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Prof Ryan

@sarasiobhan

6 years

Wow. I'm being given an Honorary Doctorate from Oxford Brookes for my role in the 'imaginative and sustained #JusticeforLB campaign'. Way to start the weekend.👊

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4 years

Connor. ❤️

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3 years

Eeek, very exciting news... Heading North shortly to become a Professor of Social Care at @SWManMet . 👊

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2 years

Happy birthday my beautiful, gentle, funny daydreamer. The buses keep running and the Emerald Isle is sparkling. Love you.

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2 years

My beautiful boy drowned in the bath in an NHS unit with 5 patients. Feet from the office where staff were focusing on an online Tesco order.

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3 years

My beautiful, beautiful boy. Born at home 26 years ago today. Learning to breath, still.

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4 years

Woken to my beautiful boy filling my timeline. ❤️

After scandals like Winterbourne View, why is basic decency still remarkable?

Children with learning disabilities and their families need support that is kind, compassionate and thoughtful, says autism specialist Sara Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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5 years

How should learning disabled and autistic people be renumerated for participation in training health profs? Er, pay them. It's called work.

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4 years

Ending the week as Associate Professor which feels mighty fine. Picking up those balls dropped back in the day.

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4 years

A 'Do Not Resuscitate' order placed on a man in his fifties for 'blindness and severe learning disabilities'. In 2020. The utter state of us.

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1 year

This story goes to the heart of our flourishing lives project; the importance of having the opportunities to do the things you love. His life will be impoverished by removing this. For what?

Truckers give one last beep to 'A19 Waving Man'

Barry May has waved at trucks for 30 years, but in 2018 had to say goodbye to his passion.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@sarasiobhan

6 years

Front page news. We bloody well did. #JusticeforLB

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4 years

Now this is a fab development which will be great for all children (and their parents!) Hope it's available in store.👊

M&S launches 'easy dressing' range for children with disabilities

A high street first.

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7 years

It's arrived. It exists... Wow. #JusticeforLB

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3 years

Last time for this little puppacino to sleep beneath my stool. 16 years... Sweet dreams of rabbits, Bess. It’s been a blast. ❤️

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4 years

Zoom ‘highlight’ so far. Rich inching across the floor on his tum, in full view of attendees, to pass me this.

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3 years

Oh my. Just this thread. It's all we need to kick off 2021 with love, joy and brilliance. ♥️

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3 years

So terrible being the dad of a learning disabled young man.

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6 years

In brighter news, signed the contract for a TV drama this week. It will be remarkable. Can't say any more. #JusticeforLB

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2 years

When a photo unexpectedly appears on FB. Sadness. A moment or ten. Forensic examination. The gig, the glossy mop, the t-shirt. Memories. Love. And sadness.

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5 years

Ooof. Those old facebook memories... The original Laughing Boy.

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5 years

When another production company gets in touch about TV rights to your book and you know your boy is going to soar. As he should. ❤️ #JusticeforLB

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2 years

No one should drown in a bath in the NHS. [There’s so much to say here. I can’t even start.]

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4 years

New book cover. Just got to help Michael write his foreword. @mylifemychoice1

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3 years

Missing being with family for the usual drunken, nosh filled, chaotic, tears and laughter celebration of Connor’s life this weekend. #TooQuiet

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4 years

When FB steals your breath away. Connor with 17 short days left to live. The last Indian buffet he loved and my last photo. 💔

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6 years

The waiter brought us this wine. He brought us this wine... ❤️

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5 years

You continue to soar far and wide with your laughter, beautiful boy. No one can take this joy and brilliance from you. ❤️

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@sarasiobhan

5 years

Ooof. Those old facebook memories... The original Laughing Boy.

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5 years

Over 200 replies to this and they are all for Connor. #BiggestFanEver ❤️👊

Eddie Stobart Official

@EddieStobartCom

5 years

Did you know that the first four Eddie Stobart trucks were named after famous women - Tammy, Dolly, Twiggy and Cilla. Who would you name a truck after?

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3 years

Well here’s a kick ass way to start your day. The legend that is @GeorgeJulian and the extraordinary work she does.

The woman who live-tweets inquests

George Julian live-tweets inquests of people with learning disabilities and autism.

www.bbc.co.uk

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5 years

This has been shared over 1400 times now which suggests people care and are interested. . 👊

Years after my son died in NHS care, state-sanctioned torture continues | Sara Ryan

The government must act on reports into restraint, segregation and deaths, says learning disability specialist Sara Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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7 months

Just been sent this photo from one of Connor’s school mates’ 30th birthday party tonight. Those tears are tumbling and may never, ever stop.

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5 years

Ah. A wonderful @EddieStobartCom employee has come up with a solution, love him. [Letter to The Times...] 👊

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6 years

The uncropped photo of LB with Tom and his mate in the background. Just beautiful. #JusticeforLB

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3 years

Connor died in a specialist NHS unit in 2013. He drowned in the bath. Can someone point me at the actual lessons learned?

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3 years

Er, not just autistic people and their families. As an academic I have serious concerns about this study which should have been headed off by an ethics committee.

Spectrum10K

@Spectrum_10K

3 years

Please read our statement.

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5 years

I don't think you could have any idea how much your company was woven through Connor's life @EddieStobartCom . Up to the very end. #BiggestFanEver ❤️

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2 years

11 years ago today. Connor and Bess waiting for the school bus. Quiet contemplation.

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5 years

Cant stop crying already. #Connorsrig

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6 months

Connor’s birthday. Born in a birthing pool in the small, gloomy dining room 29 years ago. (Lovely) GP in the front room, door shut. Tinny soundtrack and wine gums. 1.

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3 years

In other news #JusticeforLB TV drama rights extended for a year and contract signed for a theatre production. Connor continuing in his inimitable way. ♥️

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@sarasiobhan

3 years

A brief grief note. Eight years on.

A brief grief note.

In a different city now, mate. We’ve finally scattered. Or scarpered from home. Belongings in storage. The usual countdown to July 4 disrupted. Places and spaces stuffed with memories, family and f…

mydaftlife.com

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5 years

Chuffed I've got a Guardian profile page. Just plotting how to break through (dusty old) academic resistance to this form of impact.

Sara Ryan | The Guardian

Sara Ryan is a senior researcher and autism specialist at Oxford University's Nuffield department of primary health sciences. Her learning disabled son, Connor Sparrowhawk, died in a residential...

www.theguardian.com

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@sarasiobhan

6 years

Last photo of LB. Five long years ago today.

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@sarasiobhan

5 years

Honorary doctorate in the bag. What a day. And thanks to Beth Hill, Head of Events, for every touch of magic and care. @oxford_brookes 👊❤️

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2 years

We’re 8 years in. Decades of ‘lessons learned’, collective brilliance and distraction. Mandatory training, Down syndrome billy bullshite and other white noise.

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5 years

My timeline is awash with love and admiration for Sir Norman Lamb. An extraordinary, passionate, committed, kind and tireless human rights activist.

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3 years

Still feeling the buzz of a permanent contract. 14 fixed term, research funding dependent years was gruelling. Yep, 14 years.

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5 years

Chuffed this is out. I'm trying to sort a sharing link and can email PDF copies if anyone wants one. Part of a special edition on 50 years of NHS inquiries.

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5 years

This opinion piece is clearly pinging around the internet. Thank you. #torture

Years after my son died in NHS care, state-sanctioned torture continues | Sara Ryan

The government must act on reports into restraint, segregation and deaths, says learning disability specialist Sara Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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5 years

Sat in a pub garden on Weds night with a copy of the local paper left on the grass nearby. A small breeze and this cheeky face appeared. ❤️

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4 years

Relieved to see the back end of a gut wrenching decade. Here’s to some kickass action in the next. Onwards and upwards. We must be nearing the top. ❤️👊❤️

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5 years

'Mum.. Mum?' 'Yes?' 'Mum is it a bomb detector truck mum?' 'Yep.' 'Mum?' Yes?' 'Mum is it roadworthy mum?' 'Yep.' 'Mum has it had an oil check mum?' ❤️

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8 days

The Laughing Boy audience will take their seats to a playlist of Connor's favourite songs. How blinking cool is that?

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@sarasiobhan

4 years

In brighter autism related news @milton_damian and I are delighted to be editors of the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Critical Autism Studies. 👊

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5 years

Can you even begin to imagine? ❤️👊❤️

SafeLane Global

@SafeLaneGlobal

5 years

Exciting news just shared with @sarasiobhan we have collection & sign writing dates for Connor's rig! Can't wait for it to be ready and to have LB's family down to see how the #ConnorSparrowhawk rig will work to keep the UK safe from unexploded bombs & ordnance. Watch this space!

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5 years

I dreamt of LB last night. A chaotic dream, he was a tot. I picked him up, held him close and smelled his skin. I didn't move. I just held him close.❤️

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7 days

Family, cast, family. Laughing Boy.

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4 years

Let it never be said I didn’t earn my good mum stripes.

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7 years

It's good. We've done Connor proud. Love him. #JusticeforLB

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3 years

Well good morning Manchester. I think this is going to be ok. 👊

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4 years

Heard I've landed a grant of nearly £1m while on strike. That's now £2.1m as PI in the last 6 months. On a precarious contract. Way to go. #UCUstrikes

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4 years

Just heard there’s going to be an audiobook edition of Justice for Laughing Boy. ❤️

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7 days

Shoes on, takeaway coffee for the train and Laughing Boy here we come. ❤️

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4 years

The original photo with a cheeky little Tom and mate too. ❤️ #OffasDyke

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6 years

Love this.

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5 years

Wow... Distractingly beautiful view from the office window.

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3 years

First day in Manchester and it’s not raining. ♥️

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2 years

Nine years ago tomorrow. [Today now.]

Nine years ago tomorrow

Nine years ago tomorrow. Eight versions of dealing with the day your child dies an unexpected and preventable death almost done now. I’m no longer flattened three, five, eight, twelve weeks b…

mydaftlife.com

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4 years

Was given this plant at LB's inquest by Anup from @mylifemychoice1 . First time it's flowered in five years. (Morning all.)

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7 months

Things are afoot in relation to my beautiful Laughing Boy. Big plans (plural) as there should be. A total smasher whose life was extinguished by ignorance and indifference.

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7 years

It's going to actually be in bookshops on Wednesday... Having a bit of a cry here. #JusticeforLB

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2 years

Todays fb memory. Connor at a mates BBQ meticulously finishing his pud while everyone else has gone off to play. Just ♥️.

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7 years

What a difference a sensitive and utterly human judge makes. LB more than counted in his book. #JusticeforLB

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6 years

Wow. Just heard @prof_standards are doing a full review of the @JusticeforLBGMC sanction decision. This is bloody brilliant (and right).

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5 years

Reminded of NYE 2012 when I asked LB what he wanted to drink that evening. "The fountain of youth, Mum" he said. Without missing a beat.

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5 years

This. Still. Families have to fund legal representation at inquests while Trusts use public dosh to arm themselves to the hilt. [That's me and Rich, £27k fees*]

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10 months

Lemon drizzle cake on top of the world. Thank you for all the support and love today.

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5 months

Oh wow. How blinking cool is this…? The Nothing About Us Without Us exhibition is available online.

Nothing about us without us

3D Scan of our 2022/23 exhibition Nothing About Us Without Us

matterport.com

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4 years

Arrived home from meeting ⁦ @Saba_Salman ⁩ to copies of this beauty. Definitely winning today.

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4 years

Today’s fb memory... My heart.

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4 years

Todays FB memory from 9 years ago. Waiting for the bus. ❤️

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5 years

Stand on the white mark and smile for the camera they said.

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5 years

Birth and birth days.

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3 years

One more week before the move to @ManMetUni . So blooming exciting to work with fab new colleagues including the legend that is @chrishattoncedr .

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2 years

Seven years ago today, the end of Connor’s inquest. Not sure how we got through this. Beyond grateful we did.

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5 years

Thanks for all the love and warm wishes yesterday. We ate, drank and partied with family and friends till the early hours. Love him. ❤️

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3 years

So fab to hear mates children vaccinated yesterday. Love how Oxon CCG have taken action on this. 👊 Here’s to sense spreading. #LearningDisability

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4 years

One of my favourite photos of Connor. Flying fuck springs to mind, love him.

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2 years

Lucky @brazenprods popped over earlier with her dog whispering and photo skillage. Here’s Sid. Our new pup.

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2 months

Keep this by my desk. When Connor had life sorted. [So glad I keep everything.]

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3 years

Ppl with learning disabilities now prioritised for vaccination in Oxon while @mylifemychoice1 campaign for this to extend nationally.

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5 years

Tory boys and their NHS toys. Tuck that tie away, roll up those sleeves and assume a 'major incident ready' pose.

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6 years

Yesterday was a day of food, drink and remembering LB. A mini #CaminoLB with his school staff, classmates and friends. Blown away by the love, support and messages. ❤️

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4 years

'This book should become a seminal work, central to all social work training.... [ @ElaineLJames @RobMitch92 ]

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7 years

Wow. @LancasterUni social work and medical students have #JusticeforLB as core teaching. That's so cool and so blooming right. #JusticeforLB

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10 months

Day 107, #107 Days. Honouring LB.

Day 107: Honouring LB #107days

Today we come to the end of #107days of action, exactly a year to the day that LB died, whilst in the ‘care’ of Southern Health, an entirely preventable death. As accidental campaigners…

107daysofaction.wordpress.com

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2 years

Ok, it’s June so I need to think about this. Not sure what I’m going to say though it will be a blast. Hope to see you there/virtually there.

Inaugural Professorial Lecture: Professor Sara Ryan

The Faculty of Health and Education presents Prof Sara Ryan's Professorial lecture on learning disability and assumption-based practice.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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6 years

Perhaps @MattHancock could instigate an investigation into how many 'Beths' there are right now right here in the UK.

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3 months

When life gives you COVID, crochet lemons.

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4 years

Extraordinary talk of 'elderly' people quarantined for 4 months. Zero reflection still of learning disabled/and or autistic people detained for yonks [and more].

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