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Francesca Ribenfors @francescaribenfors.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Please come to our next seminar, online or in person. All welcome. 10th December 12-1pm 'Understanding Parent Blame' with Prof Luke Clements and Dr Ana Laura Aiello. @learningmet.bsky.social @charhar.bsky.social @itsadele.bsky.social @suecaton.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

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Understanding Parent Blame

The Learning Disability and Autism Research Group invites you to a hybrid seminar with Professor Luke Clements and Dr Ana Laura Aiello

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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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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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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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

A flyer for an online symposium with white text and speakers' photos on a brick wall background. Text reads: Wed 8th October 12-2pm. Religions, Faith Communities and Disability. Online symposium with speakers Dr Krysia Waldock, Bernice Hardie and Fiona MacMillan. Chaired by Dr Naomi Jacobs. Link to event via Eventbrite.

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Naomi L. Jacobs @naomijacobs.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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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Manchester Metropolitan University @manmetuni.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Good luck to all our 2025 Staff Award nominees! Keep an eye on our feeds as we’ll be revealing the winners later today! 🤩🙌

Promotional banner for Manchester Met Staff Awards 2025, featuring a dark blue background with starry sky and geometric patterns, with text highlighting the event's purpose of celebrating outstanding contributions.

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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:

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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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Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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

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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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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

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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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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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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

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Medications and My Mental Health

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Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

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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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

'[...] 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

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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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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

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.

Six people celebrating around a sign for Learning Disability Week 2025.

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

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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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

How can we make web design and content more accessible for everyone? #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #GAAD Read more: ukhomeoffice.github.io/accessibilit...

Preview of six posters produced by the UK Home Office which detail 'do's' and 'don'ts' of making web design and content more accessible.

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

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

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Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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.

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ChrisHutchRNLD @chrishutchrnld.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

What a fantastic project to have been part of. Please check out the coproduced resources for ppl with LD and share widely @jbeebee.bsky.social @gwenmoulster.bsky.social @davidh7.bsky.social @daveweigel.bsky.social

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medmentalhealth.bsky.social @medmentalhealth.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

We are very pleased to share our refreshed project website with our new information toolkit resources to support people with learning disabilities with mental health medications www.medmentalhealth.net @profkrc.bsky.social @dawnc05.bsky.social @learningmet.bsky.social @chrishutchrnld.bsky.social

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Medications and My Mental Health

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 27/03/2025

THREAD The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X. By quite a lot. Release the Kraken... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics 1/11

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Journal of Intellectual Disability Research @jidr-wiley.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Wellbeing of Family Carers of Adults With Intellectual Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK: Longitudinal Study

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

'Sitting on the margins, I can only achieve so much' - Ramandeep Kaur urges researchers and policy makers to work with, and for, people from marginalised communities, like her, and her son, Harry. #AcademicSky #AutRes #EduSky #FamilyCarers

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Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Packed room to start the day at the @learningdiseng.bsky.social conference in Manchester! Looking forward to a great day.

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Prof Ryan @sarasiobhan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Fab thread from the seminar which was brilliant. In awe of @georgejulian.bsky.social. ♥️

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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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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The #DigitalLifeline project considers the outcomes of the Government's COVID-19 #DigitalLifelineFund by learning more about people with #LearningDisabilities ' experiences of using tablets they were given during the pandemic. The website is now live with lots more information about the research:

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Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

We’re really pleased to have our @digitallifeline.bsky.social website up and running now

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

19th Feb, 2025: #GeorgeJulian, known for her live reporting of coronial inquests, will talk about her work over the last decade, and some thoughts about how we can work together to continue to highlight the injustices faced by #LearningDisabled and #autistic people. #AutRes #EduSky #AcademicSky

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Campaigner to Court Reporter: My life as an accidental activist

The Learning Disability & Autism Research Group at Manchester Met welcome guest speaker George Julian.

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Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Has a great day today at the LSCFT Research and Development conference 'Making research everyone's business' - talking about the inclusive approaches we took with the @medmentalhealth.bsky.social project with our co-researcher Mark O’Farrell.

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Reminder about this brilliant (funded!) PhD opportunity with Dr Monique Huysamen, Dr @suecaton.bsky.social and Professor @bevclough.bsky.social Please follow the link below for more information. Closing date: 14th March 2025 #AcademicSky #EduSky #PhD #AcademicChatter

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Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Our research group is advertising a funded PhD opportunity with a focus on the mental capacity act, learning disabilities and sexual decision-making. The student will be supervised by @moniquehuy.bsky.social @bevclough.bsky.social and me. Please share!

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Bev Clough @bevclough.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Come and do a fully funded PhD with me and brilliant colleagues @moniquehuy.bsky.social and @suecaton.bsky.social at MMU on Navigating the Mental Capacity Act to support Sexual Decision-Making for People with Learning Disabilities www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

To learn more about the mental health experiences of #FamilyCarers of people with #LearningDisabilities, check out the fabulous guide from the 'Tired of Spinning Plates?' project below:

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Re-introducing the @digitallifeline.bsky.social project, led by Dr @suecaton.bsky.social! Check out the BlueSky page below to watch the introductory video, and follow along with us there or email digitallifeline@mmu.ac.uk to learn more about the project! #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch

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