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SUMMARY:Book Launch: 'Beyond the Chair' by Paul Doyle
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DESCRIPTION:Join us at the School of Arts\, Languages and Cultures for th
 e launch of 'Beyond the Chair'\, a new book by Manchester Metropolitan U
 niversity Postgraduate Researcher Paul Doyle\n\nPaul has Cerebral Palsy\
 , which has a significant impact on his motor functions and speech. Desp
 ite the barriers he faced Paul not only completed his PhD\, he’s written
  a book about his experiences so that others can learn from them.\n\nPau
 l commented: "I have a very severe disability: I have to use a wheelchai
 r all the time\, I have very little use of my hands and some people find
  it difficult to understand what I am saying.\n\nThis book is about how 
 I did my PhD\, the highest qualification a person can study for.\n\nI ca
 rried out the research for my PhD at a special school. We\, the young pe
 ople and I\, formed advocacy sessions. In these sessions we talked about
  what the young people wanted to do when they left school. I told the yo
 ung people about my own transition from special school to mainstream edu
 cation. Many of the young people had similar disabilities to mine.\n\nOn
 e of the main concerns about my work was the way I gathered the data for
  my research. It was impossible to have the usual one-to-one interview a
 s I had my personal assistant interpreting what I was saying and young p
 erson would have their own interpreter. Therefore\, we had to find other
  ways of doing this.\n\nAs I cannot use a pen and paper\, observations p
 roved difficult too. My personal assistant took notes for me while in th
 e school and I wrote them up on my computer when I got home."\n\nAgenda:
  \n\n4pm – Reading from Paul and his PA\n4.20pm – Q&A with Paul\, hosted
  by Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 lister Prof. Jackie Carter\n5pm – Ne
 tworking and drinks\, with an opportunity to purchase a copy of 'Beyond 
 the Chair\n\n
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:C1.18\, Ellen Wilkinson Building\, Manchester
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