The Intersectional Effects of Disability and Social Class on Early Adulthood is a 24-month British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (November 2022-October 2024). Following an intersectional approach, the project seeks to disentangle the social process implicated in the (re)production of disability-related educational and occupational disadvantage experienced by disabled young people. The project takes a qualitative approach and involves biographical interviews with working class disabled young people aged 18-31 years old. This project’s overarching aim is to produce evidence that can be used to understand and address educational and occupational barriers faced by working class disabled young people.The Intersectional Effects of Disability and Social Class on Early Adulthood is a 24-month British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (November 2022-October 2024). Following an intersectional approach, the project seeks to disentangle the social process implicated in the (re)production of disability-related educational and occupational disadvantage experienced by disabled young people. The project takes a qualitative approach and involves biographical interviews with working class disabled young people aged 18-31 years old. This project’s overarching aim is to produce evidence that can be used to understand and address educational and occupational barriers faced by working class disabled young people.

Semi-structured biographical interviews conducted online or over the phone. Participants consisted of eight working class disabled young people aged 18-31 years old.