The ultimate, accessible guide to navigating every step of pregnancy, birth and the fourth trimester for Autistic people.Exploring the reality of pregnancy and acknowledging it's challenges, autistic researcher Dr Aimee Grant interweaves advice from autistic pregnant people and registered midwives to answer any questions you may have on being an autistic pregnant person.The dip-in-dip-out format provides you with an easy-to-navigate exploration into sensory overwhelm, manag...

Students and researchers have an abundance of materials and sources available to them via the internet for use in their projects. However, there is little practical guidance available on the fundamentals of performing qualitative research with documents.This valuable book enables readers to undertake high-quality, robust research using documents as data. Encouraging critical consideration of research design, the book guides readers step-by-step through the process of planning and u...

In today’s society we increasingly create and consume written content and images. This includes a range of sources, from social media posts to records held within organisations, and everything in between, including news articles, blogs, shopping lists and official government documents. Critically reading these ‘documents’ can help us to understand a huge amount about society. Doing Excellent Social Research with Documents includes guidance on how to ‘read between the lines’, and p...

The ultimate, accessible guide to navigating every step of pregnancy, birth and the fourth trimester for Autistic people.Exploring the reality of pregnancy and acknowledging it's challenges, autistic researcher Dr Aimee Grant interweaves advice from autistic pregnant people and registered midwives to answer any questions you may have on being an autistic pregnant person.The dip-in-dip-out format provides you with an easy-to-navigate exploration into sensory overwhelm, manag...

Managing Your Research Project is a practical and accessible guide that will help researchers navigate the complexities of project management. This user-friendly resource offers valuable insights and tools for funded, commissioned, unfunded, and student research in academic settings.Instead of advocating for a single project management approach, the book provides a variety of options, empowering readers to develop a style that works best for them. Each chapter is packed wi...

Recognising diverse groups within society is a vital part of policy research and analysis, yet few texts have drawn together the breadth of experiences of welfare provision from a diverse group of citizens.This book fills this gap, by exploring how diverse citizens experience welfare provision. It aims to promote debate about the importance of social divisions in society and to address the gaps in research, in relation to race, ethnicity, disability, gender and LGBTQ+.It co...

Northern Appalachia is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth and home to a broad range of ecological and human cultures. With A Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia, editors Todd Davis and Noah Davis recognize and celebrate this diversity and the fact that humans are storytelling creatures who develop relationships with their landscapes at the intersection of art and science.A companion volume to A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, this gui...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.In the latest edition of Social Policy Review, experts review the leading social policy scholarship from the past year.The book addresses current issues and critical debates within the field, with a particular focus on intergenerational research. Contributors also explore key social policy and research developments across a wide range of themes, including the impact of COVID-19 on eldercare and homelessness, rese...