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At the time of the hearing Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch was the Director of the Donald Beasley Institute (DBI), an independent research institute specialising in disability reasearch. The DBI were contracted by the Inquiry to carry out a research project called “Tell me about you”: A life story approach to understanding disabled people’s experiences in care (1950-2006). Dr Mirfin Veitch spoke to the evidence gathered as part of this research and what findings can be drawn from it.