Dr Lisa Appleyard-Keeling
@drlisaa-k.bsky.social
Parent, love books, poetry and music.
Interest in disability, education and inclusion.
Ex teacher & Early Years practitioner...got lost in higher education!
Neurodiverse world making.
Interest in disability, education and inclusion.
Ex teacher & Early Years practitioner...got lost in higher education!
Neurodiverse world making.
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A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
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I’m heartbroken to hear of the death of Alice Wong. She was a powerhouse of the disability rights movement in the US and on a personal level, generously gave her time to me over the years. I know she will be missed immensely by those who knew her and those who felt her presence online.
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m heartbroken to hear of the death of Alice Wong. She was a powerhouse of the disability rights movement in the US and on a personal level, generously gave her time to me over the years. I know she will be missed immensely by those who knew her and those who felt her presence online.
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It occurs to me that generative AI appeals to people who prioritise outcomes over processes. It doesn't matter to them that they're sharing something that wasn't created by actual work because it's the shiny (sloppy) end result that they're after.
October 16, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It occurs to me that generative AI appeals to people who prioritise outcomes over processes. It doesn't matter to them that they're sharing something that wasn't created by actual work because it's the shiny (sloppy) end result that they're after.
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"Forget chatbots: research suggests reading can help combat loneliness and boost the brain" theconversation.com/forget-chatb...
Forget chatbots: research suggests reading can help combat loneliness and boost the brain
People who read report a deeper understanding of others’ experiences and beliefs.
theconversation.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Forget chatbots: research suggests reading can help combat loneliness and boost the brain" theconversation.com/forget-chatb...
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You see this a lot with gender critical men: they use trans women as the ‘proxy’ for the things they’d like to say to all women.
May 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
You see this a lot with gender critical men: they use trans women as the ‘proxy’ for the things they’d like to say to all women.
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I can't think of anything useful to say about a speech describing our lovely colleagues, friends and neighbours as some 'squalid' failed experiment in immigration.
But I think Sir Keir Starmer needs to reflect on his words, and apologise.
But I think Sir Keir Starmer needs to reflect on his words, and apologise.
May 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I can't think of anything useful to say about a speech describing our lovely colleagues, friends and neighbours as some 'squalid' failed experiment in immigration.
But I think Sir Keir Starmer needs to reflect on his words, and apologise.
But I think Sir Keir Starmer needs to reflect on his words, and apologise.
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It’s wonderful - and surreal! - to be named by Elle U.K. as one of their 40 for 40 Women of Hope: “the trailblazers pushing the status quo who will define the next four decades.”
Here’s to another 40 years of progress. Or just the next 40 minutes, to be fair.
Here’s to another 40 years of progress. Or just the next 40 minutes, to be fair.
May 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It’s wonderful - and surreal! - to be named by Elle U.K. as one of their 40 for 40 Women of Hope: “the trailblazers pushing the status quo who will define the next four decades.”
Here’s to another 40 years of progress. Or just the next 40 minutes, to be fair.
Here’s to another 40 years of progress. Or just the next 40 minutes, to be fair.
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MPs being (rightly) recalled over the 2,700 jobs at risk in British steel, while 5,000 university jobs are actively being cut this year with a further 5,000 jobs under threat and very little intervention is... interesting. Academia is also an industry in collapse.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1393...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1393...
April 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
MPs being (rightly) recalled over the 2,700 jobs at risk in British steel, while 5,000 university jobs are actively being cut this year with a further 5,000 jobs under threat and very little intervention is... interesting. Academia is also an industry in collapse.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1393...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1393...
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"Hopefulness empowers us to continue our work for justice even as the forces of injustice may gain greater power for a time." - bell hooks
April 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Hopefulness empowers us to continue our work for justice even as the forces of injustice may gain greater power for a time." - bell hooks
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🧵Important but chilling talks at MMU from @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social & @sarasiobhan.bsky.social- Social Murder in Labour’s Pathways to Work. Burke: punitive history of UK benefit reform & relentless pressure on #disabled people to find work while support is cut —> poverty, health inequalities, deaths
April 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🧵Important but chilling talks at MMU from @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social & @sarasiobhan.bsky.social- Social Murder in Labour’s Pathways to Work. Burke: punitive history of UK benefit reform & relentless pressure on #disabled people to find work while support is cut —> poverty, health inequalities, deaths
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One of my favourite people @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social on one of my favourite pods @trashfuture.bsky.social! What's not to like? Labour's social murder programme. The swears.
April 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
One of my favourite people @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social on one of my favourite pods @trashfuture.bsky.social! What's not to like? Labour's social murder programme. The swears.
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I'm doing a #FreeGiveaway of my latest book "The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching" to celebrate its publication! Repost this message to enter. Winner announced on 10th April. UK only. #EduSky #inclusion
April 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I'm doing a #FreeGiveaway of my latest book "The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching" to celebrate its publication! Repost this message to enter. Winner announced on 10th April. UK only. #EduSky #inclusion
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Click on the link to find an easy read template letter created by #selfadvocates to write to your MP to stop the benefits cuts for disabled people
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Writing a letter to your MP about benefits for disabled people
Writing a letter to your MP against possible changes to benefits for disabled people Easy Read explanation We are a group of self-advocates with learning disabilities, autistic self-advocates, ...
docs.google.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Click on the link to find an easy read template letter created by #selfadvocates to write to your MP to stop the benefits cuts for disabled people
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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For those of us working in the field of disability healthcare we underpin practice with the phrase ‘nothing about us, without us’
Labour would do well to consider this
The needs & voices of the disability community should be at the heart of the Gov’s plans, not an afterthought
Labour would do well to consider this
The needs & voices of the disability community should be at the heart of the Gov’s plans, not an afterthought
April 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
For those of us working in the field of disability healthcare we underpin practice with the phrase ‘nothing about us, without us’
Labour would do well to consider this
The needs & voices of the disability community should be at the heart of the Gov’s plans, not an afterthought
Labour would do well to consider this
The needs & voices of the disability community should be at the heart of the Gov’s plans, not an afterthought
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The UK is among the worst nations in Europe for child poverty.
In the UK, 11% of 15-year-olds reported they had skipped a meal in 2022 because there wasn't enough money to buy food.
In the Netherlands and Finland, this number was 3%.
In the UK, 11% of 15-year-olds reported they had skipped a meal in 2022 because there wasn't enough money to buy food.
In the Netherlands and Finland, this number was 3%.
March 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Shitkickers
The DWP estimates fraud rates of PIP at 0.4%, with £23 billion of social security support unclaimed each year.
Any narrative claiming these cuts are about 'fiscal responsibility' are a red herring. They see Disabled people as the easiest to scapegoat for their policy failures.
Any narrative claiming these cuts are about 'fiscal responsibility' are a red herring. They see Disabled people as the easiest to scapegoat for their policy failures.
April 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Shitkickers
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We have 2 research posts currently open to work with us on this project - you can find out more and apply here:
👀 Post-doctoral research associate - closing date 1st April www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/110546-...
👀 Research assistant - closing date 6th April
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/111005-...
👀 Post-doctoral research associate - closing date 1st April www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/110546-...
👀 Research assistant - closing date 6th April
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/111005-...
Research Associate (Post-doctoral) in the Department of Psychological Medicine
www.kcl.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We have 2 research posts currently open to work with us on this project - you can find out more and apply here:
👀 Post-doctoral research associate - closing date 1st April www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/110546-...
👀 Research assistant - closing date 6th April
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/111005-...
👀 Post-doctoral research associate - closing date 1st April www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/110546-...
👀 Research assistant - closing date 6th April
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/111005-...
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Concerned/confused about Labour's direction on disability. Check out this event:
Social Murder in Labour’s Pathways to Work
Date: 10 apr • 17:30
Location: BR G.78 Brooks Building MMU & Online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-mur...
Social Murder in Labour’s Pathways to Work
Date: 10 apr • 17:30
Location: BR G.78 Brooks Building MMU & Online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-mur...
Social Murder in Labour’s Pathways to Work
This event
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Concerned/confused about Labour's direction on disability. Check out this event:
Social Murder in Labour’s Pathways to Work
Date: 10 apr • 17:30
Location: BR G.78 Brooks Building MMU & Online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-mur...
Social Murder in Labour’s Pathways to Work
Date: 10 apr • 17:30
Location: BR G.78 Brooks Building MMU & Online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-mur...
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There is an online protest at 1pm with some brill speakers organised by @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social It’s at 1pm (tinyurl.com/5fambunr). This comes at the end of the week where DPAC organised a nationwide day of action with protests in every major town and city and so many did so much.
March 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
There is an online protest at 1pm with some brill speakers organised by @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social It’s at 1pm (tinyurl.com/5fambunr). This comes at the end of the week where DPAC organised a nationwide day of action with protests in every major town and city and so many did so much.
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1.
The new official poverty stats came out at 930
Astonishingly bad numbers confirm the UK is in the grip of a building crisis of penury
www.gov.uk/government/s...
1.
The new official poverty stats came out at 930
Astonishingly bad numbers confirm the UK is in the grip of a building crisis of penury
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Households Below Average Income: an analysis of the UK income distribution: FYE 1995 to FYE 2024
www.gov.uk
March 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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1.
The new official poverty stats came out at 930
Astonishingly bad numbers confirm the UK is in the grip of a building crisis of penury
www.gov.uk/government/s...
1.
The new official poverty stats came out at 930
Astonishingly bad numbers confirm the UK is in the grip of a building crisis of penury
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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March 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Earlier this year, our Institute was featured on the UN Academic Impact website, introducing our mission and highlights from our launch event to the world.
Discover what guides us in making a positive impact on #ChildrensFutures: www.un.org/en/academic-...
Discover what guides us in making a positive impact on #ChildrensFutures: www.un.org/en/academic-...
Manchester Metropolitan University launches new Institute for Children’s Futures | United Nations
To mark World Children’s Day, Manchester Metropolitan University welcomed over 100 delegates to celebrate the launch of its new Institute for Children’s Futures (ICF). The ICF brings together the Univ...
www.un.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Earlier this year, our Institute was featured on the UN Academic Impact website, introducing our mission and highlights from our launch event to the world.
Discover what guides us in making a positive impact on #ChildrensFutures: www.un.org/en/academic-...
Discover what guides us in making a positive impact on #ChildrensFutures: www.un.org/en/academic-...
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There are protests against #DisabilityBenefits cuts all over the country today and on Wednesday. The more people/banners the better but the contribution of folk who need to be at home for any of the reasons is just as appreciated. Amplify, amplify, amplify (if you have the 🥄) X
March 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
There are protests against #DisabilityBenefits cuts all over the country today and on Wednesday. The more people/banners the better but the contribution of folk who need to be at home for any of the reasons is just as appreciated. Amplify, amplify, amplify (if you have the 🥄) X