
David Abbott
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Peace and peonies. Also dog, views, cake, Social Policy. He/him 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪 🏴✊🏿
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11-08-2014 10:13:14
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Few more days to apply for this full time, 16 months research associate post Lancaster University Division of Health Research, Lancaster University Come work with us! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… David Abbott alex kaley Dr Kate Sykes Changing Our Lives Sunderland People First People First Dorset Cloverleaf Advocacy Please share.



Honestly, I feel strange and maybe unprofessional when I cry at the end of vivas. But when I spend a bit of time telling the student what I loved about their PhD (years of work!) I just get so chocked up. Then I think, well maybe I'm just the Keith Brymer Jones 💙 of academia?



Gothicist on wheels, about to start my doctorate at Manchester Writing School - be honest, #PhD folks, how hard is it to access doctoral opportunities in a wheelchair? What has been great? What has been bad? Don't wanna freak myself out but I want to go in prepared. #phdjourney #phdchat


New paper that might be of interest to #CDS24 folks written with Ned & Harvey and based on NIHR School for Social Care Research funded studies: “Disabled people negotiate gender, sexual identity and self-directed social care support in England: how does choice and control operate?” bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/…

A fab read: “…we disrupted survey methods and generated new insights into what matters to family carers….as well as the crucial role of co-production in this research.” By Prof Katherine Runswick-C Dr Martina Smith Prof Ryan & Chris Hatton #CDS24 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/…

Thought-provoking few days at the Centre for Disability Studies conference. It's been lovely connecting with people and I'd love to keep that going! I'm especially interested in chatting about: care; mistreatment; ethics; abolition; affect/emotions; queer disability studies #CDS24


FB advert from Alzheimer's Research UK “Dementia robs us of everything that matters. Our memories. Our connections. Our story.” Makes me feel quite sick with anger. My sister in law will meantime be enjoying her grandkids and probably off down the shops later today.