Deborah Chinn

So good to be part of this group, all working towards the same thing - really looking forward to developing our ideas together! #SocialCare

Sad to see the employment trend for adults with a learning disability continuing downwards. Only 5.1% of adults with learning disabilities aged 18-64 were in paid employment last year. Thank goodness @dfnsearch is helping young adults get into and retain paid jobs.

Have you ever, like me, wondered why the Mental Health Act 1983 is generally perceived as a coercive 'compulsory power' for detention and treatment without consent, whereas the Mental Capacity Act 2005 is described as 'empowering' and 'safeguarding liberty'?

New article on using #photovoice research method with people with #learningdisabilities from the @ResearchingHome team. Free to read and download from Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ja….

Fantastic new job King's College London - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Health Communication tinyurl.com/2zud6xp3. Open to anyone with background in healthcare interactions, discourse, conversation analysis #EMCA. Closing 22/02/23

Spending the day at a stimulating and creative workshop on Conversation Analysis in Primary Care research - thanks to organisers @DrRebeccaBarnes , @F_A_Stevenson, @GeraldineLeydon @NIHRSPCR

The Handbook of Easy Language in Europe covers definitions, stakeholders, guidelines, education, practices and research relating to Easy Language in 21 European countries. Now free to read tinyurl.com/4sxrzt57. UK chapter by me and @susanbuell

Great opportunity for Practitioner Psychologists to apply for HEE funding to work on a competitive PhD application with support from our fabulous team at King's College London #KCL @KingsNursing. 22 November deadline. Happy to discuss - do message me! tinyurl.com/s9kyb3kd

Holding interviews this week with people with #learningdisabilities for 2 jobs working on the Feeling at Home project. What fantastic applicants! Wish we could employ them all. More jobs needed to prevent this shameful waste of talent

Good advice to researchers about how to work sensitively and effectively with carers - thanks @Helen_M_Walker from @CarersUK for speaking to @NIHRSSCR community. Important to consider #digital_exclusion experienced by many carers.

So excited that the Feeling at Home research project @ResearchingHome website is now live feelingathome.org.uk. It has information about the project and blogs and we will be adding material all the time. Thanks to @sladedesign for a fantastic job!

If you're wondering what I've been up to, I've started a brand new research project 'Feeling at Home' with the lovely @deborah_chinn looking at what helps people with #LearningDisabilities living in group homes feel 'at home'. sscr.nihr.ac.uk/projects/p160/ Pls. follow @ResearchingHome

Psychologists working with people with #LearningDisabilities - what are you doing to improve physical healthcare of your clients? Please fill in this survey tinyurl.com/mxs37kew designed by members of @BPSFacID.

Great to meet other researchers from around the world interested in accessible/'easy' and #easytoread language at #Klaara2021. Thanks for inviting me to give keynote!

SSCR/NIHR Feeling at Home project I am leading on has a Twitter handle @ResearchingHome. Participatory research using #Photovoice to explore with people with learning disabilities living with other service users what helps them feel 'at home'.

Been a real privilege to be part of this amazing project. @susanbuell and I have written the UK chapter.

Looking forward to talking about our photovoice project at #SSCR2021 conference today on how we make sure people with learning disabilities feel 'at home' where they live. #SSCRlearningdisabilities #photovoice @power_geog @choice_support

El curs es farà en anglès, però les dues últimes setmanes seran més aplicades i es podrà treballar en català. Elisabet Serra, de l'Associació Lectura Fàcil @Lectfacil, serà la docent d'aquestes sessions.