LifeLab is a co-designed health literacy intervention that aims to improve the health knowledge, choices and behaviours amongst teenagers aged between 13-16 years in DEIS schools across Dublin. LifeLab is aligned with the junior cycle wellbeing curriculum, more specifically Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE), and is delivered by the assigned teacher through a series of classroom-based lessons and visits to LifeLab at Dublin City University (DCU). A previous successful HRB summer studentship with LifeLab in 2025 looked to adapt the LifeLab at DCU activities to young people in the local community through working with outreach groups. This project aims to extend the reach of LifeLab to young people living with physical disabilities to reduce the health inequalities among this population. This project aims to establish suitable adapted LifeLab at DCU activities to enhance Lifelab’s accessibility for teenagers with disabilities. The key objectives of this research are to i) review the literature on health interventions for teenagers with physical disabilities, and ii) engage with key stakeholders to identify opportunities to enhance the accessibility of the current Lifelab programme. This research will support inclusive access to educational and health-related resources and contribute to disability-orientated research design practices.
