Sue Caton
@suecaton.bsky.social
Reader (Associate Prof) in intellectual disabilities, Dept Social Care & Social Work, Manchester Met Uni. Researching social & health inequalities, digital inclusion, qual, creative, participatory research methods
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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
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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 1:13 PM
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
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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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I'm excited to be chairing an online symposium on Religions, Faith Communities & Disability on 8th Oct 12-2, as part of Manchester Metropolitan's Learning Disabilities and Autism Research Group seminar series. Speakers and topics in the next post... Details and sign-up link at tinyurl.com/3pdjmn4d 🧵
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 4:37 PM
I'm excited to be chairing an online symposium on Religions, Faith Communities & Disability on 8th Oct 12-2, as part of Manchester Metropolitan's Learning Disabilities and Autism Research Group seminar series. Speakers and topics in the next post... Details and sign-up link at tinyurl.com/3pdjmn4d 🧵
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Good luck to all our 2025 Staff Award nominees! Keep an eye on our feeds as we’ll be revealing the winners later today! 🤩🙌
September 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Good luck to all our 2025 Staff Award nominees! Keep an eye on our feeds as we’ll be revealing the winners later today! 🤩🙌
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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:
Do you know any organisations who supported people with learning disabilities with digital devices during the pandemic? We are looking to find some more for our research. Any help much appreciated
August 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Do you know any organisations who supported people with learning disabilities with digital devices during the pandemic? We are looking to find some more for our research. Any help much appreciated
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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
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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/
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Our @digitallifeline.bsky.social project has worked with @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social #ARCEngland @learningdiseng.bsky.social @seeability.bsky.social, and people with learning disabilities to develop an accessible online survey. More info below or at digitallifeline.org
There’s still time for people with #LearningDisabilities to take part in our survey!
Contact us for more information.
#DigitalInclusion #SelfAdvocacy #Accessibility #Inclusion #AcademicSky
Contact us for more information.
#DigitalInclusion #SelfAdvocacy #Accessibility #Inclusion #AcademicSky
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 7:45 AM
Our @digitallifeline.bsky.social project has worked with @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social #ARCEngland @learningdiseng.bsky.social @seeability.bsky.social, and people with learning disabilities to develop an accessible online survey. More info below or at digitallifeline.org
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There’s still time for people with #LearningDisabilities to take part in our survey!
Contact us for more information.
#DigitalInclusion #SelfAdvocacy #Accessibility #Inclusion #AcademicSky
Contact us for more information.
#DigitalInclusion #SelfAdvocacy #Accessibility #Inclusion #AcademicSky
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 7:38 AM
There’s still time for people with #LearningDisabilities to take part in our survey!
Contact us for more information.
#DigitalInclusion #SelfAdvocacy #Accessibility #Inclusion #AcademicSky
Contact us for more information.
#DigitalInclusion #SelfAdvocacy #Accessibility #Inclusion #AcademicSky
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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!
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"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....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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
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Francesca Ribenfors from @learningmet.bsky.social talking about #MyMedicationMyMentalHealth led by @suecaton.bsky.social
#TCC2025
#TCC2025
June 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Francesca Ribenfors from @learningmet.bsky.social talking about #MyMedicationMyMentalHealth led by @suecaton.bsky.social
#TCC2025
#TCC2025
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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
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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
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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
I had an amazing visit to Warrington Speak Up this morning to see the premiere of their film 'Do you see me?' as part of Learning Disability Awareness Week. There was over 80 people there from Warrington organisations - amazing job! Hoping they’ll make the wonderful & uplifting film shareable soon
June 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I had an amazing visit to Warrington Speak Up this morning to see the premiere of their film 'Do you see me?' as part of Learning Disability Awareness Week. There was over 80 people there from Warrington organisations - amazing job! Hoping they’ll make the wonderful & uplifting film shareable soon
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'[...] 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...
sjdr.se
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
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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.
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Our final seminar speaker in our Activism series is Shaun Picken. Shaun is an advocate & activist at My Life My Choice @mylifemychoice1.bsky.social . Shaun wasn’t into politics when he got involved but that soon changed! He joined Power Up - research & advocacy on issues including benefit cuts. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Our final seminar speaker in our Activism series is Shaun Picken. Shaun is an advocate & activist at My Life My Choice @mylifemychoice1.bsky.social . Shaun wasn’t into politics when he got involved but that soon changed! He joined Power Up - research & advocacy on issues including benefit cuts. 🧵
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How can we make web design and content more accessible for everyone?
#GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD
Read more: ukhomeoffice.github.io/accessibilit...
#GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD
Read more: ukhomeoffice.github.io/accessibilit...
May 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
How can we make web design and content more accessible for everyone?
#GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD
Read more: ukhomeoffice.github.io/accessibilit...
#GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD
Read more: ukhomeoffice.github.io/accessibilit...
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Today, Dr @suecaton.bsky.social will be speaking with the STOMP steering group at the South Yorkshire Mental Health, Learning Disabilities & Autism Provider Collaborative to share information and resources from the Medications and My Mental Health project.
#AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch
#AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch
May 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today, Dr @suecaton.bsky.social will be speaking with the STOMP steering group at the South Yorkshire Mental Health, Learning Disabilities & Autism Provider Collaborative to share information and resources from the Medications and My Mental Health project.
#AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch
#AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch
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Join us on Wednesday!
Shaun Picken’s Activism and Advocacy Journey at My Life My Choice (@mylifemychoice1.bsky.social )
When: Wednesday, 14th May 2025 @ 12-1pm
Where: Online
Find out more and get the link below:
#AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #AcademicSky
Shaun Picken’s Activism and Advocacy Journey at My Life My Choice (@mylifemychoice1.bsky.social )
When: Wednesday, 14th May 2025 @ 12-1pm
Where: Online
Find out more and get the link below:
#AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #AcademicSky
Thank you to all who have joined us so far at this year's #seminarseries. We hope you can join us for our next seminar:
Shaun Picken’s Activism and Advocacy Journey at My Life My Choice (@mylifemychoice1.bsky.social)
When: Wednesday, 14th May 2025 @ 12-1pm
Where: Online
Book tickets below:
Shaun Picken’s Activism and Advocacy Journey at My Life My Choice (@mylifemychoice1.bsky.social)
When: Wednesday, 14th May 2025 @ 12-1pm
Where: Online
Book tickets below:
Shaun Picken’s Activism and Advocacy Journey at My Life My Choice
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May 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Join us on Wednesday!
Shaun Picken’s Activism and Advocacy Journey at My Life My Choice (@mylifemychoice1.bsky.social )
When: Wednesday, 14th May 2025 @ 12-1pm
Where: Online
Find out more and get the link below:
#AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #AcademicSky
Shaun Picken’s Activism and Advocacy Journey at My Life My Choice (@mylifemychoice1.bsky.social )
When: Wednesday, 14th May 2025 @ 12-1pm
Where: Online
Find out more and get the link below:
#AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #AcademicSky
Absolutely brilliant talk by @dawnc05.bsky.social today at @learningmet.bsky.social. Not easy to listen to the awful experiences she shares, but so in awe of the Dawn’s commitment to challenge and protest.
Our speaker for today’s @learningmet.bsky.social seminar is our own Dr Dawn Cavanagh, speaking about her organisation’s work for people with learning disabilities & autistic people in locked wards and for independent living. Stolen Lives, Activism & the Role of Academia in Defending Human Rights. 🧵
April 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Absolutely brilliant talk by @dawnc05.bsky.social today at @learningmet.bsky.social. Not easy to listen to the awful experiences she shares, but so in awe of the Dawn’s commitment to challenge and protest.