Prof. Bethan Evans @drbevans.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography at Uni of Liverpool, research on chronic illness, energy limiting conditions, fat embodiment. Feminist, Fat Activist, Spoonie, PwME, Friend, Sister, Daughter, Person. Hobbies: SF, cats, knitting/crochet. she/her or they/their 🏳️⚧️
Morag Rose @thelrm.bsky.social Walking artist-academic-activist The LRM (Loiterers Resistance Movement). #Psychogeography, Vegan, Crip, #OurIrwell. Maker of Creative Mischief. Lover of public space, sad songs, DIY maps + Doctor Who. She/they The Feminist Art of Walking 20/10/25 (Pluto)
Co-op News @coopnews.bsky.social Connecting, championing and challenging the 3 million co-operatives in the global #coops community | Online news | Monthly magazine.
http://thenews.coop | Celebrating the International Year of Cooperatives #IYC2025
Elinor Lim (she/her) @elinorlim.bsky.social PhD in psychology | autism, family, and higher education | views mine
🌐 elinorlim.com
@ellenclifford.bsky.social @ellenclifford.bsky.social
Autistic UK @autisticuk.bsky.social Autistic UK is a non-profit organisation advocating for the rights of Autistic people in research, policy and practice. We are an Autistic-led organisation, with a fully Autistic board of directors.
@rhizomecoop.bsky.social @rhizomecoop.bsky.social
Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People @gmcdp.bsky.social Disabled People's Organisation (100% exec & staff are disabled people working from Social Model of Disability & Disability Justice)
#RightsNotCharity
https://gmcdp.com
Transport for All @transportforall.org.uk 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
Learning and Work Institute @learnworkuk.bsky.social We are an independent policy and research organisation focused on lifelong learning and better work.
Stay informed. Be involved. Keep engaged. https://linktr.ee/learnworkuk?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=48ff6019-3c2a-461c-9da1-dce7834844f2
Healing Justice Ldn @healingjusticeldn.bsky.social Creating Capacity for Transformation. PoC healing & health via community repair, dignity, access & liberation practice 🌱✨
Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social Research to enhance the lives of autistic people; based in the UCL Institute of Education.
LGBT Foundation @lgbtfdn.bsky.social Where Queer Hope & Joy Flourish 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The UK's leading LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing charity
Support queer hope and joy 💜
www.lgbt.foundation/donate
Inclusion London @inclusionlondon.bsky.social Disability equality organisation run by and for Disabled people. Policy, campaigning & capacity-building support for Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations.
Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social Fighting for trans+ rights, together.
https://www.transsolidarityalliance.org.uk/
https://www.transsecretsanta.co.uk/
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
Venture Arts @venturearts.bsky.social Venture Arts is an award-winning visual arts studio in Manchester working with neurodivergent and learning disabled artists to create opportunities in arts and culture.
www.venturearts.org
What The Trans?! 🏳️⚧️ @whatthetrans.com News outlet for trans people, by trans people
Podcasts, articles and live reporting
WhatTheTrans.com
Navigation: #Podcast #Article #Opinion #Analysis #Interview #LiveReport #Protest #Action #Fundraiser #Research #Photography #UK #US #Japan #World
International Cooperative Alliance @icacoop.bsky.social Founded in 1895, we unite, represent & serve the 3 million cooperative enterprises and its more than 1 billion #coop members.
The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social Advocating for a democratic, equitable, and inclusive world through cooperatives, worker ownership, unions, mutual aid, and workplace democracy. 💜
#EconomicDemocracy 🌲🌲
usworker.coop | ncbaclusa.coop | workers.coop | ica.coop
The Radical Scribe @radicalscribe.bsky.social "The revolution will be properly minuted"
Free signposting and governance advice for ethical business, social enterprise, charities, and campaigns. Find us also @inequalitynews.bsky.social
#Coops #EmployeeOwnership #Charities #Mutuals #SocialEnterprise
Co-operative Futures @coopfutures.bsky.social Bespoke business consultancy and support for co-operative, mutual and community led start-up and existing businesses. Our Mission? More #Coops THE best option for people and planet.
https://linktr.ee/coopfutures
Equal Care Co-op @equalcare.coop We are an (emerging) social care platform co-op, putting power back in the hands of the givers and receivers of care and support.
Signalise @signalisecoop.bsky.social Innovative platform co-op uniting BSL/English Interpreters, Deaf people and others to deliver better video and face to face interpreting services
Social Enterprise UK @socialenterpriseuk.bsky.social We are the UK’s strong voice for social enterprise, offering membership and network building for businesses with a social or environmental purpose.
Jen Bird @jenpenbird.bsky.social BSL/English Interpreter, Web Developer, Co-founder of Signalise Co-op. Mum of 2 #womenintech views=own (was Jen Smith)
Agile Collective @agile.coop We are a worker-owned agency that designs, builds and supports websites for purpose-driven organisations.
We believe in making things better, together.
https://agile.coop/
Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social doing some stuff, sometimes
~Bread & Roses: Rest & Free Time Under Disabling Capitalism~
Glasgow
Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance @pathfindersnma.bsky.social User-led organisation, campaigning for choice, control & quality of life for adults with #MuscularDystrophy and related conditions. We offer peer support & info www.pathfindersalliance.org.uk
@crippingbreath.bsky.social @crippingbreath.bsky.social
Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social Wellcome Early Career Fellow, Durham University. BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. Ginger. Dyslexic. ADHD. She/her 🏳️🌈 Neurodiversity. Victorians. Musicals. Interrupting people.
Kirsty Liddiard @kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social Sociologist and Senior Research Fellow researching breath, ventilation, disability and health. All views my own.
EDI Caucus @edicaucus.bsky.social The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Caucus. Multidisciplinary project, funded by UKRI and British Academy, to create inclusive careers across the research and innovation systems in the UK. edicaucus.ac.uk
Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social Neurodiversity, disability, access, medical humanities, genre fiction. "Divergent Minds in the Archive" project PI.
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
Owen Barden @owenbarden.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability & Inclusion, Trinity College Dublin
Dr. Alyssa (they/them) @yesthattoo.bsky.social Autistic researcher with too many interests and no real intention of narrowing it down. Mostly AAC research at the moment. Sometimes a math teacher.
Not speaking on behalf of any companies/organizations here.
Rhi Belle @spoopyspoonie.bsky.social Disability trans and queer stuff.
Impatient crip/"bad vibes"
They/them
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.
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.
Join our mailing list for event news: https://forms.office.com/e/SihkWJ4eYE
Naomi L. Jacobs @naomijacobs.bsky.social Researcher-activist, Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social #DisabilityStudies
Member, Neurodiversity Working Group of the Church of England
Co-author, At the Gates: Disability, Justice & the Churches https://bit.ly/3YMoUaE
Disabled, ND, they/them
Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk Legal researcher, writer, journalist | Trans Rights Lead @ Good Law Project | PhD student @ University of Leeds
Views my own. Not your lawyer; not legal advice.
They/them
hello@jessothomson.co.uk
Dr Dyi D. Huijg @drdyidhuijg.bsky.social ADHD, gender, privilege, intersectional injustices. Book 'Intersectional Agency', contract w/ BUP. W: https://ddhuijg.com. ADHD Women project: https://tinyurl.com/2s37xku5. Reading Gr's: @intsl-nd-dis-rgs.bsky.social 🧠🥄🧶📚 🥾 🏊♂️ 🖤 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 🇧🇷 🇲🇽 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️⚧️ LwiththeT
Intersectional Neurodiversity and Disability Reading Groups @intsl-nd-dis-rgs.bsky.social Since 2019! The rest of 2026: the Cripping Methodology RG. Most 3rd Fri/mo, start 3pm UK. Link: https://intersect-nd-dis-rg.wixsite.com/rg-site. Host/org: @drdyidhuijg.bsky.social
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.
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
Hannah Morgan @hannahnagrom.bsky.social
oralhistory (formerly @notoralhistory) @oralhistory.bsky.social Formerly @notoralhistory on Twitter, but now fully #oralhistory.
Scholar of Oral History, Anthropology, Critical Disability Studies, Folklore & #disabilityanthropology
https://www.tumblr.com/oral-history
Ruby Goodley @rubygoodley.bsky.social 23/ (she/her) socialist, feminist, queer, disability studies scholar, PhD 1+3 ESRC Studentship at University of Leeds, UK.
Currently undertaking a project on the lived experiences of disabled anthropologists to create more inclusive research cultures.
Bev Enion @bevenion.bsky.social 2nd year PhD researcher, interested in disability, sexuality, gender, creative methods, feminist media studies, content creation and online activism
Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social Autistic ADHDer autism, neurodiversity researcher. Disability rights advocate. Developmental psychologist; Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Portsmouth.
He/him. Views my own.
Vic Stamp @vickerystamp.bsky.social Disability studies & LGBTQ+ health, community & chronic illness, community knowledge production. Trans & disabled (he/him, they/them)
Gill Porter @gillskap.bsky.social Disabled Postgraduate Researcher (Centre for Disability Studies, Uni of Leeds) & HE Study Skills Tutor. Quals research on ableism & postgraduate 'belonging' in UK universities. Coffee drinker, cat lover, veggie, nature/cities, can be a bit sweary. She/her.
Prof. Andrew (‘Andy’) Power @apower-geog.bsky.social Disability and supported living researcher; Geographer at University of Southampton.
Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds @cdsleeds.bsky.social This account is no longer monitored, plesae refer to our website:
https://disability-studies.leeds.ac.uk/
Democracy At Work @democracyatwork.bsky.social d@w produces media & live events to expose capitalism’s systemic problems & to show how democratizing our workplaces solves them. Co-founded by bsky.app/profile/profwolff.bsky.social
www.DemocracyAtWork.info
Disability Daily Podcast @disabilitydaily.bsky.social
Discover a new figure or event in disability history each day!
Subscribe and tell your friends!
Katie Healey (she/her), PhD, CPACC ✨
AccessibleHigherEd.com
DisabilityDaily.podbean.com
https://ko-fi.com/disabilitydaily
Arianna Introna @dashflint.bsky.social Researcher in ScotLit, disability studies & more. Welfare rights activist.
Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts @mdpac.bsky.social
Marxism and Disability Network (MDN) @marxdisability.bsky.social Study and engagement network with a particular focus on Disability Politics & Marxism(s). We hold monthly talks. To join the mailing list, check out our contact page: https://marxismdisability.wordpress.com/Contact
Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds @sspatleeds.bsky.social Studying societies at Leeds since 1946. We are home to research specialisms including gender, disability studies, racism and ethnicity, family and life course, health technologies and social and political thought.
https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/sociology
Sally Hines @sallyhines.bsky.social Gender Studies & Sociology Academic, UK. Proudly deflecting from the nasty place. She/her
Kit Colliver @presentlyincorrect.bsky.social I take my cats on walks, work on housing, social inequalities and queering social policy, take action where I can, and knit socks.
📍Edinburgh
Katie Munday @kmunday.bsky.social 3rd year PhD student,
Community research,
Trans Autistic joy 🌈♾️
https://autisticltd.co.uk/
They / he
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
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.
Eleanor_Lisney @elisney.bsky.social Interested in co production, inclusion, intersectional stuff, cooking, gardening, campaigning. Grandma!
Photo ‘copyright Greater London Authority / James O Jenkins
Linktr.ee/eleanorlisney
Dr Christian Harrison @christianjharrison.bsky.social
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
Austerity + Altered Life-Courses @austerityalters.bsky.social life-courses & futures | austerity & crisis | europe | creative oral histories | solidarity infrastructure | anti-poverty | Uni of Manchester | UKRI funded 2021-2029 🍞🌹
https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centre/research/austerityalters/
Jay Todd 🏳️⚧️ @jaytoddgla.bsky.social Non-binary researcher of trans lives in the UK. Human geographer. ABBA devotee. Geordie in Glasgow. they/them
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/staff/jaytodd/
CIGS Leeds @cigsleeds.bsky.social The Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies is based in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, Leeds University.
https://gender-studies.leeds.ac.uk/
Center for Applied Transgender Studies @transstudies.bsky.social We are an independent nonprofit research center dedicated to scholarship on the social, cultural, & political conditions of transgender life. We also publish the platinum open access journal, the Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies.
Clare Bonetree @blooyonder.bsky.social poet; trees, radical hope, fairness, equality, Herefordshire, arthritis mental health, disability, anarchism. Join a union!
Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory @uofglasgowsldo.bsky.social Based at the University of Glasgow, our research is focused on the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities & the health & social inequalities they experience #research #healthinequalities
Find out more at www.sldo.ac.uk
Cooperation Town @cooperationtown.bsky.social Cooperation Town is a movement of community food co-ops, self-organising on streets and estates across the country. Support our Winter Fundraiser! https://opencollective.com/cooperation-town/contribute
Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me Co-director at @outlandish.com, designing + building socially positive tech (eg https://nookcrm.com for the #communityenergy sector 🥳). Also UX at https://openux.design
Vica @vicarogers.bsky.social Permently Temporary #commons #coops #tech #finance #RealDemocracy
Head of Co-operative Development
@Co-operativesUK
The Coop Insider @thecoopinsider.bsky.social The UK co-operative movement has crumbled under it's current leadership.
#Coops #WorkerCoops #Coop
Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social Activist, punk musician, event promoter, feminist academic. Illegal lesbian.
http://ruthpearce.net
Recovery in the Bin @ritb.bsky.social recoveryinthebin.org
A critical theorist and activist collective of survivors, service users, disabled people.
Hel Spandler @hspandler.bsky.social Editor, Asylum the radical mental health magazine. Prof at University of Lancashire. Ambivalent mental health politics. Mad Studies. Madzines. They/them. ❤️🐶 🌈
Asylum Magazine @asylummagazine.bsky.social The radical mental health magazine. Been around since 1986. Distributed by PCCS Books Sharing does not equal endorsement.
Email: editors@asylummagazine.org
Website: https://asylummagazine.org
National Survivor User Network @nsunnews.bsky.social Creating a lived experience-led mental health justice movement to fight harmful systems and build better alternatives. Become a member via our website: https://linktr.ee/NationalSurvivorUserNetwork
Disabled People Against Cuts - DPAC @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social DPAC is a grass roots campaign group
Email: mail@dpac.uk.net
Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social 🔥Free Disability Zines🔥 https://linktr.ee/disabilityark
Disability: History, Politics, Media Analysis and more!
Recent ones include Disability and: | Star Trek | Ancient Egypt | Radicals | Gods | Film Analysis Tools | Feminists | Anarchists | and more!
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
Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social In-depth reporting on issues affecting disabled people in the UK since 2009. www.disabilitynewsservice.com
Rachel Charlton-Dailey @rachelcdailey.bsky.social Disability rights & sausage pics. Journalist, commentator and DWP botherer. Author of Ramping Up Rights She/they.
https://linktr.ee/rachelcdailey
Rick B @rickburgess.bsky.social He/They
Dissident. Pondering an anti-social model of disability?!?!
If I ever get the time and energy I like to compose odd music.
Otherwise - Ask me about my initialisms: GMCDP, MDPAC, RITB, CSMH, DBW, CSS, DPHRN.
Co-operative and Community Finance @coopfinance.bsky.social Supportive, sympathetic loan finance helping UK #Coops and community owned enterprises thrive and build a better future since 1973
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/
media co-op @mediaco-op.bsky.social We co-operate. We make digital media for TV, charities, social enterprises & the public sector 🔗 https://linktr.ee/mediaco_op
Helen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social Independent researcher, author, teacher, speaker. For hire worldwide. https://linktr.ee/helenkara She/her. 🌈 #ActuallyAutistic
New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social Change the rules. Share the wealth. Protect the planet.
George Watts @autgeek.bsky.social Autistic self-advocate, PhD student, parent to autistic kids. Happily obsessed with all things autistic. They/she.
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org IPPR is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
Find out more here: linktr.ee/IPPR
James Wright @jameslwright.bsky.social Mostly co-ops, policy and the better world that is probably possible
CECOP @cecop.bsky.social The European Confederation of industrial & service #coops. Representing 50,000 enterprises and bringing democracy and solidarity within the workplace since 1979.
https://www.cecop.coop/
Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social Author of Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism and founding member of Books From Below
They/them.