Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met
@learningmet.bsky.social
We do research with people with learning disabilities, autistic people, and their families. We are committed to social justice and more equal research practice.
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Autistic Relations: Like-mindedness, Identities, and Community
The Learning Disabilities and Autism Research Group invites you to a hybrid seminar by Dr Nathan Keates
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Please join us online and in-person this Wednesday (12th November) for the next event in our seminar series with Dr Nathan Keates - ' #Autistic Relations: Link-mindedness, Identities, and Community'. The event is free to attend and all are welcome!
Please follow the link for more info and booking:
Please follow the link for more info and booking:
New article from team member Naomi Jacobs, sharing findings from research with disabled members of churches on the right to participate in religious institutions, in the light of the Equality Act www.scienceopen.com/document?vid...
“I Just Didn’t Fit into the Way That They Did Church”: Barriers to Access and Participation for Disabled People in UK Churches
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November 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New article from team member Naomi Jacobs, sharing findings from research with disabled members of churches on the right to participate in religious institutions, in the light of the Equality Act www.scienceopen.com/document?vid...
We had a great Research Group seminar today from Dr Nathan Keates, on Autistic Relations: Like-mindedness, Identities and Community. Through comedy improvisation, Nathan's research explores autistic people's ways of being social - as distinctive rather than a problem. #AutRes #AcademicSky 1/3
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We had a great Research Group seminar today from Dr Nathan Keates, on Autistic Relations: Like-mindedness, Identities and Community. Through comedy improvisation, Nathan's research explores autistic people's ways of being social - as distinctive rather than a problem. #AutRes #AcademicSky 1/3
Please share! Reminder to please join us tomorrow (online or in-person @manmetuni.bsky.social) for the next free event in our research group seminar series.
Please click the link below for information and booking:
#AutRes #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismResearch #AcademicSky
Please click the link below for information and booking:
#AutRes #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismResearch #AcademicSky
Please join us online and in-person this Wednesday (12th November) for the next event in our seminar series with Dr Nathan Keates - ' #Autistic Relations: Link-mindedness, Identities, and Community'. The event is free to attend and all are welcome!
Please follow the link for more info and booking:
Please follow the link for more info and booking:
Autistic Relations: Like-mindedness, Identities, and Community
The Learning Disabilities and Autism Research Group invites you to a hybrid seminar by Dr Nathan Keates
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Please share! Reminder to please join us tomorrow (online or in-person @manmetuni.bsky.social) for the next free event in our research group seminar series.
Please click the link below for information and booking:
#AutRes #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismResearch #AcademicSky
Please click the link below for information and booking:
#AutRes #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismResearch #AcademicSky
Please join us online and in-person this Wednesday (12th November) for the next event in our seminar series with Dr Nathan Keates - ' #Autistic Relations: Link-mindedness, Identities, and Community'. The event is free to attend and all are welcome!
Please follow the link for more info and booking:
Please follow the link for more info and booking:
Autistic Relations: Like-mindedness, Identities, and Community
The Learning Disabilities and Autism Research Group invites you to a hybrid seminar by Dr Nathan Keates
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Please join us online and in-person this Wednesday (12th November) for the next event in our seminar series with Dr Nathan Keates - ' #Autistic Relations: Link-mindedness, Identities, and Community'. The event is free to attend and all are welcome!
Please follow the link for more info and booking:
Please follow the link for more info and booking:
Updates on #Employment #Statistics for adults with #LearningDisabilities 2025/25 from Professor Chris Hatton's blog: chrishatton.blogspot.com/2025/10/empl...
#AutRes #AcademicSky #Statistics #LearningDisabilityResearch
#AutRes #AcademicSky #Statistics #LearningDisabilityResearch
Employment and adults with learning disabilities in England - 2024/25 update
Towards the end of October each year, the government publishes statistics about adult social care for England for the previous financial yea...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Updates on #Employment #Statistics for adults with #LearningDisabilities 2025/25 from Professor Chris Hatton's blog: chrishatton.blogspot.com/2025/10/empl...
#AutRes #AcademicSky #Statistics #LearningDisabilityResearch
#AutRes #AcademicSky #Statistics #LearningDisabilityResearch
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Professionals with experience of providing psychological therapy to adults with learning disabilities needed for research to develop a therapeutic working alliance measure for this population. Click here: forms.gle/L8TYrjxBBGhC...
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Developing a working alliance measure for adults with intellectual disabilities: Focus group
Primary researcher: Emma Gleave, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University of Sheffield
Research supervisors: Dr Gregg Rawlings, Prof Nigel Beail, and Dr Nik Vlissides
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September 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Professionals with experience of providing psychological therapy to adults with learning disabilities needed for research to develop a therapeutic working alliance measure for this population. Click here: forms.gle/L8TYrjxBBGhC...
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#LearningDisabilityResearch
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#LearningDisabilityResearch
Please share! The @digitallifeline.bsky.social project is looking for family carers, supporters, and professionals to take part in a research workshop about their experiences of supporting people with learning disabilities who received free digital devices during the COVID-19 pandemic. #AcademicSky
Are you a #FamilyCarer or professional of an adult with a #LearningDisability in England? Did they receive a free device during the COVID-19 pandemic? Join our online research workshop to share your experiences:
#AcademicSky #AutRes #LearningDisabilities #DigitalInclusion
#AcademicSky #AutRes #LearningDisabilities #DigitalInclusion
October 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Please share! The @digitallifeline.bsky.social project is looking for family carers, supporters, and professionals to take part in a research workshop about their experiences of supporting people with learning disabilities who received free digital devices during the COVID-19 pandemic. #AcademicSky
Please join us for a symposium on Religions, Faith Communities & Disability, 8th Oct 12-2pm, online. @krysiawally.bsky.social, Bernice Hardie and @jpuddlegoose.bsky.social will share research and action for inclusion in faith communities and beyond. Sign up: tinyurl.com/3pdjmn4d #AutRes #AcademicSky
September 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Please join us for a symposium on Religions, Faith Communities & Disability, 8th Oct 12-2pm, online. @krysiawally.bsky.social, Bernice Hardie and @jpuddlegoose.bsky.social will share research and action for inclusion in faith communities and beyond. Sign up: tinyurl.com/3pdjmn4d #AutRes #AcademicSky
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Thank you so much to the #DownsSyndromeAssociation for sharing our call for research participants.
Did you support someone with a learning disability with a free digital device they received during the pandemic?
Contact us to join one of our online workshops and share your experience:
Did you support someone with a learning disability with a free digital device they received during the pandemic?
Contact us to join one of our online workshops and share your experience:
Digital Lifeline - Downs Syndrome Association
Researchers would like to hear from people with learning disabilities as part of an assessment of the government's Digital Lifeline Fund.
www.downs-syndrome.org.uk
September 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Thank you so much to the #DownsSyndromeAssociation for sharing our call for research participants.
Did you support someone with a learning disability with a free digital device they received during the pandemic?
Contact us to join one of our online workshops and share your experience:
Did you support someone with a learning disability with a free digital device they received during the pandemic?
Contact us to join one of our online workshops and share your experience:
Prof Chris Hatton has blogged about the recently-released LeDeR Annual Report 2023, including some worrying inconsistencies and trends there. "It looks like less attention and less scrutiny is being paid of the deaths of people with learning disabilities." chrishatton.blogspot.com/2025/09/lede...
LeDeR Report 2025 - a first look
This is a blog post based on my first reaction to the much delayed latest version of the LeDeR report. As you’ll see, I didn’t get as far t...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Prof Chris Hatton has blogged about the recently-released LeDeR Annual Report 2023, including some worrying inconsistencies and trends there. "It looks like less attention and less scrutiny is being paid of the deaths of people with learning disabilities." chrishatton.blogspot.com/2025/09/lede...
Professor Sara Ryan's new book 'Critical Health and Learning Disabilities: An Exploration of Erasure and Social Murder' is out today. There's a Plain English summary on our website: learningmet.mmu.ac.uk/resources/
Resources - Learning Disability and Autism Research Group
People with learning disabilities, erasure and social murder This resource explains more about Professor Sara Ryan’s book, ‘Critical Health and Learning Disabilities: An Exploration of Erasure and Soc...
learningmet.mmu.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Professor Sara Ryan's new book 'Critical Health and Learning Disabilities: An Exploration of Erasure and Social Murder' is out today. There's a Plain English summary on our website: learningmet.mmu.ac.uk/resources/
Did someone you work with receive a free tablet during the #COVID-19 pandemic? We want to hear about their experiences through our @digitallifeline.bsky.social accessible online survey. They could win £100 for taking part!
#SelfAdvocacy #LearningDisabilities #AutRes #AcademicSky #DigitalInclusion
#SelfAdvocacy #LearningDisabilities #AutRes #AcademicSky #DigitalInclusion
Please share!
Did your organisation support people with #LearningDisabilities to get set up with free tablets through the #DigitalLifelineFund in 2021? We want to hear from you!
#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #AutRes #Survey #SocialResearch #DigitalInclusion #DigitalLifeline
Did your organisation support people with #LearningDisabilities to get set up with free tablets through the #DigitalLifelineFund in 2021? We want to hear from you!
#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #AutRes #Survey #SocialResearch #DigitalInclusion #DigitalLifeline
July 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Did someone you work with receive a free tablet during the #COVID-19 pandemic? We want to hear about their experiences through our @digitallifeline.bsky.social accessible online survey. They could win £100 for taking part!
#SelfAdvocacy #LearningDisabilities #AutRes #AcademicSky #DigitalInclusion
#SelfAdvocacy #LearningDisabilities #AutRes #AcademicSky #DigitalInclusion
"The Government just don't even have a clue about what the pandemic has done to people like me, with an [intellectual] disability."
Findings from research on ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic for people with learning disabilities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Findings from research on ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic for people with learning disabilities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@suecaton.bsky.social
Three Years on From “Stay at Home”: Perspectives of People With Intellectual Disabilities About the Ongoing Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Background People with intellectual disabilities were disproportionately negatively affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there has been limited research about the perceived longer-term impact....
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July 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"The Government just don't even have a clue about what the pandemic has done to people like me, with an [intellectual] disability."
Findings from research on ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic for people with learning disabilities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@suecaton.bsky.social
Findings from research on ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic for people with learning disabilities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@suecaton.bsky.social
'Our investigation of the experiences of public witnesses shows that, from their standpoint, FtP hearings are experienced as inherently unfair.'
Follow the link to read more about findings emerging from the Witness to Harm project:
@francescaribenfors.bsky.social @sarasiobhan.bsky.social
Follow the link to read more about findings emerging from the Witness to Harm project:
@francescaribenfors.bsky.social @sarasiobhan.bsky.social
Iatrogenic injustice: an institutional ethnography of Fitness to Practise hearings
The public has an important role to play in the regulation of health and social care, including raising concerns about harms caused by health and soci…
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July 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
'Our investigation of the experiences of public witnesses shows that, from their standpoint, FtP hearings are experienced as inherently unfair.'
Follow the link to read more about findings emerging from the Witness to Harm project:
@francescaribenfors.bsky.social @sarasiobhan.bsky.social
Follow the link to read more about findings emerging from the Witness to Harm project:
@francescaribenfors.bsky.social @sarasiobhan.bsky.social
In this short video, Professor Sara Ryan, research group lead, and Professor Chris Hatton share more about the Learning Disability and Autism research group at @scswmcrmet.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social.
#AcademicSky #AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #ResearchGroup #ManMet
#AcademicSky #AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #ResearchGroup #ManMet
BAP - 6704 Chancellor's Dinner Research Film V10
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July 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In this short video, Professor Sara Ryan, research group lead, and Professor Chris Hatton share more about the Learning Disability and Autism research group at @scswmcrmet.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social.
#AcademicSky #AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #ResearchGroup #ManMet
#AcademicSky #AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #ResearchGroup #ManMet
On Friday, we had a great first meeting with a new oversight group - people with learning disabilities, autistic people & family carers. They will be giving feedback on our team's research. We've been calling them the Critical Friends group, but watch this space - they're working on a better name!
June 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
On Friday, we had a great first meeting with a new oversight group - people with learning disabilities, autistic people & family carers. They will be giving feedback on our team's research. We've been calling them the Critical Friends group, but watch this space - they're working on a better name!
For more information about the @medmentalhealth.bsky.social project, along with useful resources for talking about mental health medications, you can visit the project website: medmentalhealth.net
#MyMedicationMyMentalHealth #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch
#MyMedicationMyMentalHealth #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch
June 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
For more information about the @medmentalhealth.bsky.social project, along with useful resources for talking about mental health medications, you can visit the project website: medmentalhealth.net
#MyMedicationMyMentalHealth #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch
#MyMedicationMyMentalHealth #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch
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Please share!
Did your organisation support people with #LearningDisabilities to get set up with free tablets through the #DigitalLifelineFund in 2021? We want to hear from you!
#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #AutRes #Survey #SocialResearch #DigitalInclusion #DigitalLifeline
Did your organisation support people with #LearningDisabilities to get set up with free tablets through the #DigitalLifelineFund in 2021? We want to hear from you!
#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #AutRes #Survey #SocialResearch #DigitalInclusion #DigitalLifeline
June 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Please share!
Did your organisation support people with #LearningDisabilities to get set up with free tablets through the #DigitalLifelineFund in 2021? We want to hear from you!
#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #AutRes #Survey #SocialResearch #DigitalInclusion #DigitalLifeline
Did your organisation support people with #LearningDisabilities to get set up with free tablets through the #DigitalLifelineFund in 2021? We want to hear from you!
#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #AutRes #Survey #SocialResearch #DigitalInclusion #DigitalLifeline
You can also read #comics about the stories of people with #LearningDisabilities, #carers, #families, and #prescribers:
📖: medmentalhealth.net#page-a
#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #MentalHealth
📖: medmentalhealth.net#page-a
#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #MentalHealth
June 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
You can also read #comics about the stories of people with #LearningDisabilities, #carers, #families, and #prescribers:
📖: medmentalhealth.net#page-a
#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #MentalHealth
📖: medmentalhealth.net#page-a
#LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky #MentalHealth
The Medications and My Mental Health Glossary says what important words about mental health and medication mean. For example, it says what a counsellor does.
Read the glossary: medmentalhealth.net#page-1
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky
Read the glossary: medmentalhealth.net#page-1
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky
June 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Medications and My Mental Health Glossary says what important words about mental health and medication mean. For example, it says what a counsellor does.
Read the glossary: medmentalhealth.net#page-1
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky
Read the glossary: medmentalhealth.net#page-1
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek #AcademicSky
The conversation cards can give some ideas for talking to doctors, nurses, and pharmacists about mental health medications.
Read the conversation cards: medmentalhealth.net#page-9
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek
Read the conversation cards: medmentalhealth.net#page-9
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek
June 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The conversation cards can give some ideas for talking to doctors, nurses, and pharmacists about mental health medications.
Read the conversation cards: medmentalhealth.net#page-9
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek
Read the conversation cards: medmentalhealth.net#page-9
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek
The easy-read question and answer booklets give more
information to help people talk about your mental health
and medications. They answer questions like 'what is mental
health?'
Read the booklets here: medmentalhealth.net#page-2
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek
information to help people talk about your mental health
and medications. They answer questions like 'what is mental
health?'
Read the booklets here: medmentalhealth.net#page-2
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek
June 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The easy-read question and answer booklets give more
information to help people talk about your mental health
and medications. They answer questions like 'what is mental
health?'
Read the booklets here: medmentalhealth.net#page-2
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek
information to help people talk about your mental health
and medications. They answer questions like 'what is mental
health?'
Read the booklets here: medmentalhealth.net#page-2
#MentalHealth #LearningDisabilityWeek
People with #LearningDisabilities are more likely to take mental health medications. The @medmentalhealth.bsky.social team have made lots of tools to help people with learning disabilities talk about their #MentalHealth medications.
🧰: medmentalhealth.net#information-...
#LearningDisabilityWeek
🧰: medmentalhealth.net#information-...
#LearningDisabilityWeek
Medications and My Mental Health
medmentalhealth.net
June 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
People with #LearningDisabilities are more likely to take mental health medications. The @medmentalhealth.bsky.social team have made lots of tools to help people with learning disabilities talk about their #MentalHealth medications.
🧰: medmentalhealth.net#information-...
#LearningDisabilityWeek
🧰: medmentalhealth.net#information-...
#LearningDisabilityWeek
'[...] transition is more than just a process or an event; it’s an intricate body of parts that connect and affect each other'
Dr @francescaribenfors.bsky.social considers the impacts of transition on young people, mothers, and professionals.
📖 sjdr.se/articles/10....
#LearningDisabilityWeek
Dr @francescaribenfors.bsky.social considers the impacts of transition on young people, mothers, and professionals.
📖 sjdr.se/articles/10....
#LearningDisabilityWeek
A Multi-Informant Approach to Exploring Connections, Disruptions, and the Multidimensional Elements of Transition to Adulthood for People with Intellectual Disabilities | Scandinavian Journal of Disab...
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June 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
'[...] transition is more than just a process or an event; it’s an intricate body of parts that connect and affect each other'
Dr @francescaribenfors.bsky.social considers the impacts of transition on young people, mothers, and professionals.
📖 sjdr.se/articles/10....
#LearningDisabilityWeek
Dr @francescaribenfors.bsky.social considers the impacts of transition on young people, mothers, and professionals.
📖 sjdr.se/articles/10....
#LearningDisabilityWeek
It's #LearningDisabilityWeek! We'll be sharing more about our research, and some of the resources we've created to support people with learning disabilities.
June 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's #LearningDisabilityWeek! We'll be sharing more about our research, and some of the resources we've created to support people with learning disabilities.