Are you a physically disabled professional, student or amateur performing artist? Researchers at University College London (UCL) are recruiting participants for a Performing Arts Medicine project investigating the experience of injury in disabled performing artists and exploring the challenges they face when accessing healthcare services.
The training and career of a performing artist can be physically and psychologically demanding. These pressures can be amplified for disabled performers, particularly as they may face challenges when trying to access healthcare services. Disabled performers are an underrepresented group for a variety of reasons and there is little research examining this issue. Factors such as increased injury risk or barriers to accessing healthcare may have an impact.
Understanding more about these factors will help healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to better support disabled performing artists to manage injury, overcome health problems and practise their performance art successfully.
Participation involves an online interview with the researcher, answering questions about your performing art, and your experience of disability, injury and seeking and receiving support from healthcare professionals. To find out more and take part in the project, please email Sian Beesley at sian.beesley21@alumni.ucl.ac.uk.
This study has been approved by the UCL Research Ethics Committee. Approval ID Number: 15763-003.