Lived Experience for Impact is a ten-month research project funded by the NIHR (October 2025 – July 2026).  The project explores how Supported Employment and adult social care services can work together more effectively for people with learning disabilities and/or autism. 

Lived experience is central to our project. The research will be co-designed and co-analysed with people with learning disabilities and/or autism.  We will collect data in four locations across England and Wales, listening to and learning from adults with learning disabilities and/or autism, their families/unpaid carers, social workers, employment practitioners and employers. 

Our findings will inform what changes are needed to strengthen connections between adult social care and Supported Employment services and who needs to be involved to make those changes happen. This will help to shape future research to make the employment support system better for working age adults with learning disabilities and/or autism.

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For more information, please contact the project Principal Investigator: Dr Kirsty Strokosch (kirsty.strokosch@strath.ac.uk)