In Person

Disability in Wales: Language, Education and Communication

6 Aug, 2025:

1:00 pm -

6 Aug, 2025:

2:00 pm

Organised by the Learned Society of Wales Early Career Researchers Network and with Wrexham University. Held at Wrexham University Tent.

Professor Sara Elin Roberts FLSW, Independent Scholar and Honorary Professor at the School of Welsh, Bangor University 

Dr Emily Lowthian, Swansea University 

Marjorie Thomas, Cardiff Metropolitan University 

Rebecca Day, Bangor University 

The session will discuss different aspects of disability in Wales, with a focus on what is being done to recognise the challenges faced by children and people with different disabilities, and to ensure everyone is included in the education system and the Welsh-medium world. The three speakers are specialists in different research fields, united by their focus on communication and promoting equal opportunities for all in education. 

Simultaneous translation will be available in this session.