At #IASSIDD2024 and interested in sibling research? Come to our sibling symposium on Wed at 11am in Goldcoast

Such a joy to spend time with these amazing sibling researchers. If you are at #iassidd2024 and interested in sibling research, come to our symposium: Wednesday 11am in the Goldcoast room.

Now upgraded to a bigger room at #IASSIDD2024! Come find us talking about sibling research in Colorado room (on level 2) at 11am

Do consider taking part in the below project led by Emma Scripps if you meet criteria 😃 If not, please share/RT. It focuses on support for parents of adolescents with intellectual disabilities so a very important area!

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…

Earlier, a few of us presented at one of three critical ADHD symposia being held at #CDS24. Dr Dyi D. Huijg - moved to the butterfly 🦋🦋🦋 on gender wandering & ADHD, Nikita Hayden on being an ADHD ethnographer, me on walking labyrinths as (ADHD) spiritual practice. Cross-cutting themes incl (mind-)wandering 1/2

Returning from #cds24 to this beautiful card on my mat A timely reminder that (even, or perhaps especially, in academic spaces) we should be outraged, it’s ok to say so And we have a duty to use that rage to bring about change All of us

🚨New paper alert 🚨 How does the death of a sibling impact upon how surviving siblings (re)construct their sense of self over time? Spoiler: people who are no longer living can still play a *huge* role in the way we see ourselves and our relationships! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

We tend to position disabled people in 'cared for' roles in histories of the family, but in 19th century working class households, disabled people were also carers and contributors. My new article for Journal of Modern European History: doi.org/10.1177/161189…

Fab collaboration with DisabilityMatters about great work by Sunderland People First

Please do consider submitting an abstract to present at the next SiblingStudiesNetwork event –siblingstudiesnetwork.york.ac.uk/events

I am a researcher looking for autistic adults (18+) to take part in a project. It involves completing computer tasks/questionnaires face to face (cannot be done online). Message or email the address below for more information. Based in Lancashire but can travel! Please share :)

New study from Katie Cebula and colleagues - doing important work to include both disabled children’s and their siblings’ views on their sibling relationships

Our Talking Mats paper, published earlier this year, is currently free to access. Download it here –journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3233/TA… TalkingMats Sarah Hayward @BoaSally

Our next Sibling Studies Network colloquium is this Thursday, kicking off at 2pm GMT. We have an exciting lineup of talks from across the humanities and the social sciences (see images for agenda). Tickets here tickettailor.com/events/sibling…

Last chance to sign up to this event tomorrow – looking forward to seeing everyone there!