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Political scientist, permanent wheelchair user with helpful household robots. Researcher working for @oxpop.bsky.social Opinions are my own.
Occupational Therapist| Researcher - in-Residence | PhD Candidate | Funded by ESRC & South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP)| Research interests - Belonging, and people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities
UCL Centre for Inclusive Education, part of @ioe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
Leading research and professional development for Inclusive Education.
Professor of Education at the University of Southampton. Posting about inclusive pedagogy, inclusive (qual) research methods, and intellectual disability. Also following nice cats.
Centre for Research in Inclusion (CRI) at the University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Co-directors @vstrogilos.bsky.social & @achalagupta.bsky.social
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/centre-for-research-in-inclusion
Supporting education and purpose-driven organisations to maximise impact and sustainability
Education, equality, professional development, cooking
Chief Executive - Ormiston Academies Trust.
Chair of the DfE's Expert Advisory Group for Inclusion.
RHB.
🌹 Proud Labour MP for Houghton & Sunderland South
📚 Secretary of State for Education
🟰 Minister for Women & Equalities
We are a leading provider of Easy Read information and resources. Based in Leeds and part of The Advonet Group
Learn more about what we can do for you at https://changepeople.org
Chief Executive of Mencap the national learning disability charity. All views expressed here are personal views.
Ambitions. Rights. Belonging.
20 million people with intellectual disabilities and their families from 39 countries.
#inclusion #selfadvocacy
Bringing together the 10 main national associations which represent independent, NFP & voluntary adult social care providers in England. RTs are not endorsements.
www.careprovideralliance.org.uk
The Carer - The premier publication for the independent Nursing and Residential Care Homes sector.
Published weekly in digital and bi-monthly in print.
www.thecareruk.com
www.seankellyphotos.com Retired - now part-time photographer and writer. Committed to the empowering and liberation of people with learning disabilities. Trustee of Community Living Magazine. Married to Mary. 3 adult children. Experienced music listener.
An independent think-tank, established to put social justice at the heart of British politics.
👉 MEDIA: media-enquiries@centreforsocialjustice.org.uk
Strategic Lead Marketing & Communications (Health) at
Greater Manchester Moving - views my own.
CEO, Greater Manchester Moving.
Leading a movement for movement to address inactivity and inequality.
www.gmmoving.co.uk
Writer & poet, with three books on the go. Learning every day.
https://hayleyleverblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/20/contents-page/
#Manchester girl on #SocialJustice mission. Head of Policy & Implementation for GMCA & Mayor of GM. 🐝 Public policy, service & participation. System convening, navigation & change. Previously #GMMoving and Public Law Solicitor.
Two-year part-time online MSc course in Psychology and Learning Disability at the University of Portsmouth - core subjects, research methods, thesis! #LD #autism #ND
We are the voice of learning disability nursing here at Birmingham City University. This space is to share exciting news and good practice from our field.
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/courses/nursing-learning-disability-bsc-hons-2025-26
Charity supporting learning disabled and autistic children and adults in London. Founded in 1962. We help people to stay healthy, be safe, and live well, and do the things that matter to them.
Website: www.ldnlondon.org
Members of the RCN Learning Disability Nursing Forum Steering Committee account to share RCN and Learning Disability Nursing info. Further info about the forum can be found here https://www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/Forums/Learning-Disability-Nursing-Forum
Working to make Wales the best country in the world for people with a learning disability to live, learn, love and work. RTs are not endorsements.
Based at the University of Glasgow, our research is focused on the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities & the health & social inequalities they experience #research #healthinequalities
Find out more at www.sldo.ac.uk
We do research with people with learning disabilities, autistic people, and their families. We are committed to social justice and more equal research practice.
Join our mailing list for event news: https://forms.office.com/e/SihkWJ4eYE
Grandma, Poet, Angry woman, Labour MEP 2014-20, Wild Swimmer. Serial board member: @anothereurope.bsky.social @chartist48.bsky.social @csfberlin.bsky.social @ukrainesol.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!
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Katie Healey (she/her), PhD, CPACC ✨
AccessibleHigherEd.com
DisabilityDaily.podbean.com
https://ko-fi.com/disabilitydaily
The podcast where we speak to disabled people, as people. Discuss the issues and ask the questions you’re too scared to ask. Have a laugh, maybe a cry and laugh again. But most important of all, are you cooler than JJB?
Care & Education consultant, speaker, piano teacher, barn dance caller (Hedgerow Tipple) & circle dancer. Passionate about inclusivity, the arts, being outdoors and re-imagining dementia care.
I believe in the power of love and compassion. Founded the story-sharing platform, SayItForward.org, where I cohost #ThePowerOfStories podcast, and AwakeningYourTrueSelf.com where I host free monthly Women’s Circles online.💕
Retired academic, Proud Learning Disability Nurse. Love spending time with family and friends
We are a global community, we believe everyone is equal & each one of us brings unique gifts to the world. Together we can create inclusive & welcoming communities where everyone can share their gifts. #EverydayCitizenship
https://www.citizen-network.org
Powerful citizen journalism from Yorkshire | IMPRESS regulated
To write, edit or help behind the scenes, email editor@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Whatsapp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaChEIR4NVidtlOgFu0I
An inclusive education hub, to bring together examples of what successful inclusion looks like in practice, as a resource and to build capacity in the system
inclusioninpractice.org.uk
Together we really are better. Work in Notts adult social care. Would always prefer to be in or on the water. All views my own
Challenging and changing adult social care language and practice #RewritingSocialCare #LanguageMatters #UsNotThemAndUs
https://rewritingsocialcare.blog/
Campaigner. Activist, Lived Experience Trainer. MA Social Policy.
#LearningDisabilities #HealthInequalities
Former charity Chair.
Trying to build a better world.
Also love #LFC
Views expressed are my own.
www.ramandeepkaur.co.uk
Movement for change, born of frustration but powered by hope. socialcarefuture.org.uk. Hosted by In Control Partnerships
Triple X Syndrome, Autism, Ataxia, Asthma, Allergies, Adrenal Insufficiency, Reflux, IBS and other health conditions. I have social services support.I believe in God. I enjoy listening to audiobooks and the radio. I like watching the weather and nature.
We’re a network of people and organisations working to make health and social care more personalised, so that everybody can live life their way. thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk
One of the convenors of Social Care Future https://socialcarefuture.org.uk/ Gooner. Love lots of people and things. Living with cancer
Social Care. Counselling & Psychotherapy. Southall FC. Pop Music. Former Bodybuilder. Co Founder of Rightful Lives. Author of "Lines" and "Get Steven Home."
Married to Ellen. Cat convert in later life.
Still working to make sure people can self-direct their care and support.
Progressive politics, equality, environmentalism, pro- Europe (and more). Used to do things nationally around disability. Now retired & trying to make sense of it all, helping to develop an age friendly community & appreciating the natural world.
Learning disability campaigner and podcaster
Philosopher and social activist with interest in self-directed support, basic income, neighbourhood democracy, neighbourhood care and anything else that helps create a world where everyone matters (and chippy Northerner). https://citizen-network.org
Professor of Public Policy and Public Management, Uni of Bham. Interested in social care, the public service workforce and crosswords, https://21stcenturypublicservant.wordpress.com/
Exhausted full-time Carer of adult son. Angry about how shit Adult Social Care is for most and trying to influence positive change locally one small step at a time. Currently trying to learn the legislation because someone has to.
Barrister, writer and educator, mainly mental capacity, mental health and healthcare ethics. Bluesky largely used to share materials - for contact, please email me at alex.ruckkeene@39essex.com.
Website: https://www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk
Self advocacy charity working with people with learning disabilities and autistic people. Working hard to create a society that is fair and inclusive for all.
Silo jumper, sibling #carer, Nana #LearningDisability #socialcare, #drawing as life skill for #communication #UniversalDesign, #Place-based-care #archives, #heritage, #history alt #care stories Hon Fellow Herts Uni, MA Cultural Heritage UCL No DMs
Interests: academia; NHS: health research; frailty in OP; learning disability; Patient public involvement/engagement/exp. in research & NHS; Down’s syndrome; gardening; allotments;left politics; environment. Views entirely my own.
She/her. I have ADHD
A national network promoting best practice surrounding sex and relationships- passionate about love, sex and relationships (and education)
European. SEND parent and campaigner.
A proud Community Learning Disability Nurse working on the Wirral ☀️
Strategic engagement lead at www.genomicsengland.co.uk, on a secondment from www.ons.gov.uk. Ex-NHS England digital team.
Data, health, social care, autism, LD, caring, travel, gigs, coffee. A Scot who 💙s living in SE London.
A small but mighty charity calling for active social lives for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
Home of #GigBuddies, Nesta New Radical, the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, and the #NoBedtimes #OurRightToParty campaigns.
Reader (Associate Prof) in intellectual disabilities, Dept Social Care & Social Work, Manchester Met Uni. Researching social & health inequalities, digital inclusion, qual, creative, participatory research methods
✨Freelance Producer and Engagement Lead✨
Company Producer at Firebird Theatre ✨ Membership and Engagement Lead at LDE ✨she/her✨Views own, obv✨
Updates from #DigitalLifeline project at #ManMetUni in collaboration #ARC, #GoodThingsFoundation, #LearningDisabilityEngland, and #SeeAbility. Funded by #NIHR
Founder @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social, writer, #autistic, #SaveOurChildrensRights, #SENDsky #EhlersDanlos #Disability #ChildrensRights, Devoted Grandma #wheelchair user #chronicpain
The membership association for learning disability and autism support providers.
Ask us about membership, training, DBS checks, qualifications, Active Support and research.
Changing thinking, changing practice, changing lives.
Mum to Amber #all things accessibility ♿️ #SEND
Night time economy panel member #Greater Manchester #accessibility for everyone
Self employed learning Disability support worker ( Your IT Now) specialises in Internet/social media safety/tech and director of Love Community CIC ,changing the world one project at a time! 🤣👍
1 of 6 unpaid directors, Zumba Instructor, Joint Lead on Self Advocacy and 2024 Joint Outstanding Northwest Leader. All views are my own
1 of the Unpaid Director for Together All Are Able and one of the leads for self advocacy in Wirral a member of NCAG and life time member of LDE and a member of the Liverpool City Region disability Panel views are my own
#SaveOurChildrensRights Parent-led special educational needs and disability #SEND website. UK-based, strategic advocacy, resources, and information to help improve the lives of children & young people with disabilities and their families. Volunteers.
A personal account
UK
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn,
is just to love,
and be loved, in return”
-Eden Ahbez, Nature Boy
Firmly believe in the age old where there's a will there's a way! #ABCD
I love a book, a gin, time in the fresh air, adventure and connections. Not necessarily in that order and sometimes all at the same time.
Proud learning disability nurse....ardent socialist....and a curry eating, rambling, narrow boat dwelling, beer drinking, dog owning, occasional folk musician!!
Refugee from twitter...
Professor of Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care (Kingston University, London). Let’s talk about dying, death, bereavement and intellectual/learning disability.
A UK based creative campaign and community focussed on the Human Rights of Autistic people and people with Learning Disabilities.
www.rightfullives.org.uk
We one of the UK’s leading Disabled People's Organisation run by and for Disabled people, working for justice and equality for all.
https://linktr.ee/disabilityrightsuk
Parent carer to 3 grown-up kids (still baffled).
Writing, accessibility, life after 50, and political side-eye.
Some days soft. Some days feral.
Associate Professor Health Inequalities @UniversityLeeds #Qualitative health research to improve inclusion in research & healthcare. Working with people with a learning disability to innovate in creative methods for inclusion. https://linktr.ee/amymrussell
Interested in communication ,#humanrights, equality, #socialcare, #learningdisabilty, #poetry, tennis ,the great outdoors ! Was a founder of the #socialenterprise @TalkingMats. NED of central advocacy partners & First Fund, FRCSLT, FRSA.
Open access evidence base for patient experience, lived experience, patient/public involvement. www.patientlibrary.net
I’m passionate about inclusion and building a society with an economy that works for all. I talk and think a lot about Co-production, Health and Social Care, Learning Disability, Neurodiversity, Community, Citizenship and Kindness. Masters student @UoB
Qualitative-first surveys – discover attitudes, ideas, and lived experiences.
Experience the power of peer interaction with Gobby. Analyse overlapping experiences and ideas to uncover nuanced trends within interconnected communities.
https://gobby.io
Programme Director @ Community Catalysts (Local Area Coordination and Innovators Learn) Interested in asset based working, leadership, community, inclusion & good lives for all. Proud dad of daughters. Trustee of Disability North.
Domiciliary Carer. Proud Dad, Grandad. Enjoy tennis 🎾 walking,gardening,exercise,cats,life.
#FBNHS #FBPE #MuscularDystrophy #WeAreZest #ChangingPlaces #SENDcrisis 🌊 DM's on request only. Bluesky 9/11/24
🍋Catalyst for change in health care ++ Creator of Whose Shoes? approach to coproduction, helping people work together to improve lives. https://padlet.com/WhoseShoes/overview
#HSJ100 Wild Card ♥️♦️♠️♣️
Host of ‘Wild Card - Whose Shoes?’ podcast @WildCardWS 🎤
Chair of The Public Law Project, Non Exec Director at Southdown, Freelancer, cyclist, runner.
Green Councillor for Bromborough Ward in Wirral. Disability campaigner for 30+ years . Views DEFINITELY my own
Beyond Words - Using pictures to help people understand the world. Founded by Baroness Sheila Hollins
Charity no. 1183942
www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk
We're MacIntyre. We offer learning, support and care for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and/or autism.
www.macintyrecharity.org
Wild card. Walking in the shoes of more interesting people. 🍋🍋🍋 Podcast by Gill @WhoseShoes and friends. https://whoseshoes.buzzsprout.com
A Centre for Inclusive Living led by people with learning difficulties
We want people with learning difficulties to have control of their lives and equal power
#mothering #disability #education #SocialCare #activism #PeakDistrict - Professor of Education, she/her
LD Researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Lives in Wales.
Stolen Lives. https://stolenlives.blog
Son with learning disability, autism, ADHD and epilepsy.
Autistic herself.
