The article explains that misunderstandings about assistance dogs, including legal definitions and accreditation, frequently lead to access refusals, even during emergencies. It clarifies obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, outlines expected behaviour and training standards, and urges emergency services to improve awareness so people with disability can safely access refuge, evacuation and support during...

This paper explores tensions navigated by researchers and project leaders when involving people with disability as experts in co-design and in the core team. Part of an evaluation aiming to improve paid employment of people with intellectual disability is used to consider this work.

This article argues that research systems must actively invest in the careers of researchers with disability. It highlights persistent barriers such as insecure funding, limited career pathways and exclusion from leadership, and calls for accessible, disability‑led funding, mentoring and structural reform to ensure lived experience is valued and retained within research and policy systems.