Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social Work at Dixons Academies. Schools as civic institutions - ensuring our communities have a voice and power. Building place based partnerships. Views my own.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jimlauder
Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) @allfieuk.bsky.social Led by Disabled people the Alliance for Inclusive Education campaigns for the right of all Disabled people to access & be supported in mainstream education
Clare @clarec.bsky.social Education and Employment lawyer at Southwark Law Centre
Mother of two, one with SLD
Cricket fan: Surrey, Glamorgan and England
Karen Frost @karen-frost.bsky.social MSc Environmental Psychology student. BA in Communication, BSc in Psychology. Loves all things brains and nature. One husband, two kids, one tortoise and probable ADHD. Too many hobbies, too little time!
Dr Ruth Churchill Dower @ruthchurchilldower.bsky.social Postdoc researcher in Artful Sensing Practices @shu-sioe.bsky.social, Earlyarts founder, author of Creativity and the Arts in Early Childhood http://bit.ly/2V1I4cj
GlastoLive @glastonburyfestivals.co.uk Glastonbury Festival’s official live updates from around the farm during Glastonbury 2025
Owen Barden @owenbarden.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability & Inclusion, Trinity College Dublin
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Dr Vessy Harizanova @vessyh.bsky.social Exploring the intersections of gender, media & power | Part-time feminist killjoy | Specialising in research communication, engagement & impact | she/her
Nicola Burns @nickyburns.bsky.social Curious about lots of things. Research and teach about disability, migration, health and human rights. Enjoy a good natter, tai chi, gardening. ‘Heid full of magic’
Tuuli Innola @tuuliin.bsky.social PhD researcher in Gender Studies at Tampere University.
Studying experiences of companionship that form outside couple relationships. Doing research with new materialist methodologies and theoretical perspectives of affect and time.
@sarahsmithl.bsky.social @sarahsmithl.bsky.social
Amy Redhead @dr-red-84.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology & Social Policy ~ University of Leeds
Research interests include: disability studies, disability rights, disability representation, disability culture, participatory research
Frank Buckley @frankbuckley.com CEO Down Syndrome Education International and Down Syndrome Education USA
Tom Crossland @parkhouseprincipal.bsky.social Proprietor | Clinical Psychologist | Advocate for inclusive education & universal human rights | Supporting everyone to thrive and be the best version of themselves | Ultramarathon runner
Giovanni Ulleri @gioulleri63.bsky.social Emmy nominated filmmaker views my own
Gareth M. Thomas @gmthomas.bsky.social Reader | Cardiff University
Sociologist (Disability | Health and Illness | Reproduction | Stigma)
Co-Editor in Chief of 'Sociology of Health and Illness'
He | Him | His
Disablement, Free Time & Work Under Capitalism @disprecwork.bsky.social Exploring the politics of disablement, paid & unpaid work under capitalism & 'free time' | @cerasellachis.bsky.social
disability politics | work | precarity | resistance | social security | rest | free time | bread and roses | #book | #PolEcon | sociology
Nicole Dempsey @ndempseyinco14.bsky.social Director of SEND and Safeguarding
Dixons Academies Trust
Deputy Regional SEND Lead
Whole School SEND
Dr Abbie Cairns @drabbiecairns.bsky.social Artist-Teacher-Reseacher
Priya Lalvani @priya-lalvani.bsky.social Professor of disability studies and inclusive education. Cynical psychologist. Interests: anti-ableism curriculum, narrative identity, motherhood and disability.
Vygotsky was right about everything!
@mandylou26.bsky.social @mandylou26.bsky.social
Vasilis Strogilos @vstrogilos.bsky.social Associate Professor, University of Southampton, Researcher in inclusive education, Co-Director of Centre for Research in Inclusion (CRI)
Yvan @yvanysmael.bsky.social Destined for peaceful things
UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social At UCL, we champion #OpenScience across all disciplines. We empower our community with support in #OpenAccess, #ResearchData, #CitizenScience, and more, fostering a truly open academic culture.
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Steven Allen @stevenbp.bsky.social Human rights advocate, Executive Director of the Validity Foundation and lawyer. Mostly based in Budapest, but originally from London. Opinions shared here are in my personal capacity #Palestine #humanrights #disability #politics #travel
@david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social Disability, mental health, politics, technology.
Alive And Able @aliveandable.com Disabilities and Accessibility Advocacy
Suzanne Doyle Guilloud @sdoyleguilloud.bsky.social Policy Specialist @validityfoundation.bsky.social
Quaker in Grenoble
She/her
Validity Foundation @validityfoundation.bsky.social Validity is one of the only organisations in the world dedicated to promoting disability rights through international legal advocacy and strategic litigation. Read more on our website: www.validity.ngo
Linda Stjernholm @lmstjernholm.bsky.social PhD student researching Disability and Disaster Risk Reduction
Libraries, storytelling, co-design and co-creation.
Books and dogs.
Moslem Boushehrian @boushehrian.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/in/moslemboush/
Criminology Lecturer | Researcher | Advocate for Equity & Justice
Passionate about exploring hate crime perceptions and underreporting through sociological and criminological lenses.
Andréa Paulus @andreadpaulus.bsky.social Environmental sciences MSc 🌏 at University of Geneva
#disabilitystudies #embodiment #climateadaptation | patient partner at HUG🏥| @GreenRightsCo.bsky.social ambassador | @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social🌱| art herstory & poetry lover | she/her | views my own.
Beth Curtis @beth-curtis.bsky.social School Based Technology Specialist, Special Educator, Advocate for Those with Disabilities
Center for Inclusive Policy @inclusivepolicy.bsky.social A policy, research, and training “think and do” tank building inclusive futures. We work in support of human rights for people with disabilities.
Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social doing some stuff, sometimes
~Bread & Roses: Rest & Free Time Under Disabling Capitalism~
Glasgow
Gregor Wolbring @wolbring.bsky.social lifelong wheelchair user; disability activist; University of Calgary, ability studies, disability studies, sustainability studies and science and technology governance studies scholar; link to my academic work https://wolbring.wordpress.com/about/
Oliver Lewis @droliverlewis.bsky.social Health and human rights barrister at @DoughtyStPublic. https://linktr.ee/droliverlewis. Views my own
Rosie Harding @rosieharding.bsky.social Professor of Law and Society, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham.
International Journal of Disability and Social Justice @ijdsj.bsky.social INTERNATIONAL | INTERDISCIPLINARY | PEER-REVIEW | 💎 OPEN ACCESS | SCOPUS-INDEXED | @pluto-journals@bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief @angharadbeckett.bsky.social
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@medmentalhealth.bsky.social @medmentalhealth.bsky.social Co-produced research project about mental health medications in the lives of people with learning disabilities. Project Lead: @suecaton.bsky.social Funded by NIHR research Sponsor: LSCFT
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research @sjdresearch.bsky.social Open access journal for innovative, high quality social research on disability from around the world
Emily Ladau @emilyladau.bsky.social Author of "Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally." Disability rights activist who lives life on wheels. ♿️
Natalya D @natalyad.bsky.social Deaf and disabled cis queer woman. Interests in law, disability justice, cats, technology. Drinks a lot of tea.
Bev Clough @bevclough.bsky.social Prof Law & Social Justice, MMU. Feminist legal theory and critical disability studies. Health and Care. Current work- Doulas; Legal geography of home.
Disability, Law and Justice (Hart) Series Editor. Medical Law Review Book Reviews Editor.
Steve Ford @stevejford.bsky.social I'm the editor of Nursing Times which you can also find at @nursingtimes.bsky.social. Follow me for the latest news and views on health and social care, and the occasional photo of some urban countryside and London skies
@scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk SCIE improves the lives of people of all ages by co-producing, sharing, and supporting the use of the best available knowledge and evidence about what works in practice.
NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @nihrarcs.bsky.social We are the network of 11 NIHR (@nihr.bsky.social) Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs)
ARCs support applied health and care research across the country
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linktree: linktr.ee/nihrarcs
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Dr Helen Convey @helenconvey.bsky.social Associate Professor in Nursing; healthcare ethics; decision making; dementia. Director of Student Education, Healthcare, University of Leeds. Love books, travel, history & food. Views my own.
Dr Deborah Fenney @dfenney.bsky.social Researcher: health&care inequalities, disability, sustainability.
Passionate about involvement & intersections. Living w/ endometriosis and other fun ltcs.
Proudly queer #LwiththeT
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London, UK
Dr Alison Tarrant @alisontarrant.bsky.social Researching independent living, disability rights, social care, regulation and more. Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University.
Dr Josephine Sirotkin @jlsirotkin.bsky.social Recently finished my PhD in Sociology, at the University of Leeds, examining the mistreatment of disabled adults in care facilities.
I'm a queer, neurodivergent woman (she/her) & family carer. Interested in care ethics, abolition and disability justice.
Liz Jackson @proflizjackson.bsky.social Karen Lo Eugene Chuang Professor in Diversity and Equity
University of Hong Kong
Editor, Educational Philosophy & Theory
Postdigital Science and Education @pdse.bsky.social Official profile for Postdigital Science and Education journal, book series, and encyclopedia.
Curated by Petar Jandrić.
@sarahlouc.bsky.social @sarahlouc.bsky.social
Hannah Hogarth @hannahhogarth.bsky.social
Helen Hayes MP @helenhayes.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Dulwich & West Norwood. Chair of the Education Select Committee. Mum
FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social FWC is a multi-state Indivisible Group and a grassroots operation providing messaging and social media content inspired by our progressive allies.
https://indivisible.org
Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social Shaping future services for vulnerable people through research. Based at @york.ac.uk & @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Funded by the ESRC.
https://vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/
Chloe Wallace @chloejwallace.bsky.social Interested in critical and creative pedagogies, innovation and change, internationalising (legal) education, stories, language and more...she/her🏳️⚧️
School of Law, University of Leeds
Law & Social Justice @lsjleeds.bsky.social Law & Social Justice (L&SJ) is a research centre based at the University of Leeds School Law, engaging with questions about inequalities in welfare and social justice. https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/research-centre-law-social-justice
Dr Rosie Fox @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social Lecturer in Legal Education @ Uni of Leeds, dragademic, socio-legal unicorn. Queer, working class, neurodivergent/disabled. D&D, Pokemon, Genshin. Likes pets, food, gaming and Sundays. She/they.
Sam Lewis @drsamjlewis.bsky.social Feminist. Criminologist. Academic. FRIVA lead.
https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/204/dr-sam-lewis
University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social The School of Law @universityofleeds.bsky.social is one of the leading law schools in the UK and has been providing instruction in law since its inception in 1899.
Stephanie Anne Shelton @sashelton.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🐕🩵🎮 📖 My opinions | #AssociateProfessor of #QualitativeResearch at UNC-Chapel Hill | Editor: #JQTSIE | #researcher | #queer | #firstgen | #dogmom | #gamer | #booknerd | #ruralqueer | #GoTarheels
Dr. Kali Thompson @kalithompson2nd.bsky.social Feminist Educator, Researcher, and Creator. Current Lecturer in Ed. at the Univ. of Lincoln (UK) researching the ethics EdTech Teacher Ambassador Programs. All views my own. She/Her 🇺🇸 —> 🇬🇧
https://www.drkalithompson.com/
Amanda Wright @amandawr8.bsky.social - U UCL Centre for Inclusive Education @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social UCL Centre for Inclusive Education, part of @ioe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
Leading research and professional development for Inclusive Education.
Ruth H @therehn.bsky.social Disabled OU student, designer and creative, studying digital society, design & tech. Just moving over from Twitter and trying to figure out BlueSky atm. a11y
Melanie Philpott @pgrmelly.bsky.social Part-time PhD candidate with The Open University, exploring fibromyalgia in the workplace. Tea addict, allotmenteer, quail keeper, lover of cheese. She/Her
Neil Milliken @neilmilliken.bsky.social Founder of Thrival Holdings former VP #accessibility at Atos, lover of good #UX #Neurodivergent #ADHD #Dyslexic
Co-founder of @AXSChat.bsky.social
Keen amateur gardener & nature photographer.
Social networking should be sociable feel free to engage.
Progressive Education @progeducat.bsky.social A hub of inspiration, exploring innovations inside & outside of the conventional school system. Subscribe at https://info.progressiveeducation.org/sign-up
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/progeducat
Cassie Kill @cassiekill.bsky.social Researching complexities of participation, inclusion & voice in culture, education & work. Interests in youth, disability, gender and participatory/ethnographic/creative method/ologies.
Research Associate: Ableism in the Academy at Uni of Sheffield
Elizabeth Head, Ph.D. @elizabethhead.bsky.social Professor, Dept Path at the University of California Irvine. Focused on Aging and Alzheimer disease in people with Down syndrome, 🇨🇦, http://sites.mind.uci.edu/headlab/ and https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/abc-ds
Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social Number 1 ranked barristers' specialising in civil liberties, education, human rights, immigration, crime, family, housing & public law. Reposts ≠ endorsements.
@olliepersey.bsky.social @olliepersey.bsky.social Legal aid barrister. Here for cat pics, stand up, politics, procrastination. He/him.
Anna Secor @ajsecor.bsky.social Geographer and more - The Politics of Feeling (Goldsmiths Press, 2025) — Love & Catastrophe (Edinburgh U Press 2026) — spacetimeunconscious - Durham University
Rachael Clarke @rachaelfrclarke.bsky.social Liberalism, inclusive feminism, Scotland, (pro-choice) abortion, the law, and multipurpose grump. Head of Advocacy @bpas.bsky.social. Posts in a personal, cantankerous capacity.
Julie Ovington @julieovington.bsky.social PhD. Thinking-with Deleuze & Guattari, feminism, materialism & posthumanism, school readiness, 2 yr old's, relationality and student embodied experiences in HE. Program Lead Childhood Studies & PGR Co-ordinator UWS
Laura Fox @laurajfox.bsky.social Lecturer in Psychology in Education @york.ac.uk @uoyeducation.bsky.social
Autism, Neurodiversity, Friendships, Inclusive Research Methods, Mental Health
Currently co-producing inclusive data collection with learning-disabled people
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social Current @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow with an interest in improving mental healthcare. Previously: @imperial-ighi.bsky.social postdoc and @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk PhD student at @kingsioppn.bsky.social 📚
📍 London
Philosophy Tweet- Philosophy On BlueSky @philosophytweet.bsky.social Philosophy Tweet- Philosophy On BlueSky - Also Philosophy On X
NDTi @ndtihello.bsky.social The National Development Team for Inclusion. Inspiring an inclusive society where people can live the life they choose.
Mencap @mencap.org.uk Supporting people with a learning disability to live their lives to the full💜
Find out more: linktr.ee/mencap
RNIB Campaigns @rnibcampaigns.bsky.social We campaign for blind and partially sighted people's independence and inclusion. Also at @rnib.bsky.app
Header image: The team at Downing Street.
Clare Tarling @claretarling.bsky.social Easy Read and plain English copywriting and document design, inclusion, advocacy. Passions: Irish fiddling, running and horses.
www.claretarling.co.uk
Talking Mats @talkingmats.bsky.social 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.
Wes Streeting @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social Labour MP for Ilford North. Former Secretary of State for Health & Social Care.
Photosymbols @photosymbols.bsky.social The popular photo library featuring actors with learning disabilities.
Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia @pesaustralasia.bsky.social Established in 1970
Promoting research and teaching in philosophy of education globally
Dr Jon Reid Ⓥ @drjonreid.bsky.social MBPsS, SFHEA, FRSA
#CompassionEdRevolution
Academic: SEMH
Research Fellow: Children & Young People Network
Vice-Chair: Institute of Recovery from Childhood Trauma
Director: Centre for Recovery from Childhood Trauma
Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net Resist Rebel Revolt! Anti-Fascist. Author. Philosopher. Dog-Mom. Utilitarian Democrat. Existential Activist.
https://melissanadiaviviana.com/
Organized 3 Abortion Marches
Past President of Women's Non-Profit
Past Secretary of LGBTQIA Org
Bev Enion @bevenion.bsky.social 2nd year PhD researcher, interested in disability, sexuality, gender, creative methods, feminist media studies, content creation and online activism
Prue Adams @prueadams.bsky.social PhD researcher WSU. Affective filmmaking, more-than-human inquiry, gender. She/they. Living on stolen Dharug & Gundungurra Country
Leah Burch (she/her) @leahfburch.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University.
Research interests: disability hate crime, sexual violence, creative methods
Manchester
Giselle Robertson @giselle2914.bsky.social Unpaid carer interested in carers rights / policy, learning disabilities and of course social care. Mum to two and an avid reader, where I go so too goes my book😊
Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social SFHEA, FRHistS | Historian of education & knowledge Uni of Sheffield https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/education/people/academic/heather-ellis | Co-Investigator @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social https://www.theschoolmealsproject.co.uk
| Co-Editor History of Education
Tracey Jane Smith @traceyjane.bsky.social Former Headteacher, current Education Consultant, teacher trainer, Values-based Education. Cats, books and writing. EdD student.