My first empirical paper, “Beyond normativity: negotiating chronicity as young people with an ostomy”, has been published in Social & Cultural Geography 🎉 You can access it for free here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A wonderful launch of @thelrm.bsky.social’s book, Feminist Art of Walking 🌙💜 An evening of reflection, solidarity & everyday activism - a reminder that walking is art, resistance, and care all at the same time. Feeling inspired to slow down & ‘amble’ 🌃🚶🏻‍♀️ 📖 pictured below #Crip #Walking #Geography

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More stitched squares shared by remote participants in our #StitchAssemblyRGS25 session at #RGS-IBG conference last month. Big thank you to all who took part & shared their reflections! @poppybudworth.bsky.social @alisonjeffers.bsky.social

Huge thanks to the #StitchAssemblyRGS25, this was so inspiring! Some short keywords this piece embodies: #unfinished #together #outofthebox #(un)directionality #heartening #multiplepaths I look forward to seeing the joined quilt!❤️Hoping to reflect a bit of this spirit in the MobileWorlds Festival

My output inspired by what I believe the vision & values of my work in creating a #GoodFoodNation to 'build a long table not a higher wall' A table with people connecting and eating around it together. A space of equity.

@rgsibg.bsky.social #RGSStitchAssembly Loving the creativity theme of this years conference. Encouraging us all to pause, reflect & challenge ourselves.

🌟 Excited to share two new digital toolkits for people with an ileostomy or colostomy! 🌟 Created with GetYourBellyOut and digital artist Lucy Harman, based on my PhD research about young people’s experiences of living with an ostomy.

Not a natural stitcher but loved participating in #StitchAssemblyRGS25 this morning!

Just getting started on my stitched contribution to RGS 2025. Is this another way of connecting #arts and #research, #PhysicalMobility and #DigitalMibility? Thank you for this beautiful initiative! #RGSIBG2025 #StitchAssemblyRGS25 🧵🪡 #mobileworlds #thirdcultures

#StitchAssemblyRGS25 ❤️

Creative stitching workshop at the RGS. Geography meets craft in a fabulous moment of sharing time & space. #StitchAssemblyRGS25

✨ The Stitch Assembly is live at #RGSIBG2025 in Birmingham! Whether you’re here in person or joining from afar, we want you to feel part of our creative community. Find your moment to stitch & share! #StitchAssemblyRGS25 💫 🧵 A few snapshots so far 👇

📢 The in-person Stitch Assembly is happening today at 11:10am (BST). I can’t wait to see some of you there 🎉 #RGSIBG2025 #StitchAssemblyRGS25 🧵🪡

Prepping materials 🧵🏵️🧶for Stitch Assembly at #RGS-IBG Follow #StitchAssemblyRGS25 for updates, reflections & stitched quilt squares from remote participants & our in-person session. If you’re in Birmingham we’d love to see you there! @poppybudworth.bsky.social @alisonjeffers.bsky.social

✨ Looking forward to the #RGSIBG2025! Join us for the Stitch Assembly 🧵 ⏰ Thursday, 11:10 - 12:50 (BST) 📍 Muirhead Building, Room 109 A creative space to stitch, reflect & connect - in Birmingham and beyond! 💫 #Creativity #StitchAssemblyRGS25

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Are you heading to #RGS-IBG AC2025 as an online-only delegate? We’re organising a hands-on creative workshop for you! Sign up to Stitch Assembly & we’ll post you a pack 👇😊🧵 docs.google.com/forms/d/1ytd... @poppybudworth.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social

It is great that some of the belonging team are attending the @openuniversity.bsky.social conference together on the social history of people with learning disabilities, funded by @nihrsphr.bsky.social with @nihrsscr.bsky.social. We are looking forward to Day 2 today! ☀️

📢✏️As well as publishing the final blog of series two (socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centr...) we can now share an exciting update about series THREE, which explores 'How austerity alters disabled people’s lives + futures: intersectional understandings in research, policy, + practice'

Research trip to Hove 🌊

Really excited to be collaborating with @dadafest.bsky.social Join this online round table with 5 brilliant artists on March 17th: using creative workshops to imagine better futures of care with & for people with energy limiting conditions @livuninews.bsky.social www.dadafest.co.uk/event/ignite...

“We’re losing decades of our life to this illness.” An important read by @kathryn42.bsky.social on Long Covid: 5 Years On. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Does Geography have a (working) class problem? If you don't already know the answer, this should help; www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Ps fwiw, most chippies where I'm from are owned by Greek or Chinese families, but funnily enough this isn't even considered.

I really enjoyed the discussion we had at this ‘cuppa conundrums’ event hosted by the ‘re-imagining research practices’ team @wellcometrust.bsky.social

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.

We had our 1st Advisory Group meeting yesterday. It was great to meet everyone, talk about the Belonging Project, and listen to everyone's brilliant suggestions! Here is a picture from our meeting @poppybudworth.bsky.social @elaineljames.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social

This is disgusting. Apart form the gross immorality of it, there is the practicality - get big corporations and multimillionaires to pay their taxes - that would create far more revenue than persecuting people on disability benefits.

Some of our team met in York today. We talked about our plans for the belonging focus groups. It was great to meet each other in person and the sun came out! 🌞 @poppybudworth.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

We really enjoyed our in-person training with Paradigm this time last month. We all met in London and practiced our focus group co-facilitation. We are looking forward to starting the research very soon!

It’s a certain someone’s birthday and they are enjoying a treat 🎂 🍂 🐈‍⬛

🚨DR UK's Statement on Passing of Assisted Dying Bill We stand firmly against a law that risks pressuring Disabled people into decisions driven by lack of options rather than genuine choice. This bill could reinforce the narrative that Disabled people’s lives are less valuable.

“At a time when social care is chronically underfunded, accessible housing is scarce, and many Disabled people are unable to afford food, energy, or other essentials, this legislation sends a chilling message: the government prioritises the right to die over the right to live.”

So great to connect with people in the #ChronicIllness community. Here’s our animation on energy limiting conditions. youtu.be/AtdpgiNs_xg?... Animation by @stacybias.bsky.social & @fourfooteleven.bsky.social Research with @alisonallam.bsky.social @thelrm.bsky.social #NEISVoid #ME/CFS #LongCovid

I’m so excited to reveal the cover for my brand new book, Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life. Out 17th April 2025 with Fig Tree, Penguin.

I appreciate all of you who use the Alt-text description for the images you post. As a blind dude I feel so much more included here. For those of you who forget: Did you know there’s a reminder in Settings/Accessibility to toggle on & then it won’t let you post image without Alt-text. Thanks 🙏😎

Hello Bluesky from me and my sweet girl, Autumn 👋🏻