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We’re hosting the 21st Seattle Club Conference for Research in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities King's College London on 12-13 December. Great opportunity to share your work & meet other researchers - submit abstracts by 20 Sept, bookings open Oct 📝🎟️ estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-an…

Keynotes by Andre Strydom and Jan Walmsley - not to be missed! Please share details with students and research teams - everyone welcome. Contact us for more details: Deborah Chinn Andrea Bruun Rory Sheehan

Call for proposals for the UK 2024 Seattle Club Conference for intellectual and developmental disability research is now open! Go to tinyurl.com/326wkv6m to submit a proposal. Two themes this year - health inequalities and inclusive research.

Please contact organising team for more information Deborah Chinn Rory Sheehan Andrea Bruun

Excited to be facilitating this workshop about our toolkit tomorrow!

After 2 year of hard work, we said goodbye and thank you to Leon today. Here are his amazing reflections youtu.be/8P-6Z6rRlm8?si… Leon, you’ve been wonderful!!!

Endings are hard. So pleased Leon will be part of the Advisory Board of our next study. Thank you to a fabulous colleague!

Fascinating and important paper. How “not doing” more medical interventions is part of “doing” in end of life care - and how palliative care staff intervene for the patient’s benefit, different from conventional medical interventionism Kathryn Mannix

Remember to submit abstracts to Seattle Club conference - deadline this Friday 20th Sept! See link in tweet below. You must be named on an abstract to attend - especially good for PhD students and ECRs!

LeDeR data: 15% of learning disability bowel cancer deaths occurred under age 50. Current screening starts at 54. Our research recommends starting at 45 for people with LD. See our international comparison, Bowel cancer in people with LD: tinyurl.com/y83n5fyj Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

LeDeR research reveals 50+% of people with a learning disability were prescribed multiple constipation-causing medications. This serious issue often goes unrecognised and untreated. Full findings in our deep dive on constipation: tinyurl.com/hkrn522d Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience #DoYouSeeMe

Our open-access research examines medication-induced constipation in people with learning disabilities, a preventable risk affecting healthcare outcomes. Read the full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17… #LeDeR #DoYouSeeMe #LDWeek2025 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

Deaths from pneumonia in people with LD are unnecessarily high. Key risk factors: poor mobility, swallowing difficulties & heart conditions. Our research shows these vulnerable groups need proactive monitoring, not reactive care tinyurl.com/5n8pv6yh Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience #DoYouSeeMe