Having spent the last few weeks talking to voluntary and community groups about the importance of Annual Health Checks for people with #LearningDisabilities, it’s incredibly hard to understand why the NHS have removed the 75% target.
Folks, the check is still available. Go get it done.
Folks, the check is still available. Go get it done.
February 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Having spent the last few weeks talking to voluntary and community groups about the importance of Annual Health Checks for people with #LearningDisabilities, it’s incredibly hard to understand why the NHS have removed the 75% target.
Folks, the check is still available. Go get it done.
Folks, the check is still available. Go get it done.
We lost our brilliant GP this week. His death was sudden and unexpected and we are still trying to make sense of it all.
I’ve written some words about him.
#LearningDisabilities #loss
www.ramandeepkaur.co.uk/blog
I’ve written some words about him.
#LearningDisabilities #loss
www.ramandeepkaur.co.uk/blog
Blog 1 — Ramandeep Kaur
www.ramandeepkaur.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
We lost our brilliant GP this week. His death was sudden and unexpected and we are still trying to make sense of it all.
I’ve written some words about him.
#LearningDisabilities #loss
www.ramandeepkaur.co.uk/blog
I’ve written some words about him.
#LearningDisabilities #loss
www.ramandeepkaur.co.uk/blog
The world's first TV company for and by people with #LearningDisabilities. What a great initiative. Please can we have it in the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #voice #diverseviews #media #TV #empowerment #Norway
TV BRA: Inside the world’s first TV station for and by people with learning disabilities
All the reporters at Norway's TV BRA are disabled or autistic.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2024 at 1:05 PM
The world's first TV company for and by people with #LearningDisabilities. What a great initiative. Please can we have it in the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #voice #diverseviews #media #TV #empowerment #Norway
If you’ve been listening to File on 4 today about people with #LearningDisabilities and autistic people being held in mental heath units, you may want to purchase this book.
‘Beautiful Lives’ explores how we got learning disabilities so wrong.
‘Beautiful Lives’ explores how we got learning disabilities so wrong.
History, culture, philosophy, politics.
HUMAN BEINGS.
Couldn't be happier that this is coming out on June 5th published by Wildfire. Available for preorder now on Amazon.
@wildfirebooks.bsky.social
HUMAN BEINGS.
Couldn't be happier that this is coming out on June 5th published by Wildfire. Available for preorder now on Amazon.
@wildfirebooks.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If you’ve been listening to File on 4 today about people with #LearningDisabilities and autistic people being held in mental heath units, you may want to purchase this book.
‘Beautiful Lives’ explores how we got learning disabilities so wrong.
‘Beautiful Lives’ explores how we got learning disabilities so wrong.
"The inquest process is inherently unjust and can become a site in which #autistic ppl, ppl with #learningdisabilities and/or mental health are further dehumanised" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#openaccess paper on reality/brutality of inquests from @sarasiobhan.bsky.social and crew
1/9
#openaccess paper on reality/brutality of inquests from @sarasiobhan.bsky.social and crew
1/9
Between epistemic injustice and therapeutic jurisprudence: Coronial processes involving families of autistic people, people with learning disabilities and/or mental ill health
Understanding how and why someone dies unexpectedly is key to bereaved family members. The coronial process in England investigates instances where the cause of death is unknown, violent or unnatural...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:31 AM
"The inquest process is inherently unjust and can become a site in which #autistic ppl, ppl with #learningdisabilities and/or mental health are further dehumanised" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#openaccess paper on reality/brutality of inquests from @sarasiobhan.bsky.social and crew
1/9
#openaccess paper on reality/brutality of inquests from @sarasiobhan.bsky.social and crew
1/9
I’m incredibly proud of my friend @stephenunwin.bsky.social for writing such an important book. 🙏🏼
It will challenge the many misconceptions people have about #LearningDisabilities but it will also remind society that people like my son are first and foremost, human, just like you and me.
It will challenge the many misconceptions people have about #LearningDisabilities but it will also remind society that people like my son are first and foremost, human, just like you and me.
June 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I’m incredibly proud of my friend @stephenunwin.bsky.social for writing such an important book. 🙏🏼
It will challenge the many misconceptions people have about #LearningDisabilities but it will also remind society that people like my son are first and foremost, human, just like you and me.
It will challenge the many misconceptions people have about #LearningDisabilities but it will also remind society that people like my son are first and foremost, human, just like you and me.
No option for life on benefits? So where does that leave people with severe & profound #learningdisabilities, #mentalhealth illness #longcovid and #terminalillness? What a crass thing to say Liz Kendall. Never expected from a Labour Secretary of State.
Ok. Let's try this again.
"There isn't an option for a life on benefits" - Liz Kendall
What does this mean for those of us who can not get better? Those with degenerative conditions? Those with very challenging physical & mental disabilities?
The people who been EXISTING in misery for 15yrs?
"There isn't an option for a life on benefits" - Liz Kendall
What does this mean for those of us who can not get better? Those with degenerative conditions? Those with very challenging physical & mental disabilities?
The people who been EXISTING in misery for 15yrs?
February 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
No option for life on benefits? So where does that leave people with severe & profound #learningdisabilities, #mentalhealth illness #longcovid and #terminalillness? What a crass thing to say Liz Kendall. Never expected from a Labour Secretary of State.
Successfully engaging #LearningDisabilities #Nursing UK Workforce Summit yesterday afternoon.
‘A workforce in crisis’
Leaders and grassroots nurses, students, carers and those with a learning disability all in one room.
Together we have heard and together we will act. #WatchThisSpace.
‘A workforce in crisis’
Leaders and grassroots nurses, students, carers and those with a learning disability all in one room.
Together we have heard and together we will act. #WatchThisSpace.
November 23, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Successfully engaging #LearningDisabilities #Nursing UK Workforce Summit yesterday afternoon.
‘A workforce in crisis’
Leaders and grassroots nurses, students, carers and those with a learning disability all in one room.
Together we have heard and together we will act. #WatchThisSpace.
‘A workforce in crisis’
Leaders and grassroots nurses, students, carers and those with a learning disability all in one room.
Together we have heard and together we will act. #WatchThisSpace.
I wrote a little thing about how it feels to be preparing both my boys to leave the family nest
One’s ready to soar
One’s never going to be ready
#autism #learningdisabilities #SEND #disability
communitylivingmagazine.com/ian-goldswor...
One’s ready to soar
One’s never going to be ready
#autism #learningdisabilities #SEND #disability
communitylivingmagazine.com/ian-goldswor...
Ian Goldsworthy: anxiety rises as we plan for my son to flee the nest
Neither myself nor my son are ready for him to leave home. Rather than feeling excitement and hope, I worry about his future happiness and making the right choices for him
communitylivingmagazine.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:24 AM
I wrote a little thing about how it feels to be preparing both my boys to leave the family nest
One’s ready to soar
One’s never going to be ready
#autism #learningdisabilities #SEND #disability
communitylivingmagazine.com/ian-goldswor...
One’s ready to soar
One’s never going to be ready
#autism #learningdisabilities #SEND #disability
communitylivingmagazine.com/ian-goldswor...
Many thanks to Panjab Broadcasting Channel for having me as a guest on their morning show.
There is still a lot of work to do in the Punjabi community around #LearningDisabilities and I hope by appearing on networks like this, I can help tackle some of the issues faced by families like mine.
There is still a lot of work to do in the Punjabi community around #LearningDisabilities and I hope by appearing on networks like this, I can help tackle some of the issues faced by families like mine.
November 16, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Many thanks to Panjab Broadcasting Channel for having me as a guest on their morning show.
There is still a lot of work to do in the Punjabi community around #LearningDisabilities and I hope by appearing on networks like this, I can help tackle some of the issues faced by families like mine.
There is still a lot of work to do in the Punjabi community around #LearningDisabilities and I hope by appearing on networks like this, I can help tackle some of the issues faced by families like mine.
Our resident, Lou, is a huge Liverpool FC fan. Inspired by her fave football team, she created a very detailed pottery wall crest & a snack plate. Lou dreams that one day, one of the players might receive them. We're so proud of her!
#CamphillMK #Pottery #LiverpoolFC #FanArt #LearningDisabilities
#CamphillMK #Pottery #LiverpoolFC #FanArt #LearningDisabilities
July 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Our resident, Lou, is a huge Liverpool FC fan. Inspired by her fave football team, she created a very detailed pottery wall crest & a snack plate. Lou dreams that one day, one of the players might receive them. We're so proud of her!
#CamphillMK #Pottery #LiverpoolFC #FanArt #LearningDisabilities
#CamphillMK #Pottery #LiverpoolFC #FanArt #LearningDisabilities
Spending the morning at the Royal Society of Medicine, for the NHS Race and Health Observatory strategy launch event.
Still so much work to be done to bring down health inequalities especially among people with #LearningDisabilities
Still so much work to be done to bring down health inequalities especially among people with #LearningDisabilities
November 8, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Spending the morning at the Royal Society of Medicine, for the NHS Race and Health Observatory strategy launch event.
Still so much work to be done to bring down health inequalities especially among people with #LearningDisabilities
Still so much work to be done to bring down health inequalities especially among people with #LearningDisabilities
Have you heard that if students with disabilities received accommodations in high school, colleges have to give the same ones?
Have you heard there aren't accommodations in college?
I address common myths: https://bit.ly/LDBlog151x
#LearningDisabilities #ADHD #Dyslexia #SpecialEd #IEP #EduSky
Have you heard there aren't accommodations in college?
I address common myths: https://bit.ly/LDBlog151x
#LearningDisabilities #ADHD #Dyslexia #SpecialEd #IEP #EduSky
![High schools can recommend...any accommodations [but that] doesn’t obligate colleges to provide those accommodations.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wqbeuqsit7z56jqoiqx6a67r/bafkreigkzslbund5q527ggj2enlrzqnxi3yme33negah6weuy43fzucvmm)
August 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Have you heard that if students with disabilities received accommodations in high school, colleges have to give the same ones?
Have you heard there aren't accommodations in college?
I address common myths: https://bit.ly/LDBlog151x
#LearningDisabilities #ADHD #Dyslexia #SpecialEd #IEP #EduSky
Have you heard there aren't accommodations in college?
I address common myths: https://bit.ly/LDBlog151x
#LearningDisabilities #ADHD #Dyslexia #SpecialEd #IEP #EduSky
The incredible ‘Beautiful Lives - how we got learning disabilities so wrong’ is published today.
The author, @stephenunwin.bsky.social has written about what this day means to him. Do please read.
#LearningDisabilities
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
The author, @stephenunwin.bsky.social has written about what this day means to him. Do please read.
#LearningDisabilities
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
Publication Day — Stephen Unwin
The day that a book goes out into the world is a strange one. In many ways, nothing happens: the book has been printed, advance copies have been circulated, and the only thing that changes is that it ...
www.stephenunwin.uk
June 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The incredible ‘Beautiful Lives - how we got learning disabilities so wrong’ is published today.
The author, @stephenunwin.bsky.social has written about what this day means to him. Do please read.
#LearningDisabilities
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
The author, @stephenunwin.bsky.social has written about what this day means to him. Do please read.
#LearningDisabilities
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
New campaign to halt preventable deaths from constipation #LearningDisabilities
New campaign to halt preventable deaths from constipation
A new campaign has been launched to highlight the dangers of poor constipation care for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New campaign to halt preventable deaths from constipation #LearningDisabilities
Teaching emotional literacy to kids with learning disabilities is unlocking better mental health! A new program shows promising results for children aged 8–11. Let’s build brighter futures! 🌟 #EmotionalHealth #LearningDisabilities
medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12...
medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12...
medicalxpress.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Teaching emotional literacy to kids with learning disabilities is unlocking better mental health! A new program shows promising results for children aged 8–11. Let’s build brighter futures! 🌟 #EmotionalHealth #LearningDisabilities
medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12...
medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12...
‘Let's Talk About Sexuality’ - a fantastic group for people with learning disabilities' - a description about a unique group for #autisic individuals, people with #LearningDisabilities social care and health staff #LGBTQ
www.stevehardyldn.com/post/let-s-t...
www.stevehardyldn.com/post/let-s-t...
‘Let's Talk About Sexuality’ - a fantastic group for people with learning disabilities
We at Oxleas started a pioneering group two years ago called ‘Let’s talk about sexuality’. It’s been absolutely amazing what we have achieved during this time. Firstly the group was started by a train...
www.stevehardyldn.com
November 17, 2024 at 8:21 PM
‘Let's Talk About Sexuality’ - a fantastic group for people with learning disabilities' - a description about a unique group for #autisic individuals, people with #LearningDisabilities social care and health staff #LGBTQ
www.stevehardyldn.com/post/let-s-t...
www.stevehardyldn.com/post/let-s-t...
Hello Bluesky, we're happy to be here!
We look forward to telling you all about our amazing services for people with #learningdisabilities and #autism, and how we can help you and your organisation support and include them!
Check out our website for more details!
viascotland.org.uk
We look forward to telling you all about our amazing services for people with #learningdisabilities and #autism, and how we can help you and your organisation support and include them!
Check out our website for more details!
viascotland.org.uk
November 18, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Hello Bluesky, we're happy to be here!
We look forward to telling you all about our amazing services for people with #learningdisabilities and #autism, and how we can help you and your organisation support and include them!
Check out our website for more details!
viascotland.org.uk
We look forward to telling you all about our amazing services for people with #learningdisabilities and #autism, and how we can help you and your organisation support and include them!
Check out our website for more details!
viascotland.org.uk
We have being working on #EasyRead images for #swallowing in our unique photorealistic style "YourImages" #dysphagia #learningdisabilities #learningdisabilityawareness #neurodiversity #intellectualdisability #NHS #speechandlanguagetherapy #nurses
November 20, 2024 at 12:18 PM
We have being working on #EasyRead images for #swallowing in our unique photorealistic style "YourImages" #dysphagia #learningdisabilities #learningdisabilityawareness #neurodiversity #intellectualdisability #NHS #speechandlanguagetherapy #nurses
Today on the Disability Daily Podcast we wish a happy birthday to dyslexic American screenwriter, director & author Brian McDonald!
disabilitydaily.podbean.com/e/episode-49/
Please subscribe & share!
#disability #dyslexia #dyslexic #EduSky #writers #LearningDisabilities #BlackSky #DisabilitySky
disabilitydaily.podbean.com/e/episode-49/
Please subscribe & share!
#disability #dyslexia #dyslexic #EduSky #writers #LearningDisabilities #BlackSky #DisabilitySky
February 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Today on the Disability Daily Podcast we wish a happy birthday to dyslexic American screenwriter, director & author Brian McDonald!
disabilitydaily.podbean.com/e/episode-49/
Please subscribe & share!
#disability #dyslexia #dyslexic #EduSky #writers #LearningDisabilities #BlackSky #DisabilitySky
disabilitydaily.podbean.com/e/episode-49/
Please subscribe & share!
#disability #dyslexia #dyslexic #EduSky #writers #LearningDisabilities #BlackSky #DisabilitySky
Greetings from Mudlarks. We are a #charity based in Hertford that supports people with #learningdisabilities and #mentalhealth issues on our allotment and in our charity café
November 13, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Greetings from Mudlarks. We are a #charity based in Hertford that supports people with #learningdisabilities and #mentalhealth issues on our allotment and in our charity café
A very informative piece making it clear why the NHS commitment to improve the health of people with #LearningDisabilities must be strengthened, not undermined.
People 2× as likely to die from preventable causes & 4 times as likely to die from treatable causes
People 2× as likely to die from preventable causes & 4 times as likely to die from treatable causes
You don't need experience of the issues to see why health check targets for patients who have a learning disability might be useful.
I'm sharing this piece again after reports this is among the goals to be scrapped (by the party of social justice).
#healthcare
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/21/t...
I'm sharing this piece again after reports this is among the goals to be scrapped (by the party of social justice).
#healthcare
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/21/t...
The Government has a Way of Tackling Entrenched Health Inequalities Ready To Go – Will It Implement It?
An evidence-led, long-called for, but under-used programme of checks for people with a learning disability has the potential to help ease health inequalities more widely, Saba Salman reports
bylinetimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A very informative piece making it clear why the NHS commitment to improve the health of people with #LearningDisabilities must be strengthened, not undermined.
People 2× as likely to die from preventable causes & 4 times as likely to die from treatable causes
People 2× as likely to die from preventable causes & 4 times as likely to die from treatable causes
It’s time to change societal attitudes towards people with #LearningDisabilities. We can no longer accept the erasure of people who are our loved ones, friends and neighbours.
Sara Ryan’s incredible new book is reviewed here by @stephenunwin.bsky.social
@sarasiobhan.bsky.social
Sara Ryan’s incredible new book is reviewed here by @stephenunwin.bsky.social
@sarasiobhan.bsky.social
Sara Ryan's brilliant new book.
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
Critical Health and Learning Disabilities by Sara Ryan — Stephen Unwin
Sara Ryan’s new book, Critical Health and Learning Disabilities , came with some serious trigger warnings. This, I was told, presented an entirely negative vision of the lives of people with learning...
www.stephenunwin.uk
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It’s time to change societal attitudes towards people with #LearningDisabilities. We can no longer accept the erasure of people who are our loved ones, friends and neighbours.
Sara Ryan’s incredible new book is reviewed here by @stephenunwin.bsky.social
@sarasiobhan.bsky.social
Sara Ryan’s incredible new book is reviewed here by @stephenunwin.bsky.social
@sarasiobhan.bsky.social
Our resident, Amy, has enjoyed her time in our Pottery Workshop, working hard to design and create a ceramic portrait of herself. It's cheerful and vibrant, just as she is!
#CamphillMK #Ceramics #Abilities #Pottery #LearningDisabilities
#CamphillMK #Ceramics #Abilities #Pottery #LearningDisabilities
August 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Our resident, Amy, has enjoyed her time in our Pottery Workshop, working hard to design and create a ceramic portrait of herself. It's cheerful and vibrant, just as she is!
#CamphillMK #Ceramics #Abilities #Pottery #LearningDisabilities
#CamphillMK #Ceramics #Abilities #Pottery #LearningDisabilities
🧵1/9 Today is #WorldCancerDay, a global day to raise awareness about cancer and to advocate for equal access to cancer care. People with #learningdisabilities face significant inequalities in relation to #cancer deaths, incidence and screening.
February 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🧵1/9 Today is #WorldCancerDay, a global day to raise awareness about cancer and to advocate for equal access to cancer care. People with #learningdisabilities face significant inequalities in relation to #cancer deaths, incidence and screening.