Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met

Awesome to have such a brilliant data nerd in the group. 👊

Still time to sign up!

Beautiful resource with the artwork by @MMU_SCSW’s very own resident artist Zoe Cox.

Another page from our beautiful and powerful Laughing Boy project resource. Full version here: learningmet.mmu.ac.uk/project/the-la…

Beautiful and powerful resource here about storytelling and the theatre.

This should be a brilliant seminar. Come along in person or join online. Our final seminar of the year!

New autism strategy must deliver change for autistic people committees.parliament.uk/committee/770/… Some really good ideas here covering diagnosis, education, healthcare, employment & criminal justice contact. But I fear without the big money & resources to make such changes, little will change.

Excellent opportunities to join @ManMetUni here: manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/professorial/p… 👊

Use this code at once. You need this book 👇

This is quite the development. Time to rethink and act on the continuing avoidable deaths of people with learning disabilities.

Welcome to our south Wales annual conference, My Home Matters. Our Chair, Richie, is today's host in Swansea as we explore homes, housing and where people with a learning disability live. We are livestreaming today's conference on YouTube: youtube.com/live/uKnqPkAmb…

Our latest seminar is on tomorrow. Join online or come along in person to listen to Dr Nathan Keates talk about Autistic Relations; likemindedness, identities and communities. eventbrite.co.uk/e/autistic-rel…

Latest department newsletter is out. Literally bursting with research news and brilliance… sway.cloud.microsoft/KPCKlTigkjzPMh…

Our Prof of Social Care @sarasiobhan discusses her new book on the unfair treatment of people with learning disabilities on 'The Skies We're Under' podcast. Listen 🔗 podbean.com/media/share/pb…

New resources from the My Medications and Me project: youtu.be/iHNI0IMbR-A?si…

Good to see strong coverage of this book. As Rachel says, we shouldn’t shy away from this stuff and silence it.

The mother of an autistic man who was told he had to stop stacking shelves at a Waitrose store where he had worked as a volunteer for years has said he "deserved better". Frances Boyd said her son Tom began work experience in 2021 as it gave him 'a sense of purpose' but when she asked if he could be offered "just a few paid hours", Waitrose said he had to stop bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

News: The Government has announced a consultation into Liberty Protection Safeguards aimed at improving safeguarding for vulnerable people who lack mental capacity in circumstances that amount to a deprivation of liberty. learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/new-liber…