall prevention for children with dyspraxia. For this project, we would like to understand whether children with dyspraxia can learn how to avoid falling after a trip or a slip.

If you are agree to participate in this study, we would ask your child to complete a falls-diary and come to our laboratory at LJMU for 1 or 2 visits, each lasting up to 2 hours. For more information, please contact Heloise: [email protected]