102: The Visible Difference Support Hub
From Appearance Matters: The Podcast! by The Centre for Appearance Research
September 30, 2025 · 26 min
About this episode
Maia interviews Prof. Di Harcourt about The Visible Difference Support Hub and its resources for people with visible differences.
Welcome back to Appearance Matters: The Podcast! In this month’s episode, Maia speaks to Prof. Di Harcourt about the development of The Visible Difference Support Hub, a brand new website that is aims to provide easy access to evidence-based support for people with visible differences and their families which has been developed at CAR. Di and Maia talk about the research that has gone into creating these support resources, the development process of the support hub, and the kind of materials people can find on the website. If you’d like to explore or share The Visible Difference Support Hub please follow this link: https://visibledifferencesupporthub.com/ If you’ve spent time on The Visible Difference Support Hub and would like to provide us with some feedback, please click here: https://uwe.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_57m45grMC7LHeWa If you’re interested in hearing more about the Centre for Appearance conference, Appearance Matters 11 (9th – 11th of June 2026) click here: https://www.uwe.ac.uk/research/centres-and-groups/appearance/news-and-events/am-conference Appearance Matters 11 abstract submissions are now open and the deadline is the 30th of October!
People in this episode
Host: Maia
Guest: Prof. Di Harcourt
Topics covered
- visible differences
- support resources
- evidence-based support
- research
- development process
Keywords
- visible differences
- support hub
- evidence-based
- research
- Centre for Appearance Research
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Visible Difference Support Hub, Centre for Appearance Research
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