Delighted to have a funded SPHeRE #PhD advertised exploring cancer in ppl with intellectual disability. PhD will be in School of Nursing & Midwifery, TCD Trinity College Dublin Trinity Centre for Ageing & ID & will be supervised by myself, Prof Mary McCarron & Prof McCallion. Do consider applying form this wonderful opportunity👇

This is a fantastic role, and AHEAD Ireland is a wonderful place to work. Please share.
#Jobfairy #Postgraduate #highereducation HEA Access National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee
ahead.ie/research-and-p…

Dianne C. Miner, Sarah H. Ailey, & Holly Brown recently published the editorial 'We have met the enemy and it is us”: Healthcare professionals as the barrier to health equity for people with intellectual and developmental disability.' Read here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our new article @ZvonkaFekonja, @NadjaIrgolič, UM Health Sciences: Family members' experiences of everyday caregiving for a family member living with Parkinson's disease: a qualitative thematic analysis study #BMCNursing dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12912…

This 💯 🙌🎉

Disturbing findings from Inclusion Ireland & AsIAm. These are some of the most serious issues facing children in Irish schools. Children should be able learn without being subjected to these measures. Is it essential that these findings are addressed as a matter of urgency.

How many of you decent people on twitter will donate a tweet saying - Every Child Leaving Care Matters #ECLCM Please show some support. RT

We've combined forces with AsIAm to bring together political leaders in Leinster House today to shine a light on seclusion and restraint. What disabled children are enduring in schools today is hugely damaging and a violation of their rights. In many cases these children

Increase your awareness of diagnosing constipation in people with learning disabilities, the potential consequences of untreated constipation and the assessments needed to diagnose it, with this article by Lynne Marsh and Ailish McMeel QUBNursing&Midwifery
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Delighted to share that my research on the role of assistive technology in the identity of students with disabilities over time has been published today. Just in time for Christmas! 🎄You can access the full paper here: doi.org/10.1080/174831… D.Desmond DCU School of Psychology

Delighted to receive this support to look at #PPI and profound intellectual disability with Kayleigh Twomey, Mary Doyle Kent, Lorraine Woods and Family Carers Ireland.

Thank you PPI Ignite Network @ UCC

#listen
UCC School of Nursing & Midwifery 🌈.

Delighted to announce I've been taken on by La Touche Training as a trainer for Restrictive Practices. As all of you who know me are aware, human rights for older people & those with disabilities has been a driving passion for many years. RT appreciated❤️

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Such an incredible good news story coming out of Kerry today. Members of the Traveller Community in Kerry & Longford make the biggest toy donation Crumlin Children's Hospital (Children's Health Ireland) has ever received ahead of Christmas🎄. What an incredible gesture -
Kerry Travellers👏👏

Astonishing.
Since TED Talks posted my talk about 'What Happens As We Die?' to their home page yesterday, it's already clocked up 15k views.
People DO want better information - so please pass it on.
I'm delighted that TED has chosen to spread this idea. ted.com/talks/kathryn_…

Congratulations Manasa Hegde on defending her PhD thesis yesterday. Pictured here with examiners Prof Mark McGee, Dr David Culliton, and supervisors Dr Yvonne Kavanagh and Dr Edmond Tobin engCORE. Manasa was also supervised by Dr Brendan Duffy CREST DIT #PhDone

📰Sleep in people with and without intellectual disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis ( #OpenAccess )
✍️Andrew Surtees
🔍'People with intellectual disability have poorer sleep than those without.'
🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ji…

Any postdocs out there who want to work with me &funded Phd student UCC Sociology & Criminology for 4 years on prison education, penal abolitionist organising, penal voluntary sector, critical crim - please get in touch!!!! Please RT maggie oneill #CeaseFireNow Nicola Carr Shadd Maruna
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Our mentors work closely with Fellows, supporting their final projects.
One of our mentors is Guy Weissinger Dr. Guy Weissinger, PhD, RN, an assistant professor at Villanova University. He is interested in bringing a health equity lens, with IDD in mind, to mental health.

Welcome, Dr. Weissinger!

“About 70% of the prison population are early school leavers. If we are serious about giving people a second chance, if we are serious about reducing re-offending than we need to ensure access to education”

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The Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing is thrilled to announce a $5M Gift from Tom Golisano and the Golisano Foundation. This funding will support the continued growth and expansion of the Institute over the next 10 years. sjf.edu/news-and-event…