Alistair Beverley

Learning Disability Awareness Week, lots of positives flying around and talk of changing attitudes but not a lot of substance IMO. So, what can you, as a professional in non specialist services learn/do? A thread.🧵

Thanks Twitter, you used to be good. Oh and here is a typo for the memoreis

I'm grateful for all 4,000 or so of you for your following and support and have made some true friends through this site. I may pop on every now and again for an comment or quip but if you'd like to get in touch, my website is the best place theldphysio.com

Twitter is the platform I've built my career from, but it's been getting harder and harder to justify spending time curating posts, you may have noted I've posted little of note in the last year or so. 1/

Weightlifting in children is SAFE if dosed and loaded correctly and no, it doesn't stunt growth.

@DrJN_SportsMed @Martin_Nekkolai They just love playing with fishes I've decided, dehydrated to rehydrate, ferment to eat, hang em on the washing line etc

@Martin_Nekkolai Why not avoid half drying it in the first place - then you don't have to worry about watering it - hours saved 🧐🤗

Making a Classic Norwegian gourmet meal: Half dried cod thats been watered for hours to make it not dry again, served with lard, bacon, carrot stew and boiled potatoes. I know. Ramsey who?

5 weeks has gone so fast, here's a summary of us messing around with a purpose

Working on some things today...

No context placement is great

"that's a bloody heavy baby!" Jean in this week's Dementia friendly exercise group. We provide support to people living with dementia and their family/carers through exercise classes and are please to announce we have funding for 2025 to continue with the group!

@Martin_Nekkolai Yeah, well you pushed me there, I'm sorry

Wait, they gave you 3 slots???

@Martin_Nekkolai I might have a beer later today

@theLDphysio You got lost playing with your arse again, because you’re only talking shit.

@Martin_Nekkolai It's too early to be having to find the correct colour crayons to be able to argue with you

@theLDphysio Dont be mad because I won.

@Martin_Nekkolai I'm sorry, am I back in the playground aged 13?

@theLDphysio Wait, I had short hair…..oohhh I see what she did… I keep telling her that you’re a grown man now and can handle it. She deffo can. Handle. It.

@Martin_Nekkolai True, she said your hair was quite long

@theLDphysio Thats not what yer mum said.

@Martin_Nekkolai About the only thing which is big about you

"Whilst on placement I'm now less afraid to get things wrong. Now, I am trying different approaches and finding many of these work better. I wouldn't have been confident to try these at the beginning of placement" A reflection from a student at the end of week 4