Global network for young disabled researchers co-creating change

The Global Network for Young Researchers Co-creating Change (GNYRCC) will enable collaboration between young disabled people aged 12-30 and their academic allies, across borders and across disciplines, to reflect on experiences of marginalisation and to set further agendas for research. They will share personal and research narratives and advice on

how they learn together about research, co-creating evidence accessible learning resources to inform further inclusive research to support ongoing activism. The proposed network is being initiated by UCan, a group of experience young disabled co-researcher. It aims, through developing creative participatory methods to strengthen young disabled people's

opportunities for influence, to surface narratives and intersecting issues in contexts identified by young disabled people.

The network will address inequalities in power in research by enabling young disabled people to co-direct internal funds for co-creating accessible learning resources and through four project grants used to develop their research locally and cross nationally to amplify the perspectives of other disabled children and young people. The network will also provide insights into strategies for inclusive collaboration and impact that can be sustained beyond the funding period.