Tom Ryan

Hey X - I'm recruiting for my PhD research looking at how disability and intimacy is represented on Instagram. I am looking to speak to women with physical impairments to invite them to join the first stage of my research, a steering group. Please share far and wide!

I ask the question of 'who can be funny?', challenging the questions of comprehension that can arise in discussions around learning disability and humour. This is in recognition of the implications of being seen as 'humourless'. 2/2.

Excited to share my article for the Polyphony: Analysing the Intimate: Learning Disabilities, Sibling-hood and Humour. 1/2.

New paper 🚨 “I Would Not Change [My] Sibling for the World, Maybe the World Can Change for My Sibling”: The Experiences of Adult Siblings of People With Developmental Disabilities. Authors – Elizabeth Moran-Morbey @clo_blackwell @tomjryan99 @NikitaHayden onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ca…

Excited to share my Oxford Bibliography on 'Learning Disabilities and Siblings': #firstMatch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docume…

What a joy to restart our PGR Disability Reading Group for this academic year! The amazing @tomjryan99 started us off with a great article: Shuster, S.M. & Westbrook, L., 2024. Reducing the joy deficit in sociology: A study of transgender joy. Social Problems, 71(3),791-809(1/2)

The title of my chapter is "Ethical Complexities of Having Difficult Research Conversations: A Reflective Account and a Cautionary Tale on Speaking for 'Others'". In this chapter I engage with the work of two of my favourite feminist scholars: Linda Alcoff's "The Problem of (1)

What a great day: @_AnkitaMishra, @Turana06484468, @FeliciaChang29, @tomjryan99, @charlie_grosset & I organised & hosted a hybrid symposium entitled 'Critical Exploration of Ethical Issues in Research with 'Vulnerable' Populations'. Reflexive panel discussions, a keynote (1/3)

We are inviting family carers of adults with learning disabilities to take part in the Tired of Spinning Plates project. Please see our poster for more information and follow this link if you would like to sign up: mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2n…

Very exciting event coming up!

Been affected by a type of blood cancer? Identify as part of an ethnic minority? Please take part in my PhD research project to improve support and healthcare services. DM or email me to participate. Please share; tell a friend to tell a friend! #bloodcancer #healthinequality

Really excited for this!

Call for PhD research participants! Please share and contact if you are interested, there is a video in the next tweet!

I saw it's #antibullyingweek & remembered my article on the disablist school violence disabled young people experience. Ktenidis, A. (2022) En/Counters with Disablist School Violence: Experiences of Young People with Dwarfism in the United Kingdom @BJSocE tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.108…

@jess_L81 Hi Jess, happy to chat about this! I can't seem to DM you but if you DM me we can chat!

And seeing the LB quilt is always wonderful

Finally visited the ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ exhibition at the brilliant @PHMMcr . Favourite part: the comment card about ‘inspiring’ narratives…