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Dr Dawn Cavanagh

@dawnc05.bsky.social

LD Researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University. Lives in Wales. Stolen Lives. https://stolenlives.blog Son with learning disability, autism, ADHD and epilepsy. Autistic herself.

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Dr Dawn Cavanagh@dawnc05.bsky.social · last yr.

Wales ‘It had felt like David and Goliath.’ Didn’t know about JR, accusations against her unfounded, up against experienced barristers. No level playing field, no justice. A son who continues to be inappropriately placed, far from home. openjusticecourtofprotection.org/2025/05/19/u...

Unsuccessful Application for Permission to Appeal

By Claire Martin, 19th May 2025 In May 2024, a year ago, Amanda Hill blogged about this case: “The protected party in this case (“L”) is a man in his twenties with “significant learning disability”…

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Dr Dawn Cavanagh@dawnc05.bsky.social · last yr.

1. It has been one year since Stolen Lives protested outside the Senedd. Detention of people with learning disabilities and autistic people is a human rights issue. It results in harm, abuse and long-term trauma.

Sue Caton@suecaton.bsky.social · last yr.

Absolutely brilliant talk by @dawnc05.bsky.social today at @learningmet.bsky.social. Not easy to listen to the awful experiences she shares, but so in awe of the Dawn’s commitment to challenge and protest.

Naomi L. Jacobs@naomijacobs.bsky.social · last yr.

Our speaker for today’s @learningmet.bsky.social seminar is our own Dr Dawn Cavanagh, speaking about her organisation’s work for people with learning disabilities & autistic people in locked wards and for independent living. Stolen Lives, Activism & the Role of Academia in Defending Human Rights. 🧵

Dr Dawn Cavanagh@dawnc05.bsky.social · last yr.

Great to be part of this collaboration. Epistemic violence can damage the ability of autistic people and people with learning disabilities who have experienced solitary confinement to speak and be heard. It deserves to be exposed and seen for what it is. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs: commentary, Quinn et al | The British Journal of Ps...

Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs: commentary, Quinn et al

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Frances Ryan@francesryan.bsky.social · last yr.

Drastic cuts to PIP will affect as many as 1 million disabled and ill people, pushing them into severe hardship, worsening physical and mental health, and isolation. There is no credible argument for pulling help from people shouldering the high costs of disability. Cruelty dressed up as reform.

Frances Ryan@francesryan.bsky.social · last yr.

One more time for ministers at the back: it’s entirely possible to be a taxpayer and to receive benefits. As someone currently in the mid-tax band and on PIP, I’m more than happy for my earnings to help people who can’t work - and to pick up the state support I’m entitled to.

But Reeves herself seems in no mood to back down. In an interview on BBC Breakfast this morning, where she was responding to the growth figures, Reeves was asked about the plans for welfare cuts. She replied: We will set out our plans for welfare reform, but it is absolutely clear that the current system is not working for anyone. It is not working for people who need support, it’s not working to get people into work so that more people can fulfil their potential, and it’s not working for the taxpayer when the bill for welfare is going up by billions of pounds in the next few years. So, we do need to get a grip. We need to spend more on national defence, but we need to reform our public services, and we need to reform our broken welfare system.
Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · last yr.

Balancing the books cannot come at the expense of those who can least afford it If you are concerned about these planned cuts please Contact your MP now and ask them not to support this appalling plan - now is the time to lobby the government to step back from this before it’s too late

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨Plans to cut welfare benefits for those with extreme disabilities & unfit to work will be CATASTROPHIC for some of the poorest & most vulnerable people in our society Balancing books cannot come at the expense of those who can least afford it NOW IS THE TIME TO SPEAK OUT youtu.be/IG7d663mRRg?...