A book standing upright on multiple copies, which are laying next to a 1920s Underwood typewriter. The book cover is a faded and blurry background, with a photo of a personβs ear horizontal on the bottom, and text emitting from it to represent sound. The text in large font says βEchoes of Careβ followed by βDeafness in Modern Britainβ and the authorβs name, Jaipreet Virdi.
From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain.
www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...
11.02.2025 14:56 β π 250 π 83 π¬ 18 π 8
The best name I read for that faker is Mango Mussolini. Absolutely perfect.
31.01.2025 14:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Access to Work application takes most of my afternoon, and then I see their cheery response that theyβll reply in the nextβ¦ 24 weeks. Thatβs a third of my contract. (I think I knew this but had repressed it, as you do.) Academic ableism is structural, I mutter, as I get back to reading about it
23.01.2025 18:28 β π 40 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0
Have you tried research papers about PPIE or lived experienced groups with ppl with dementia?
30.12.2024 18:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Merry Christmas everyone! Sending love xxx
25.12.2024 09:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ahhhh Paul! π€£β€οΈπ€£
21.12.2024 21:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Great question. I'm staring down the barrel of turning 50 next week and having a very similar existential moment.
21.12.2024 13:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Public service announcement. Anyone who trots out the "not all men" line after the sentencing of 51 rapists in France will be blocked. 50 'ordinary blokes' thought what they did was ok. Violence against women has been socially acceptable for too long. Either stand with us or get tae...
19.12.2024 09:40 β π 20 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Head of Secretariat
18-month fixed term contract
Salary: Up to Β£79,494 per annum plus excellent benefits
Application deadline: 5 January 2025, 23.59
Do you have strong analytical and research skills, and expertise in health economics and policy?
We are looking for a Head of Secretariat to join our new NHS Productivity Commission.
Find out more and apply by 23.59 on 5 January β¬οΈ
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17.12.2024 17:00 β π 1 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Research Assistant for the Dementia Community Research Network
Closing 5 Jan 2025
my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
17.12.2024 16:19 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1
Where Can I Sign My Language?: A Systematic Literature Review (2000β2019) of Young People's Access to Sign Language Socialisation Spaces in the Nordic Countries
| Disability Studies Quarterl...
New article is out! What's the right to learn sign language and a right to education in sign language worth, if you don't have the right to access or interact with other people who speak the same language? (with Johan Hjulstad, Ingjerd L. Γdemark and Patrick Kermit) doi.org/10.18061/dsq...
16.12.2024 09:15 β π 50 π 24 π¬ 6 π 1
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16.12.2024 08:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
WHAT?! It's brilliant!
11.12.2024 23:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Just had my first Christmas do with a new team 4 months after joining a new university research group. What a fab bunch! My gast was flabbered to find that there are 2 ex-DJs in the team - haha!
11.12.2024 20:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Yep
11.12.2024 09:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
And if it was anyone else who said that they were doing this, what would you say back to them? You'd give your excellent advice as always. Go, look in the mirror, and celebrate your choices.
10.12.2024 22:47 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh no, Julie π€¦ββοΈ π I hope you weren't in the car at the time?
10.12.2024 22:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A very pricey one at that!
10.12.2024 13:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
That's horrendous!
10.12.2024 12:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A sort of Venn diagram showing Pirates, Santa and Gangster Rappers with YO HO HO, HO HO HO and YO HO respectively.
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09.12.2024 07:47 β π 1886 π 403 π¬ 22 π 16
I know where I'd rather be! #sunsunsun
09.12.2024 14:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Really? @theguardian.com
05.12.2024 13:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by NIHRtv
PPI in Action Webinar Series part 1: Co-Production for Research with Impact
My fantastic colleagues at the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory (and me) recently did a Webinar with NIHR on coproducing research with people living with dementia, and now you can watch it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyJ0...
04.12.2024 12:19 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A salmon pink sunrise in Barr, South Ayrshire at 8am. A window with glass bottles and parked cars beyond on a driveway. The colour pink permeates the whole picture.
04.12.2024 09:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What a lovely gift and a reminder that Jon is with you every day.
03.12.2024 18:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
@mrswynne.bsky.social @sarkpowell.bsky.social @mrsisabelreid.bsky.social @beccytad.bsky.social @jorob534.bsky.social
03.12.2024 18:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Official Bluesky of the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory at UWL.
Researching dementia, ageing and memory.
(Bluesky may not represent views of UWL)
Still transferring from the "other place". Bear with me.
Registered Sign Language Interpreter (NRCPD). Qualified Professional Supervisor (360 Supervision). Member of ASLI. Working at Heriot-Watt university and freelance in Edinburgh.
Retired Professor Child Mental Health: Uni of York & HYMS Med School, NHS Deaf Child service, NHS CAMHS, COMIC child oriented innovative research. Interested in developing child friendly interventions. Husband, dad, grandad. Enthusiast for kindness & fun.
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University. Dementia Pharmacoepidemiology. Dynamical Modeling. Statistics. Metascience & Knowledge Representation. Cat Mom. She/her.
Social Research with Deaf People (SORD) is a research group based in the University of Manchester. https://linktr.ee/sord.uom
BSL/English Interpreter, geek, vegan, equality enthusiast, bi guy, solarpunk, and dad. Displays of incompetence are a 50/50 split between ADHD chaos times and baseline ineptitude π
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The deaf health charity SignHealth provides psychological therapy, domestic abuse support and social care services.
Email: info@signhealth.org.uk
Postdoc at BSMS @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social / ARC KSS @arckss.bsky.social | Interests: Dementia, healthy ageing, inequality, lifestyle, & genes. Also bees, trees and cheese (and other non-rhyming things) π³οΈβπ She/her
Associate Dean, Learning,Teaching. University of Bradford
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OU Psychology graduate. BSL/English interpreter,(RSLI) Passionate about equality, Diversity and Inclusion. She/her π³οΈβπVegan π± π€ππ€
PhD researcher @ University of Glasgow Centre for Disability Research. Research interests #Transport #Disability #UrbanSpaces Consider myself Deaf and a woke Europeanβ¦.
freelance BSL interpreter, MSc Occ Psych, PhD student, FASLI, researcher, mother, lifelong learner and European citizen. Simultaneously and consecutively.
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BSL User (hearing). Proponent/Advocate for d/Deaf issues in my workplace. Gamer (survival, strategy, souls). Dreamer. Decaf convert. Chai! Hammock enthusiast. Radio 4 addict. Other interests: Astronomy, Pratchett, AC Clarke, N Gaiman, H2G2, Otters, Dinos.
Works in disability with my own company Purple Advantage www.purpleadvantage.com. Particularly interested in making the world a more inclusive place for everyone. Loves studying (now: Exec MBA:writing publications on disability employment) sport and music.
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