Recruiting a post-doc at UCL. Using linked administrative data from health and education, the Research Fellow in Data Science with identify children with intellectual disability and investigate maternal mental health. 15 months, FT Salary £45,103-£ 52,586 Apply by 3rd Feb: tinyurl.com/bffeshp6

Thank you @jidr-wiley.bsky.social ! I have really enjoyed supporting the publication of great research in intellectual disabilities as the EiC over the past 4 years! Best of luck to the new editors. JIDR is in good hands

A reminder that Wiley is recruiting an Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. The deadline for applications is 31st October 2025. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Harry Roche making a keynote speech at EAMHID 2025 in Ghent. First keynote speaker with an intellectual disability. Harry says below what needs to happen for people with intellectual disabilities to be fully included. Unfair exclusion from basic rights, opportunities & research. @mencap.org.uk

Shocking. Not entirely surprising though. I wonder how many people would continue writing papers if the system stopped counting them as academic ouputs

This is how we moved from academic papers to easy read versions of research evidence. No Research about Us without Us seminar now on how we co-produce health research in intellectual disability @learningdiseng.bsky.social @amymrussell.bsky.social @debcairns.bsky.social

Men's mental health is an increasingly important area - please do consider taking part if you are a man 40-65 years old

We just published a new paper looking at the experiences of mothers when health professionals told them their baby has Down Syndrome. Mothers were told before, during and after the birth of their baby, sometimes in odd places. bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A Scoping Review of the Ways Gatekeepers May Hinder or Promote Opportunities for People With Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities to Learn About Research Participation #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🎉Happy to announce that our #RCT paper about the effectiveness of the #sibling serious game 'Broodles' has been published open access! With this game we offer an accessible, early intervention for siblings (6-9 years) of children with disabilities. See: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Contraceptive and Pregnancy Decision-Making Autonomy and Health Care Experiences Among Women With Intellectual Disabilities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The figures haven't changed in the past few years

Evaluating the Clinical Applicability of Multifrequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis for Nutritional Status Prediction in Hospitalized Persons With Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I Open My Own Front Door, Do You? Week has been fantastic! 💫 Send us stories of people opening their own front door, why they don’t get to and what you’re doing about it. Take a look ⬇️ www.gloriouslyordinarylives.co.uk/i-open-my-ow... @learningdiseng.bsky.social #IOpenMyOwnFrontDoor

Thank you for having us Michael @academichv.bsky.social. I really enjoyed the conversation and meeting the early minds network members

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Really enjoyed discussing our research on healthcare and autism with @mengchuanlai.bsky.social as part of the new #ICESOntario podcast #Disability #AutRes

Please share: new funded PhD opportunity! Navigating the Mental Capacity Act to support Sexual Decision-Making for People with Learning Disabilities To find out more please follow the link below: #AcademicSky #FindAPhD #PhD #LearningDisabilitiesResearch

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