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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2/3 Comedy challenges ideas of what is normal. There may be "like-mindedness" between autistic people but everyone is different. Which identities are we afforded (allowed)? Reflected on autistic spaces, culture & challenges to these. More on Nathan's work here london.sunderland.ac.uk/about/staff/...
Nathan Keates
I work as a lecturer at the University of Sunderland in London having joined the Health and Social Care department in 2023. I teach on both the foundation and top-up programmes.
london.sunderland.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
2/3 Comedy challenges ideas of what is normal. There may be "like-mindedness" between autistic people but everyone is different. Which identities are we afforded (allowed)? Reflected on autistic spaces, culture & challenges to these. More on Nathan's work here london.sunderland.ac.uk/about/staff/...
Thank you so much for coming, Penny! We are so glad you enjoyed the symposium.
October 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thank you so much for coming, Penny! We are so glad you enjoyed the symposium.
"The book highlights the enduringly impoverished lives and premature deaths people labelled with learning disabilities experience globally and suggests that such structural violence amounts to social murder." @sarasiobhan.bsky.social
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Critical Health and Learning Disabilities: An Exploration of Erasure and Social Murder
This empirically grounded book presents a critical, interdisciplinary perspective on social and cultural issues related to the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities. Through an exp...
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August 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"The book highlights the enduringly impoverished lives and premature deaths people labelled with learning disabilities experience globally and suggests that such structural violence amounts to social murder." @sarasiobhan.bsky.social
www.routledge.com/Critical-Hea...
www.routledge.com/Critical-Hea...