Join people sharing stories of their experiences to help us all learn from the last few years of Coronavirus. Still time to book for Friday morning

Looking forward to this online event tomorrow. It was a privilege to work on this project and really enjoyed working with people to make digital stories of their experiences! Come join us tomorrow, 10am. 😊

Last chance to book a place for this morning's online webinar on pandemic stories 📣 People will be sharing stories of their experiences to help us all learn from the last few years of Coronavirus. Sign up now: tinyurl.com/ynv8cfwn

.Sue Caton & Jodie Rawles introducing the Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study study & explaining how they worked with people with learning disabilities to make digital stories about the experiences of the pandemic

.Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study talked to people with learning disabilities, family members and paid carers. You can read the findings here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cidd/c…

.Jodie Rawles & Dr Dawn Cavanagh interviewed people about their lives during the pandemic Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study You can read about the interviews here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cidd/c…

Jodie Rawles Dr Dawn Cavanagh Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study Rebecca talking about her experience when she was put on furlough and having to learn to work from home using teams and zoom which she'd never done before. Difficult at first but slowly got used to it and learned to do it Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study

Jodie Rawles Dr Dawn Cavanagh Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study Sebastian: "being brave isn't about doing everything yourself, there is no shame in asking for help. I just need to know I'm not alone. Isn't that what everyone needs to know?"

Jodie Rawles Dr Dawn Cavanagh Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study Mark explains how difficult it was staying in his room for weeks on end in his residential home... I lost my temper, I regret it now, but I couldn't help it, it was the way I felt ... but zoom calls lit up my life, we had calls which was good ... Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study

Jodie Rawles Dr Dawn Cavanagh Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study "We must learn from what happened to people with learning disabilities in #COVID what happened must never happen again" Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study

Jodie Rawles Dr Dawn Cavanagh Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study .Shaun Webster MBE "the government need to listen to us because we know what happened to us, we are the experts." #COVID Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study

Big thank you to Prof Katherine Runswick-C for tweeting through the Pandemic Stories webinar hosted by LDEngland today.

A few of our project's participants have created digital stories about their experiences during the pandemic and the impact on their lives now. Definitely worth a few mins of your time to have a read - check them out here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cidd/c…

Edward Oloidi Speaking on the findings from the 2021 Covid study, the impact and the lessons learned from the study All Wales People 1st University of South Wales Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study

Edward Oloidi and Gerraint Griff presenting the experience of people with LD during the Welsh side of the Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study study that took place between 2020 and 2022 All Wales People 1st University of South Wales #UDIDDAWS

We were part of the Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study study in Wales with University of South Wales All Wales People 1st All Wales Forum Cardiff University. Edward Oloidi & @GerrainGriff are brilliantly sharing the Wave 4 study findings including issues accessing health checks, day services and support since the pandemic #UDIDDAWS

I was pleased to have been able to join the Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study webinar months ago, during which findings of the study were presented. Well done to all involved in the running and presenting of the study, as listed here by Learning Disability Wales including Edward Oloidi and Gerraint Griff 👏🏻 #UDIDDAWS

Parent Adele Rose-Morgan and researcher Stuart Todd sharing the experiences of family carers from Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study study. Having trained as a support worker during the All Wales Strategy, when Adele had her son she expected him to have an ordinary life. 1/2

'Improvements in access to health services for people with learning disabilities after the pandemic have not yet happened' - paper via British Journal of Learning Disabilities from Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study team members onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bl…

Our latest paper from the Coronavirus and Learning Disability Study study has been published: Health and healthcare of people with learning disabilities in the United Kingdom through the COVID‐19 pandemic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bl…