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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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

Lilac flyer for the Digital Lifeline research project which reads:

Do you support an adult (18+) with a learning disability who got a free tablet in the COVID-19 pandemic? We want to invite you to our online supporters’ workshop to talk about your experiences. You’ll receive a £75 shopping voucher for taking part. Email us for more information: digitallifeline@mmu.ac.uk

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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:

downs-syndrome.org.uk

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.

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

There’s still time for people with #LearningDisabilities to take part in our survey! Contact us for more information. #DigitalInclusion #SelfAdvocacy #Accessibility #Inclusion #AcademicSky

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

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

Do you know someone with a learning disability who got a tablet in 2021 through the Digital Lifeline Fund?

They could win up to £100 for telling us about their experiences (with multiple chances to win!) and your organisation will get a thank-you payment for connecting us with them.

E-mail us: digitallifeline@mmu.ac.uk for more

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

It’s #LearningDisabilityWeek and this year’s theme is about being seen, heard and valued. Find out more about how people with #LearningDisabilities are part of our project at www.digitallifeline.org #LDWeek

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

In our project, we work together to learn what kinds of support people with learning disabilities might need to use the internet, and devices like tablets or smartphones. #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD #AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch #DigitalLifeline

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

For example, to make reading or writing more accessible we could ask for leaflets, forms or letters to be given in a different way like easy-read or large print. #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD #AutRes #LearningDisabilityResearch

Two images on white background. Left image: comparison of a complex form with a simple, easy-read form. Right image: Open book with the words 'Large Print' and 'Large print makes the words easier to read.'

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

When we make something more accessible, it means we make it easier to learn, understand, and take part. #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay

Woman in a wheelchair on a ramp pointing at an 'easy read' document with a stopwatch and speech bubble.

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Introducing the #DigitalLifeline project website! digitallifeline.org Here you can find out everything you need to know about the project (so far!), our partners, and team, and how to contact us about the research.

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

We're now at the exciting stage of piloting the #DigitalLifeline survey with help from a self-advocacy group in Greater Manchester. We had some great feedback and ideas to enhance the survey further before it goes live!

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Exciting times for the #DigitalLifeline project as work is well under way for the first phase of our research, and those who gave out tablets as part of the original #DigitalLifelineFund have now been contact about taking part!

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Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

We had our first @digitallifeline.bsky.social advisory group meeting this afternoon and I can’t express strongly enough how great it is to have a fantastic group of people advising a research project!

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

In case you missed it, here’s our introductory video for the #DigitalLifeline project:

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Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

A short video here introducing our new @digitallifeline.bsky.social research project with @arcengland.bsky.social @clivepbass.bsky.social @learningdiseng.bsky.social

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Angela Catley @angelacat.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

go.bsky.app/4JubDE9 lots of new people on here over the last week or so (wonder why! 🤔 😉). Welcome 👋).Sharing my list of folks in the UK with an interest in learning disability. Let me know if you or anyone you know should be added. Join the community #morethemerrier

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Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

It was great to share some of our inclusive digital access research projects (including the new @digitallifeline.bsky.social project) today as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

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Digital Lifeline Research @digitallifeline.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Introducing the new #DigitalLifeline project! The research will explore the experiences of people with a #learningdisability of the #DigitalLifelineFund which gave 5,500 digital devices, data, and support to people with a learning disability during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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