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Call for Participants
Does your work entail a connection with people who identify as having cognitive impairment or difference? Researchers from the University of Nottingham and University of Birmingham are conducting a two-year study to unravel the links between cognitive impairment and risk of exploitation in England. This research has received ethical approval from the University of Nottingham…
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Can we quantify the overlap between cognitive impairment and exploitation from existing data?
Our pilot research and recent scoping review suggests that people with cognitive impairment, such as acute mental distress, cognitive decline, intellectual disabilities, autism, and ADHD, may be at high risk of exploitation. They may also struggle to recognize when they are being exploited and face difficulties in effectively communicating or reporting exploitation. Understanding how exploitation…
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What do we know about the overlap between cognitive impairment and exploitation?
One important first step in our research project has been to understand existing academic knowledge about how different types of cognitive impairment and exploitation intersect. We are currently finalising the results of our ‘scoping review’ which attempts to map literature across many different disciplines and fields. It has been an interesting process with some fascinating…
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Lived Experience Advisory Panel
We’re looking to recruit into the Lived Experience Advisory Panel for the project. If you feel that you would identify as having Lived Experience that relates to this project, including lived experience of a cognitive impairment, learning disability, mental health and/or exploitation, and would like to be involved we would love to hear from you!…
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Call For Evidence
We are interested in understanding how cognitive impairment and neurodiverse conditions affect an individuals’ vulnerability to exploitation. We are undertaking a review of the evidence to identify what information there is related to this topic. We hope this will help us to find out who might be most vulnerable, what support might be helpful to…
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The intersection between cognitive impairments and exploitation in Nottingham
It has long been suspected that people with mental health impairments and learning disabilities are more at risk of experiencing exploitation. However, although a number of notable modern slavery cases have involved adults with learning disabilities, no statistics have been collected on the issue within the UK. A project, led by Dr. Alison Gardner of…