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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ooh thanks so much for sharing that!!

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · Jul 10

Kemi Badenoch has said she does not believe one in four people are disabled.

I don’t believe Kemi Badenoch is a decent human being and capable politician.

We’ve all got our views, Kemi!

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jul 1

@jon4highpeak.bsky.social

Still time to join them …

Dr Jay Watts (they/she) @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Jul 1

62 MPs have signed the reasoned amendment.

Maskell says many more MPs plan to vote no than have signed.

Many Labour MPs and others are opposing.

It’s close—so much depends on how the new wave of Labour MPs vote.

#TakingThePIP

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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · Jul 1

🚨STOP THE CUTS🚨

“These proposals are not human rights compliant. They are being rushed through without proper scrutiny, transparency or engagement with those who stand to lose the most.” Jen Clark, @amnestyuk.bsky.social

#DisabilityBenefits

Article 👇
🖇️https://tinyurl.com/yc3ryt4x

A serious-looking man in a suit and glasses, identified as Keir Starmer, is shown in close-up. Overlaid text reads:
"BENEFITS NEWS
By Isabella McRae
Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote
MPs are being urged to reject the government's disability benefit cuts ahead of a vote on the welfare reforms on Tuesday."
Source: The Big Issue, 30th June 2025
Image: Lauren Hurley.

The design uses bold fonts with key phrases in bright pink for emphasis, set against a dark navy background.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social · Jun 27

For more information about the @medmentalhealth.bsky.social project, along with useful resources for talking about mental health medications, you can visit the project website: medmentalhealth.net

#MyMedicationMyMentalHealth #AcademicSky #LearningDisabilityResearch

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · Jun 26

“If the bill does go ahead, the division lobby will shine a light not simply on the chasms in the Labour party, but between compassion and careerism, bravery and betrayal.”

As the rebels look to do a deal with the government, my column on the whole rotten mess. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Labour welfare rebels are right. This hounding of disabled people will damage the party for years to come | Frances Ryan

Opposition is mounting and No 10 is preparing a raft of concessions. But whatever happens next, the moral stain will remain, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 26

Francesca Ribenfors from @learningmet.bsky.social talking about #MyMedicationMyMentalHealth led by @suecaton.bsky.social

#TCC2025

Medications and mental health project slides

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 26

Severely disabled and ill people are going to be starved, isolated and degraded as a result of this policy. No Labour MP who backs it should be forgiven".

Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 26

"This is Labour’s poll tax. Its tuition fees. Its Partygate. Just as the Iraq war was for Tony Blair, disability cuts is the moral stain that will mark Starmer’s government & the party for years to come...

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 26

This ruthless pursuit of disabled people has damaged Labour – no matter what happens next | Frances Ryan

The number of rebel Labour MPs vowing to oppose the disability cuts is growing. But the moral stain could take years to shift, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 26

#TCC2025

#SpinningPlates

#FullHouse

Two women presenting in front of a powerpoint presentation

room full of delegates sitting at tables looking to the front

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 26

@tomshakespeare.bsky.social #keynote

"If we really thought disabled people were people, we would organise the world very differently."

#TCC2025

Tom Shakespeare sitting behind a desk in front of an audience

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 26

Wonderful session including some really interesting examples of #coproduced research

#FullHouse

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 26

"In co-produced research building in access to welfare advice is essential because that allows equal access to participation"

Julia Lawrence, IPSA project www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/brows...

@kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social

About ISPA - ISPA - Inclusive Design - Design - Topics - Resources - Housing LIN

www.housinglin.org.uk

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 26

So interesting to hear about the IPSA project

#AgingInPlace #Disability

#TCC2025

www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/brows...

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 26

#TCC2025 fascinating research from Rachel Crossdale

#archives #carers

@sheffielduni.bsky.social

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Rosamund Greiner @rosgre.bsky.social · Jun 25

My first PhD paper is officially out in Social Science and Medicine!! It is called 'The unmothering of care: childhood disability, structural violence, and the politicisation of motherhood' and draws on ethnographic fieldwork with mothers raising disabled children in Barranquilla, Colombia

A screenshot of the article showing the journal header and title

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 25

Depressing to hear the lack of planning for older people with learning disabilities being repeated in Finland too.

"People with intellectual disabilities are not seen as 'equal citizens' in health and aging services"

#TCC2025

@sarasiobhan.bsky.social

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 25

Supporting choice and preference for people with intellectual disability in older age
#TCC2025
@sarasiobhan.bsky.social

Supporting choice and preference for people with intellectual disability in older age

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · Jun 24

The government’s disability cuts could breach equality law due to their “devastating” impact on women’s dignity, experts warn.

The new rules won’t take into account menstruation or some women’s extra toilet needs.

My story in tomorrow’s paper: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Labour’s benefit cuts will have ‘devastating’ impact on disabled women, say charities

Organisations say planned four-point rule will not properly take into account menstruation and other hygiene needs

www.theguardian.com

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 25

Really interesting session at #TCC2025, care and technology are deeply entangled, shaping the ways in which care is both conceptualised & practiced ...

#AI #DigitalTechnology #WelfareTechnology

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · Jun 25

Good to see today’s Guardian Editorial mention my story that women will lose out under the new PIP rules.

If a system leaves women sitting in her bloodied underwear because she can no longer pay the care worker that used to help her get to the toilet, it is one no MP should be backing.

Higher thresholds for personal independence payments, which are expected to save £5bn and reduce claims by around 800,000 by 2030, are causing panic in vulnerable households. Among the latest warnings is one from charities that disabled women will lose out due to their higher personal care needs, including coping with menstruation, not being taken into account. Yet so far, the only concession from ministers has been an extension in the transition period for those losing benefits.

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 25

Really interesting session #TCC2025 on care and technology. As new technologies are shaping the ways in which care is conceptualised and practiced ...

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 25

@centreforcare.bsky.social

Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 25

#CentreForCare's Kate Hamblin talking about the complex entanglements of technology and care

Title slide: New mediations of care work in England: how digital care systems reorder and reconceptualise care.

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Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 25

#TCC2025

Katherine Runswick-Cole @profkrc.bsky.social · Jun 25

#CentreForCare's Kate Hamblin talking about the complex entanglements of technology and care

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