Lorcan Kenny
@lorcankenny.bsky.social
Disability policy researcher with background in autism and health. My own views
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open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Biggest ever audit of Parkinson’s in the UK says there’s a diagnosis crisis with a shortage of neurologists leaving thousands waiting up to 5 years to see a specialist
Parkinson's - the diagnosis crisis
UK's neurologist shortage continues to bite, says biggest PD audit
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Biggest ever audit of Parkinson’s in the UK says there’s a diagnosis crisis with a shortage of neurologists leaving thousands waiting up to 5 years to see a specialist
Reposted by Lorcan Kenny
Screening Accessibility Project: Disability, Neurodivergence and Trans+
We are looking for more community researchers, focus group participants and experiences of breast/chest screening.
#Screening #Accessibility #Trans #Neurodivergent #Disabled involvingpeople.org/project/scre...
We are looking for more community researchers, focus group participants and experiences of breast/chest screening.
#Screening #Accessibility #Trans #Neurodivergent #Disabled involvingpeople.org/project/scre...
Screening Accessibility Project: Disability, Neurodivergence and Trans+ — Involving People
We have partnered on research exploring how to improve access to cancer care and services for marginalised groups.
involvingpeople.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Screening Accessibility Project: Disability, Neurodivergence and Trans+
We are looking for more community researchers, focus group participants and experiences of breast/chest screening.
#Screening #Accessibility #Trans #Neurodivergent #Disabled involvingpeople.org/project/scre...
We are looking for more community researchers, focus group participants and experiences of breast/chest screening.
#Screening #Accessibility #Trans #Neurodivergent #Disabled involvingpeople.org/project/scre...
Reposted by Lorcan Kenny
New paper focused upon whether the addition of pictures improves understanding of easy read text: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Does adding pictures to easy-to-read texts benefit comprehension for people with reading difficulties? A meta-analytic review
Individuals with reading problems may experience communication problems in everyday life. Guidelines for creating accessible information generally include the use of visualizations. However, a synt...
www.tandfonline.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New paper focused upon whether the addition of pictures improves understanding of easy read text: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Lorcan Kenny
New preprint: Open data in autism research: the views of autistic people and parents of autistic children
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
OSF
osf.io
July 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
New preprint: Open data in autism research: the views of autistic people and parents of autistic children
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
osf.io/preprints/me...
Led by @hannahhobson.bsky.social w/ @dramypearson.bsky.social Audrey Linden @cmanning.bsky.social @fsedgewick.bsky.social @lauramaycrane.bsky.social
#AutRes #OpenSci
Reposted by Lorcan Kenny
Folks at #INSAR2025 who want to participate in our #AutINSAR chat: It will be Saturday, May 3rd, 12:45 to 1:45 in Room 620. Folks are also welcome to participate via BlueSky! here's what the last AutINSAR in 2019 was all about:
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/05/auti...
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/05/auti...
AutINSAR 2019: Discussing Autistic Priorities For Autism Research — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
AutINSAR is a conversation between autistic people and/or autism researchers about needed autism research directions and priorities.
thinkingautismguide.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Folks at #INSAR2025 who want to participate in our #AutINSAR chat: It will be Saturday, May 3rd, 12:45 to 1:45 in Room 620. Folks are also welcome to participate via BlueSky! here's what the last AutINSAR in 2019 was all about:
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/05/auti...
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/05/auti...
Reposted by Lorcan Kenny
Exactly how accessible is Dublin? Our Ambassador Tina tells us about how she found it in this blog post buff.ly/rERRj5S
#TravelWithConfidence #AccessibleTravel
#TravelWithConfidence #AccessibleTravel
How accessible is Dublin?
A blog post by a disabled access charity Euan's Guide on the accessibility of Dublin and Dublin's disabled access.
buff.ly
April 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Exactly how accessible is Dublin? Our Ambassador Tina tells us about how she found it in this blog post buff.ly/rERRj5S
#TravelWithConfidence #AccessibleTravel
#TravelWithConfidence #AccessibleTravel
Reposted by Lorcan Kenny
At @journalautism.bsky.social we are recruiting!
Thanks to a massive increase in submissions over recent years, we are dramatically expanding our team to appoint FIVE new editors!
See details of the role and how to apply here, by May 23rd.
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
Thanks to a massive increase in submissions over recent years, we are dramatically expanding our team to appoint FIVE new editors!
See details of the role and how to apply here, by May 23rd.
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
journals.sagepub.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
At @journalautism.bsky.social we are recruiting!
Thanks to a massive increase in submissions over recent years, we are dramatically expanding our team to appoint FIVE new editors!
See details of the role and how to apply here, by May 23rd.
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
Thanks to a massive increase in submissions over recent years, we are dramatically expanding our team to appoint FIVE new editors!
See details of the role and how to apply here, by May 23rd.
journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
Finally got around to jumping ship from X/Twitter. Nice to see some familiar faces from before Twitter got terrible!
April 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Finally got around to jumping ship from X/Twitter. Nice to see some familiar faces from before Twitter got terrible!