Melea Press (she/her) @meleapress.bsky.social Double Activist: (1) to improve lives for neurodiverse families (2) to increase impact from academic research. Using my privilege to bring Unheard Voices into the light.
#GhostParent #Impact #Autism #PDA #Academia #DoBetter #UndauntedTogether
Jenny Edwards CBE @jennyedwards.bsky.social 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
Open Access Social Work @openaccess-sw.bsky.social Sharing newly published Open Access Social Work research.
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Bojana Daw Srdanović @bdawsrdanovic.bsky.social 
Tam B @mskittysoftpaws.bsky.social Coffee essential to function
Unpaid Carer; ND/SEND Family;
Night-Owl; Atheist; LGBTQ+Ally; Tree-Hugger; She/Her
#AuDHD
#NeverTory
#BeautyInSmallThings
Love Brighton, Celtic FC 🍀
#iPhonePhotography
#Gigs IDLES, Fontaines DC, Mogwai
Cats, pigeons, corvids…
Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social We do research with people with learning disabilities, autistic people, and their families. We are committed to social justice and more equal research practice.
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Kate Dommett @profkatedommett.bsky.social Professor of Digital Politics @ University of Sheffield. Digital Campaigning, data, online political advertising, democracy and elections.
Stephen Unwin @stephenunwin.bsky.social Director, Writer, Teacher, Campaigner.
Founded ETT. Opened the Rose.
Laughing Boy, All Our Children, Poor Naked Wretches, Beautiful Lives. Man to Man.
http://www.stephenunwin.uk/
Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link
Ramandeep Kaur @mumof3amigos.bsky.social 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
Saba Salman @sabasalman.com Journalist|editor|author
📚NEW BOOK Double Discrimination 2026
📚Made Possible 2020
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✍🏽Private Eye|Guardian|Byline Times|Ed. Community Living
💜Chair @sibs.org.uk|Ambassador @ndtihello.bsky.social
🏛️FRSA @thersaorg.bsky.social
Sharon L. Smith @sharonlsmith.bsky.social ‘Dr. mum’. Learning about: ‘wacky philosophies’, creative research approaches, education, disability, inclusion, (not)belonging, becoming, co-production, risk/vulnerability, policy, Down syndrome. Co-director Special Needs Jungle
https://linktr.ee/sharonls
Mary O’Toole @drawmycare.bsky.social Silo jumper, sibling #carer, Nana #LearningDisability #socialcare, #drawing as life skill for #communication #UniversalDesign, #Place-based-care #archives, #heritage, #history alt #care stories #CulturalHeritage No DMs
Simon Knight @simonknight100.bsky.social Joint Headteacher of a Special School with an interest in all things SEND and BWFC.
Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (paperback out now) and Crippled.
E: frances.ryan.freelance@guardian.co.uk
Sue Caton @suecaton.bsky.social 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
Irene Tuffrey-Wijne @tuffrey-wijne.com Professor of Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care (Kingston University, London). Let’s talk about dying, death, bereavement and intellectual/learning disability.
Rob Mitchell @robmitch92.bsky.social Bradford based Social Worker. Blogger, co-author & podcaster of all things Social Work, Cats & Rocket Science.
Sometimes found hiding in Sweden. #LUFC #GAIS
Elaine James @elaineljames.bsky.social MBE, Social Worker, Author, there is no democracy without social justice
https://socialworkcatsandrocketscience.com/
Lucy Burke @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social Academic (literary & cultural disability studies/medical humanities), Green New Deal podcast https://www.gndmedia.co.uk Wellcome Trust Advisory Committee, North Manchester & Kreiz Breizh.
Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social Fugitive carer. 
Steve Broach KC @stevebroach.bsky.social Public law silk @ 39 Essex Chambers
Youth coach @ Seaford Town FC
Ian Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social Foreign correspondent, columnist, campaigner, co-founder Africa Express, citizen of the world and a bit more besides…
Jane @everhopeful1000.bsky.social Mainly found trying to do the right thing in a world that has covered itself in red tape. #Autism #Apraxia #Advocacy
Kara Chrome @karachrome.bsky.social Word-nerd.
If you're following to flog OnlyFans, kindly flog off.
Blog-site: https://whobyf1re.wordpress.com/
British Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the British Association of Social Workers. We are the UK's largest professional association for social work.
Mark L Brown @markliamb.bsky.social Carer and activist. Hate the new Fascists - especially the Orange One. Support Ukraine/Zelensky/Canada/Greenland/Panama. Born and live in the UK - European.
Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social We one of the UK’s leading Disabled People's Organisation run by and for Disabled people, working for justice and equality for all.
https://linktr.ee/disabilityrightsuk
Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social #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.
The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve people's health. Our vision is a world where everyone can live a healthy life. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/
Catherine Needham @catherineneedham.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy and Public Management, Uni of Bham. Interested in social care, the public service workforce and crosswords, https://21stcenturypublicservant.wordpress.com/
Tania Tirraoro @tanialt.bsky.social Founder @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social, writer, #autistic, #SaveOurChildrensRights, #SENDsky #EhlersDanlos #Disability #ChildrensRights, Devoted Grandma #wheelchair user #chronicpain
Learning Disability England @learningdiseng.bsky.social Learning Disability England is a movement for change. Our members are people with learning disabilities, families, & organisations. We work for human rights, equality & good lives.
https://www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/
Stay Up Late @gigbuddies.bsky.social A small but mighty charity calling for active social lives for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
Home of #GigBuddies, Nesta New Radical, the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, and the #NoBedtimes #OurRightToParty campaigns.
Annette Boaz @annetteboaz.bsky.social Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of the Policy Research unit for the Health and Social Care Workforce (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru), Kings College London, Co-lead https://transforming-evidence.org
@speakupsa.bsky.social @speakupsa.bsky.social 
Kat Smith @profkatsmith.bsky.social Professor of Public Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde. Co-Director of the Centre for Health Policy & Co-Lead of SHERU (the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit). Interested in research, advocacy and policy to reduce inequalities.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Dr Dawn Cavanagh @dawnc05.bsky.social LD Researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Lives in Wales.
Stolen Lives. https://stolenlives.blog
Son with learning disability, autism, ADHD and epilepsy.
Autistic herself.
Clare Martin @claremartin333.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, St Mary's Uni, London
Research interests: • inclusive pedagogy • SEND
**Views mine**💛💙
👉@JrawnUpon - my son's art - https://etsy.com/shop/jrawnupon 👈
Beyond Words @booksbeyondwords.bsky.social Beyond Words - Using pictures to help people understand the world. Founded by Baroness Sheila Hollins
Charity no. 1183942
www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk
Dr Ryan Bramley 🐻 @bramleytweets.bsky.social 🔴⚪ (he/him) | Currently researching: Deaf audiences' experiences of film and TV • Interdisciplinary Ed • Digital Inclusion • Working with Young Co-Researchers
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/education/people/academic/edu/ryan-bramley
Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social Research Fellow at the Family Wellbeing Research Team @ Uni of York, UK. Perinatal mental health, loneliness, and addressing the social determinants of mental illness. Mum + lover of the outdoors. Views my own. http://lonelyparents.org
Kirsty Liddiard @kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social Sociologist and Senior Research Fellow researching breath, ventilation, disability and health. All views my own.
Center for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social Promoting justice for people of color, people with disabilities, and individuals at the intersection of race & disability. Housed at UCLA School of Law. Reposts not endorsements. https://linktr.ee/crdjustice
Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social First gen professor of disability studies, poverty and working class studies, novel criticism and theory. Currently Emeritus Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. 
George Julian @georgejulian.bsky.social I like people watching, good food and people who speak out about injustice. Crowdfunded #OpenJustice journalist, reporting mainly about #LearningDisability and #Autism. Also can be found with a needle, all things #sewing #quilting #knitting
Elizabeth Stanley @elizabethstanley.bsky.social #SEND, parent, teacher, Ex- SENCO, SEN Law. All about Children and Young people with special needs. Personal reflections 🇬🇧🇨🇿🇬🇾🇪🇺
Jenny Kitzinger @jennykitzinger.bsky.social Law, medicine, ethics, journalism.
Improving care & decision-making Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness - Co-director cdoc.org.uk Research centre, Cardiff University 
Hannah Morgan @hannahnagrom.bsky.social 
Hannah Scaife @hannahscaife.bsky.social Principal Social Worker for Adults
Views are my own
Nikita Hayden @nikitahayden.bsky.social Postdoc researcher | learning disability and autism | neurodivergent | she/they | a little Freudian monkey |
Michael Orsini @morsini.bsky.social Professor, Feminist and Gender Studies | Political Studies, University of Ottawa
Ann-Marie Towers @a-mtowers.bsky.social Professor of Social Care Research. Deputy Director of the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London.
Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit @hscwru.bsky.social HSCWRU, at King's College London, conducts research into the workforce. Follow for news of our findings and upcoming free events. Director: @annetteboaz.bsky.social Visit: www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru
Social Work England @socialworkengland.bsky.social The specialist regulator for social work in England. For all enquiries: https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/about/contact-details/
Janice McLaughlin @janicemcl.bsky.social Academic working on disability, particularly in childhood, also a primary carer. 
Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social Pākehā/Tangata Tiriti; critical psych, health/disability, feminism/gender/politics, bodies, equity & social justice. #ThematicAnalysis #QualitativeResearch!
www.thematicanalysis.net
www.storycompletion.net
https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/
The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social Championing social mobility through evidence-based programmes, agenda-setting research and policy advocacy: https://linktr.ee/thesuttontrust
Disabled Children's Partnership @dcpcampaign.bsky.social The DCP is a coalition of organisations campaigning to improve support for disabled children, young people & families. https://disabledchildrenspartnership.org.uk/ 
Andrea Ellwood @andie-e.bsky.social SEND Action | Afford To Care - Unpaid Carers | Disability, Social Policy & Equality | Autism🌻 | She/Her 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ /
Post Stroke - recollections may vary
🌱Search for the Happy, the Lucky and the Helpful people 🍀
Kerry Fox @klfox.bsky.social X tweeting lumpybird, Artist, Mother, Carer, Art Practice Research. How many forms did you fill out today? #UnpaidCarer #MotherCarers PhD research. No Dms cos Bluesky can’t verify my age despite having no issues in the early 80’s buying booze underage 🤷♀️
Liz Wilson @hillsideliz.bsky.social Family carer, determined to make the world a better place for my disabled daughter.
SquarePeg Training @squarepegtraining.bsky.social 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/
We Care Campaign @wecarecampaign.bsky.social Multi-award winning grassroots campaign for unpaid carers in the UK. Led by carers, for carers.
wecarecampaign.org.uk
Sally Robinson @salrob310.bsky.social Prof, Disability & Community Inclusion, Flinders Uni.
I do research with disabled people about safety, harm & belonging.
Disabled woman, print-maker, dog-patter, traveller.
Antonios Ktenidis (Dr, SFHEA) @antoniosktenidis.bsky.social Lecturer, School of Education, University of Sheffield. Critical Disability Studies, Short Studies, Disability Studies in Education, Developmentalism and Heightism. Anti-ableist pedagogies & research cultures. BERA convenor for Inclusive Education SIG.
David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social One-time Guardian journo now charity chair and social care commentator 
Simon Hattenstone @shattenstone.bsky.social Guardian interviewer/features writer, with a thing for prison and miscarriages of justice (well not a thing for them as such, a thing for writing about them). Proud Mancunian/Salfordian. City fan of some vintage
BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social BuDS Disability Service is a user-led, pan-disability grassroots charity working across England. Formerly Buckinghamshire Disability Service. Registered Charity 1102511 #Fair4All #Reach4Work
Rachel Adam-Smith @rachela-s.bsky.social Mum & carer. Original “Mustard patient”. Powered by batteries #CHD ❤️. Ex cabin crew. Law graduate. Disability Campaigner. Views mine 📸dogs mine 🐾
Alicia Wood @aliciawood.bsky.social 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.
SEND advice @sen-advice.bsky.social Lucky Husband & Dad. Education & social care lawyer #send #ehcp. Dedicated to protecting rights of people with disabilities. Myth debunker. "That Ed Bloke". Director at HCB. Kindly reviewed by Chamber & Partners. Posts ≠ advice. Own view
Tom Ryan @tomjryan99.bsky.social PhD student at University of Sheffield researching disability and siblinghood. (he/him)
Jo Billington @drjobillington.bsky.social Autism researcher/lecturer at Uni of Reading. Co-founder of the Wellbeing Hub: https://bit.ly/4ewJP6t
Personal account
Interested in:
#AutRes
School experiences of autistic children
Qual methods
Equity & social justice
Autistic flourishing & thriving
Lisa Morriss @lisamorriss.bsky.social Academic @ School of Social Sciences Lancaster, PI Keeping Mothers in Mind. Interested in Hope, Motherhood, Mental Health, Futures, Ghosts, Archives, Loss, Tattoos
Aidan Worsley @aidanworsley.bsky.social Professor of Social Work at UCLan. Research Manager at Social Work England. From Wigan. Social Work and Social justice. All views my own. RT not an endorsement
Lucy Series @thesmallplaces.bsky.social Associate Professor of Social Care Law and Policy, University of Bristol, School for Policy Studies. Socio-legal research on: disability, legal capacity, human rights, sovereignty, governmentality and other stuff. Small Places Blog.
blefrancois @blefrancois.bsky.social Poet, writer, educator
Arsenal FC supporter
Mad Studies, Critical Disability Studies, all things cats
Free Palestine!
Deborah Coles @debcoles13.bsky.social Director @INQUEST_org expertise on contentious deaths & their investigation. Social justice research & policy. Feminist. Abolitionist. Advisor @cleanbrk
David Abbott @cecildasbo.bsky.social 
CIRCLE @circleshef.bsky.social Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities, based at @SheffSocScience
Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org We use the law to resist hate and bring hope. Injustice is not inevitable.
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StarlightMcKenzie @starlightmckenzie.bsky.social Meetings are not Outcomes (MANO). Passionate about fairness, transparency and accountability In SEN.
Parent Education System Tester
Liz Ellis (She/Her) 🏴 @lizellisphd.bsky.social New Scot. Opinionated & sweary af. Rural sociology and health with a side order of coproduction and weird recipes. Living with Long Covid.
Racists, TERFs, misogynists, and fascists blocked.
Jenny Fisher @jenfish.bsky.social Head of Department at Manchester Met
Fiction reader
Sibs @sibs.org.uk Sibs is the UK charity dedicated to supporting siblings of disabled children and adults. www.sibs.org.uk
Dr Sabine Little @sabinelittle.bsky.social #multilingualism, #identity, heritage languages, #children, #school, multilingual #libraries, #books, #reading, #makerspaces, #co-production and participatory research, at University of Sheffield, UK. Occasional multilingual storyteller
ESRC School Meals 🍽 @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social The School Meals Service: Past, Present, and Future?
https://www.theschoolmealsproject.co.uk/
An ESRC-funded research project exploring the history, present and future of the UK School Meals Service #histed #histchild #foodhist
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
Rook Irwin Sweeney @ris-law.bsky.social Award winning specialist public law and human rights firm. Judicial review | education law | health & social care | mental capacity | environmental law
www.rookirwinsweeney.co.uk
BBC Access All @bbcaccessall.bsky.social The BBC's mental health and disabilities podcast. You can also find our content here: https://bbc.co.uk/news/disability
Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social Queer, trans, disability studies,sociology, education stuff.
Currently working on a project about preventing harassment of people doing LGBT+ research: Tinyurl.com/LGBTImpact
Dan Goodley @dangoodley.bsky.social Dad, activist, politics, sewist, music and NFFC obsessive
Fraser of Allander Institute @fraserofallander.org The Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde is an independent economic research unit providing expert analysis and insight on the Scottish economy. fraserofallander.org
Campaign for Disability Justice @campaignfdj.bsky.social A UK-wide campaign run by Disabled people, for Disabled people, run by a local charity @inclusionbarnet.bsky.social
Join a growing movement calling for a decent life for Disabled people: https://buff.ly/IZDn3T5
David Harling @davidh7.bsky.social National Deputy Director for Learning Disability Nursing at NHS England. A proud RNLD & RMN. Purveyor of kindness, quirkiness, and a light sprinkling of humour.
Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social 
INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social ⚖️INQUEST is an independent charity combining specialist support for bereaved people following a state related death, with campaigning for justice and change.
🎙️ Creators of the Unlawful Killing podcast