Member of Parliament for Torbay | Liberal Democrat | For casework and policy questions email: steve.darling.mp@parliament.uk
http://members.parliament.uk/member/5066
Leader of @LibDems.org.uk, husband, father, carer, and MP for Kingston & Surbiton.
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AU.
Official Bluesky page of IMPACT - the UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care.
We work across the four nations, drawing from research, lived experience, and practice knowledge to make a difference to services and lives.
A charity run by and for people with learning disbailities in Norfolk
Fighting for mental health – for support, for respect, for you ✊
We are a Community Interest Company focusing on Self Advocacy
Practice Development Consultant @SCIE. MCA geek. Supporting organisations improve outcomes for people drawing on care & support. Work: Autism, Learning Disabilities, MHA & reform, MCA, Safeguarding, Co-Production, Integration
www.scie.org.uk
Views my own.
I animate communities & support professionals/orgs working in citizen space. Books include: The Connected Community, and Rekindlling Democracy. More here: https://www.nurturedevelopment.org/who-we-are/cormac-russell/
Associate Professor in Health & Care Evidence & Evaluation, University of Portsmouth. Interested in: health & care of older adults; falls and injury prevention; equity, diversity, & inclusion in research.
Famously independent, campaigning newspaper
Find us at www.camdennewjournal.co.uk
Health Editor at The Times
Chief Reporter, The Times
BuDS Disability Service is a user-led, pan-disability grassroots charity working across England. Formerly Buckinghamshire Disability Service. Registered Charity 1102511 #Fair4All #Reach4Work
UK Based Museum Access Consultant,
Public Speaker,
Autism Trainer,
Rep for GEM Yorkshire and Humberside,
Steering Group for Yorkshire Accessible Museums Network,
Actually Autistic,
Passionate about accessibility.
She/Her
The disabled-led group breaking down barriers and transforming the transport system so disabled people can travel with freedom, dignity, ease and confidence.
Join our community for transport justice: https://www.transportforall.org.uk
Disability equality organisation run by and for Disabled people. Policy, campaigning & capacity-building support for Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations.
@MeetMacIntyre passionate about #Dementia #Health #CoProduction #SocialCare & supporting people with #LearningDisabilities #Autism to live meaningful and happy lives loves to connect with others @macintyrehealth #teamworkmakesthedreamwork 💜
ADASS President, Notts Director Adult Social Care, Mum, runner, mountain lover.
Director, Writer, Teacher, Campaigner.
Founded ETT. Opened the Rose.
Laughing Boy, All Our Children, Poor Naked Wretches, Beautiful Lives.
http://www.stephenunwin.uk/
Campaigner. Activist, Lived Experience Trainer. MA Social Policy.
#LearningDisabilities #HealthInequalities
Former charity Chair.
Trying to build a better world.
Also love #LFC
Views expressed are my own.
www.ramandeepkaur.co.uk
Learning disability campaigner and podcaster
Self advocacy charity working with people with learning disabilities and autistic people. Working hard to create a society that is fair and inclusive for all.
Interests: academia; NHS: health research; frailty in OP; learning disability; Patient public involvement/engagement/exp. in research & NHS; Down’s syndrome; gardening; allotments;left politics; environment. Views entirely my own.
She/her. I have ADHD
A national network promoting best practice surrounding sex and relationships- passionate about love, sex and relationships (and education)
European. SEND parent and campaigner.
A proud Community Learning Disability Nurse working on the Wirral ☀️
Strategic engagement lead at www.genomicsengland.co.uk, on a secondment from www.ons.gov.uk. Ex-NHS England digital team.
Data, health, social care, autism, LD, caring, travel, gigs, coffee. A Scot who 💙s living in SE London.
Reader (Associate Prof) in intellectual disabilities, Dept Social Care & Social Work, Manchester Met Uni. Researching social & health inequalities, digital inclusion, qual, creative, participatory research methods
✨Freelance Producer and Engagement Lead✨
Company Producer at Firebird Theatre ✨ Membership and Engagement Lead at LDE ✨she/her✨Views own, obv✨
Updates from #DigitalLifeline project at #ManMetUni in collaboration #ARC, #GoodThingsFoundation, #LearningDisabilityEngland, and #SeeAbility. Funded by #NIHR
Founder @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social, writer, #autistic, #SaveOurChildrensRights, #SENDsky #EhlersDanlos #Disability #ChildrensRights, Devoted Grandma #wheelchair user #chronicpain
The membership association for learning disability and autism support providers.
Ask us about membership, training, DBS checks, qualifications, Active Support and research.
Changing thinking, changing practice, changing lives.
Mum to Amber #all things accessibility ♿️ #SEND
Night time economy panel member #Greater Manchester #accessibility for everyone
Self employed learning Disability support worker ( Your IT Now) specialises in Internet/social media safety/tech and director of Love Community CIC ,changing the world one project at a time! 🤣👍
#SaveOurChildrensRights Parent-led special educational needs and disability #SEND website. UK-based, strategic advocacy, resources, and information to help improve the lives of children & young people with disabilities and their families. Volunteers.
Firmly believe in the age old where there's a will there's a way! #ABCD
I love a book, a gin, time in the fresh air, adventure and connections. Not necessarily in that order and sometimes all at the same time.
Proud learning disability nurse....ardent socialist....and a curry eating, rambling, narrow boat dwelling, beer drinking, dog owning, occasional folk musician!!
Refugee from twitter...
Professor of Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care (Kingston University, London). Let’s talk about dying, death, bereavement and intellectual/learning disability.
Parent carer to 3 grown-up kids (still baffled).
Writing, accessibility, life after 50, and political side-eye.
Some days soft. Some days feral.
Associate Professor Health Inequalities @UniversityLeeds #Qualitative health research to improve inclusion in research & healthcare. Working with people with a learning disability to innovate in creative methods for inclusion. https://linktr.ee/amymrussell
Interested in communication ,#humanrights, equality, #socialcare, #learningdisabilty, #poetry, tennis ,the great outdoors ! Was a founder of the #socialenterprise @TalkingMats. NED of central advocacy partners & First Fund, FRCSLT, FRSA.
Open access evidence base for patient experience, lived experience, patient/public involvement. www.patientlibrary.net
Domiciliary Carer. Proud Dad, Grandad. Enjoy tennis 🎾 walking,gardening,exercise,cats,life.
#FBNHS #FBPE #MuscularDystrophy #WeAreZest #ChangingPlaces #SENDcrisis 🌊 DM's on request only. Bluesky 9/11/24
Green Councillor for Bromborough Ward in Wirral. Disability campaigner for 30+ years . Views DEFINITELY my own
Beyond Words - Using pictures to help people understand the world. Founded by Baroness Sheila Hollins
Charity no. 1183942
www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk
Wild card. Walking in the shoes of more interesting people. 🍋🍋🍋 Podcast by Gill @WhoseShoes and friends. https://whoseshoes.buzzsprout.com
A Centre for Inclusive Living led by people with learning difficulties
We want people with learning difficulties to have control of their lives and equal power
#mothering #disability #education #SocialCare #activism #PeakDistrict - Professor of Education, she/her
LD Researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Lives in Wales.
Stolen Lives. https://stolenlives.blog
Son with learning disability, autism, ADHD and epilepsy.
Autistic herself.
Lived experience partner NHS England, National Voices.Unpaid carer for last 28yrs & counting. Passionate about person centred care & working with systems to co-produce &co design with everyone. SEND experience Love my dog, Leia and getting those miles in!
Wanderer in the story fields of life
Extremely proud mum and advocate for my daughter with a learning disability. Determined that she is visible and included.
EM/PEM consultant, learning disability & autism advocate, Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group, Down’s Syndrome Association, RCEMlearning blogger/editor, DFTB bubbler, QMUL PEM MSc hon lecturer, mother, no hobbies cos no other time left 🥴
Researcher at Uni of Manchester: neurodiversity, autism, learning disability, interventions, services & supports
Crazy 🐈 lady
Tea addict
She/her
Senior Adviser at a 'by and for' learning disability charity who spends a lot of time swimming in freezing cold mill.ponds
Personal capacity. Chair People's Health Trust, Trustee Affinity Trust. Fellow Fac Public Health. Mental Health, Arts, Learning Disability, Health Inequalities, Mindfulness, Peace, Nature Connection, Swans. Studied Archaeology & Anthropology. Typos galore
CEO of Midland Mencap, leading a progressive citizen focussed and influenced organisation. Forty years experience of working across the social care sector. Big ticket interests - Housing, Health Inequalities, Employment, Co-Production
Eclectic. Speech and Language Therapist. Zoologist. Conversation Analyst. Love surfing. Dartmoor. Horse riding. Value ordinary lives for those with learning disabilities. Attachment at the root of everything.
Postdoc researcher | learning disability and autism | neurodivergent | she/they | a little Freudian monkey |
Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. Research on disability studies, action research, & the arts. ADHDer. Working class academic.
Reader in Social Work. Learning disability, mental health, citizenship and human rights
Learning disability nurse, Director of Wellbeing. Passions include #Coproduction #PBS #PMLD #Mindfulness
Trainer, writer, consultant. Interested in art, human rights, learning disability, mental health and autism. Get in touch if you need brilliant online neuroaffirming autism training. Neurodivergent. Asturias, Spain.
Independant Consultant Nurse for people with learning disabilities
Queen's Nurse
Hi .I'm here to help on bringing about awareness on injustices towards Autistic & Learning Disabled people & their family unpaid carer representatives .
Family carer, determined to make the world a better place for my disabled daughter.
Talking Mats is a #socialenterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties by increasing their capacity to think about and communicate effectively about things that matter to them.
Instructional Designer | Artist | Biochemistry Grad
Working on understanding #cognition, memory, and #learning .
Designing tools and resources for children with #learningdisabilities to help them excel academically through tailored support."
Researcher @ University of Leeds & University of Warwick | Participatory research with people with learning disabilities/autistic people | arts-based and creative methods | singer and choir facilitator
The Human First Catalyst
TEDx Speaker | Author of Diagnosis: Human
Creating psychological safety & restoring human being #FlipTheNarrative ©
http://youtu.be/DXBdiGUQ8Lw
www.ellychapple.com
https://amzn.eu/d/dksiD2E - #DiagnosisHuman
Associate Professor @ Uni of Soton working on improving hospital care & research inclusion for people with a #LearningDisability, including people with profound learning disabilities; missed care & care inequalities. Funded by @NIHRresearch
Occupational Therapist currently taking a hiatus from my clinical lead role. Now in a trainer role #autism #learningdisability. Balancing life with being Neurodivergent and having an immune system that attacks itself #axialSpA #ulcerativecolitis #uveitis
Registered Nurse (Learning Disabilities), Clinical Lecturer
Belfast
#NICHE Fellow. Community Learning Disabilities Nurse. MSc Adv Prof Prac. Queen’s Nurse. I love walking and exploring new places and I love dogs ❤️
Passionate Learning Disability Nurse who loves her Job and has won a few awards. #accessiblevaccineclinic, #getthenationsigning, #VIPathway, #GetLDNursingvisible #Melanoma
love Arsenal, autism, my boys & anything silly. Work - Angels Support Group. Director - Herts Parent Carer Involvement. School Governor. @leiselily on threads
Specialised housing manager and commissioner at Bristol City Council. Adult Social Care.
Long term member of L'Arche. Passionate advocate for people with learning disabilities. Keen amateur photographer. I live in Dorset with my cat.
#l’arche #learningdisability #palliativecare #SEND #beauty #cats #dementia
National Deputy Director for Learning Disability Nursing at NHS England. A proud RNLD & RMN. Purveyor of kindness, quirkiness, and a light sprinkling of humour.
Exec Director at Inclusion International - working with and for our Council, members and staff team to drive inclusion across the world. Ramblings my own not my org
Consultant Nurse Intellectual Disabilities/ Advisor WHO Europe / Patron for DanceSyndromeUK /Associate Professor Kingston University /Panel Member Fitness of Practice Nursing Midwifery Council/ Trustee LDnetworkLondon
Experienced health and social care interim and turnaround manager. Completed interim assignments at the Epilepsy Society, Discovery, Norwood, National Autistic Society and Wilf Ward Family Trust. Previously CEO of Choice Support and a Director of Nursing.
A training and development organisation passionate about bringing people together to uphold the rights of people with learning disabilities to live good ordinary lives. We love to challenge the barriers and system thinking that gets in the way!
Researcher-activist.
Research associate, Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social
Disabled, neurodivergent (they/them) 🏳️🌈♿️♾️ #DisabilityStudies Reposting is not endorsement.
At the Gates: Disability, Justice & the Churches https://bit.ly/3YMoUaE
The popular photo library featuring actors with learning disabilities.
Woman of a certain age. PhD researcher exploring discourse around learning disabilities. Open University Associate Lecturer passionate about inclusion and lifelong learning. Building knowledge & advocating for respectful representation
I am Advocacy Lead for Dimensions UK which supports people with learning disabilities and autism to live their best lives. I campaign on hate crime, accessible voting, and other campaigns. In case you don't know, I have an MBE and an honorary doctorate!
Travel dude
Co Chair for Together 4 Change at ARC England Shrewsbury Town fan!!! 🔵🟠
Leader's List Champion 2024 !!!
💜 ♾️ AuDHD | Monotropic | Neuro-affirming Autism advocate & consultant.
Interests: monotropism, flow, burnout & neuroqueer theory.
Writer • Trainer • Resource Creator | Former SEND EY/Primary teacher ♾️ 💜
https://www.autisticrealms.com/
Join us in making our people and communities fairer, stronger and more connected. Strengthening people, sparking community and shifting power in Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond www.grapevinecovandwarks.org #GrapevineAt30
Founder Prof. Karen Watchman. Learning/intellectual disability and dementia online & in-person co-developed training delivery. Social enterprise based in Scotland with global reach. https://squarepegtraining.co.uk/
Proud to be an RNLD! Dad of two, Geordie and NUFC supporter. Clin Doc student! 🤪
