Absolutely brilliant talk by @dawnc05.bsky.social today at @learningmet.bsky.social. Not easy to listen to the awful experiences she shares, but so in awe of the Dawn’s commitment to challenge and protest.

Our speaker for today’s @learningmet.bsky.social seminar is our own Dr Dawn Cavanagh, speaking about her organisation’s work for people with learning disabilities & autistic people in locked wards and for independent living. Stolen Lives, Activism & the Role of Academia in Defending Human Rights. 🧵

@sarasiobhan.bsky.social the A to Z is promoting flourishing lives 😃 uk.jkp.com/products/the...

F is for Flourishing Lives in our A to Z of #socialwork @sarasiobhan.bsky.social Take 10 minutes every day to find what makes you happy. Since aged 3, mine is a book with dragons in it. What's your 10 minutes? uk.jkp.com/products/the...

We are stronger in our activism together. RK has faced racism in campaigning but has had opportunities to help reduce stigma eg speaking on Punjabi TV channels, talking at local schools about allyship. Everyone from marginalised communities should have opportunities to live the best lives possible.

'Sitting on the margins, I can only achieve so much' - Ramandeep Kaur urges researchers and policy makers to work with, and for, people from marginalised communities, like her, and her son, Harry. #AcademicSky #AutRes #EduSky #FamilyCarers

Absolutely gutted to miss this one - but this is set to be a stellar masterclass in journalism ⬇️

Really looking forward to presenting on this webinar on Childhood and Disability next Tuesday at 5pm UK time, along with the amazing Anastasia Todd and Susan Flynn. Tickets still available: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-ch...

Fab thread from the seminar which was brilliant. In awe of @georgejulian.bsky.social. ♥️

This is looking like a great seminar series on activism, here at MMU. Join us on Wednesday to hear about @georgejulian.bsky.social ‘s vital work as a citizen journalist and coronial inquest court reporter, and check out the other activists speaking later in the series.

Do you know that each local authority in England should have an up to date autism strategy? Well it turns out many don't. Find out about our study and database here youtu.be/6Xv-N4K4gWc?...

So, so excited my new book is pretty much in publication. ‘Critical Health and Learning Disabilities; an Exploration of Erasure and Social Murder’ is out in the summer (Routledge).

It's important everyone over 14 on their doctor's learning disability register has an annual health check. They can help you stay well and find any problems early. If you haven't been offered one you can ask your doctors practice if you can have one.

@sarasiobhan.bsky.social @learningmet.bsky.social

Last Monday (20th January) I delivered my two guest lectures for the Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London to 60 doctoral candidates! In the first lecture we discussed how learning disabilities are defined (by whom, what 'expertise' is drawn upon e.g. (1/9)

You can download our guide "Doing Better in Health Care" here: socialcaretalk.org/wp-content/u...

Day 10. Buxton winter wonderland.

*NEW* The latest issue of our independent, rights-based quarterly, made with brilliant people, a ton of knowledge, lived experience and good will. Published thanks to digital edition subscribers and voluntary sector sponsors supporting people and families. #LearningDisability #SocialCare #autism

Our campaign comments on delays to social care reform: https://buff.ly/427bBEg "A commission that will take years to report won’t help those who need support right now. We need urgent action to fund and scale existing best practice.” @carolinejc.bsky.social @johnpring.bsky.social

NEW! Latest stories out now, celebrating Sammy's skills and legacy on our cover - thanks to @samcarlisle.bsky.social communitylivingmagazine.com Words from @georgejulian.bsky.social @sarasiobhan.bsky.social @seankellyphotos.bsky.social @iangoldsworthy.bsky.social and many more.

@learningmet.bsky.social @sarasiobhan.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

There was a notion, at the time, that the pandemic would be a great 'leveller'. Now, as LA burns, we see that wealth and privilege is no protector. But 'business as normal' resumes quickly. I'm always wondering what can make us step into another's shoes and truly walk around in them... changing us.

Not saying it’s still cold in Buxton but this was the view from our bathroom window earlier.

Fabberama. Heavy snow started in time to cover the ice before I schlep across town to the dentist. 🥶

Minus 9 degrees forecast tonight. Harsher than the commute home earlier.

Our new edition from Friday 10 has a New Year focus on creativity and shifting perceptions www.communitylivingmagazine.com Read words with and by a range of people including @georgejulian.bsky.social @sarasiobhan.bsky.social @seankellyphotos.bsky.social @iangoldsworthy.bsky.social

And, yep it’s still snowing in Buxton. Sid of the snow peaks earlier.

Covering the garden to do list and a new playground for Sid.

Listen to paediatrician Dr Tanya Haj Hassan address the UN about the ongoing massacres and targeting of medical personnel in Gaza. youtu.be/jVtU6c4fZeo?...

Uncommon beauty when it snows and rains.

Submitted my book bang on time and got an out of office from one of the editors until Jan 8. Doing a laugh/weep/hysteria thing here. [So glad to see the back of it mind.]

The urgency on NHS with Darzi report delivered in 2 months compared with 3 year timescale of the Casey review of social care @blimeysimon.bsky.social @richardhumphries.bsky.social @helenwalkerncl.bsky.social

Sadly true

‘This government is committed to doing politics differently’ claims Streeting today - after betraying voters with his election waffle about a National Care Service, then kicking the issue into the long grass while focusing on the NHS like all its predecessors

Baby it’s cold outside…

So Sid has developed a festive part 3 to get our attention. i) quietly cry by the back door, ii) bash the front door with his paw, iii) chew a crimbo card from the fireplace. #DogLegend

Finally watched Gavin and Stacey. A proper feast for Connor with the Keane soundtrack and Dave's coaches. Could feel him in the room with the off piste bit towards the end. #Love

I’ve just withdrawn from my panel at the OLF. Joyce is an absolutely chilling character: on record as saying that ‘every one of those [trans] people is a huge problem to a sane world'

Book submission getting close. Scrapped doing the index and calmed by last minute comments/links. 👀👀

Bit random. Just wondering why I've spent a proper chunk of this year (early, early mornings, weekends, evenings) writing a book and indexing costs will come out of any royalties. 👀😆👀

Latest from me: this is a fragile & fretful moment for people caught up in the Special Educational Heeds system. But if the govt wants a fight, it'll get one www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

And then they were gone. Christmas in a blink.

And a late 2024 entry for top NHS gaslighting… this hugely complex and challenging case. [Will it ever end?]

@sarasiobhan.bsky.social @stephenunwin.bsky.social Happy Christmas and warmest thanks to you both and all the actors and crew for the love, joy and solidarity remembering Laughing Boy. Our can’t be the only tree with a bus .

Just Sid.

Sid as the sunset over Buxton this afternoon. Peaceful times and here’s to a fresh and hopeful new year.

We had some great interest in Dr @suecaton.bsky.social and team's Medications and My Mental Health research project which was featured in our research newsletter last week. For insights and resources from the project, please follow along with them below: #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch

Lovely feedback! If you're not already signed up to it, you can join our mailing list here forms.office.com/e/SihkWJ4eYE to hear about future events...more seminars planned for the New Year :)

“I get woken up by being kicked in the face, drinks thrown over you… it’s hard going” @vicderbyshire.bsky.social spent the early hours with rough sleepers, waking up on the streets of London in the depths of winter #Newsnight

UK govt wrong to deny pension compensation to the 1950s women. Ombudsman urged apology and compensation. Govt apologized but no compensation. No point of an independent report if recommendations ignored. Govt that funds foreign wars can fund justice. www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d...