Reducing self injury through education in KSS *content warning*

The community is pleased to be able to share some published work by regular contributors and Surrey-based Learning Disability Nurse Carla Withers. 

The paper tells the story of a man with a history of self-injury during masturbation, and how the Community team for people with learning disabilities undertook assessments and education sessions to support him to masturbate safely. 

If you want to read more the paper is published in the Nursing Times and can be found by clicking on the link below.

 Safe masturbation: educating a man with learning disabilities | Nursing Times 

Conference 2024 Film

On 4th December 2024, the Community Conference was hosted at Canterbury Christ Church University with support from Kent Surrey Sussex Applied Research Collaborative.

Please see the film that the events team at Canterbury Christ Church created.

Free Webinar – Ethical Issues in sharing online images of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities

This Webinar, on 20 February 1-3.30pm, is an invitation to discuss how we can collaborate to develop ethical guidelines for online sharing with people who lack capacity for informed consent. With Professor Máire Messenger Davies, Chaired by Professor Nicola Grove and including Taylor Anderson (CBF), Ben Simmons (Bath Spa Uni), Julie Calverley (NAC-Wellbeing), Rachael Barker and student (Dorothy Goodman School), Catherine De Haas (Southampton Uni) and the team from Rix Inclusive Research.
For further details about the webinar and easy read resources visit https://www.rixinclusiveresearch.org/ethics-seminar-20-02-25/