
Sophie Westrop
@scwestrop
Lecturer in Psychology at York St John University. Researcher passionate about supporting the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities.
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16-12-2020 13:17:16
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🗞️Newsletter 🗞️from 'No research about us, without us' - our co-produced project exploring better ways to include people with learning disabilities in health research. Links to presentations etc Victoria Shepherd Thinklusive LDEngland Speakup Vaso Totsika

Great to be at the #GoodMovesGlasgow event this morning with Mainstay Trust Values Into Action Scotland Glasgow Life sharing research by Sophie Westrop Arlene McGarty craig melville et al on walking and physical activity among adults with #learningdisabilities #healthresearch


Great to hear from @PathsforAll Walk Leader Shaun from Mainstay Trust about the benefits of walking and wheeling for physical and mental health at today’s #GoodmovesGlasgow event with Values Into Action Scotland Glasgow Life

Want to work with us? We (@DrLornaHam @carolepugh) are looking for a Research Assistant for a @YsjSocial funded project with The Island York, exploring the lived experience of children and young people. We will be using mixed methods and striving for coproduction. More below!

Well done Lauren Fulton on a fantastic presentation on asset-based approaches #intellectualdisabilities #IASSIDD2024



Our ScottishLDO colleague Arlene McGarty & @ScotGov are looking for people to take part in a survey about local approaches to supporting parents who have learning disabilities on their parenting journey. More info about the study can be found here: bit.ly/3yMcYf8

New qualitative evidence synthesis published in JARID exploring capabilities, opportunities and motivations to engage in physical activity by adults with intellectual disabilities! Laura Maenhout craig melville Arlene McGarty 👇 ➡️dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.13…

Great blog from Michael McEwan encouraging us all to think about the prevalence of labels, discrimination and ableism.


Soon I'm going to be recruiting an RA for a project Psychology @ YSJ looking at the intersections of gender, sexuality, (dis)ability and neurotype. It will be a mixed methods, coproduced approach. The post will be 1.5days/week for 10months. Advert on the way! Let me know if you have Qs.

📢Only 2 days left to apply - work with us ScottishLDO here at University of Glasgow. Part-time RA post looking at Behavioural Activation for #depression in adults with severe #learningdisabilities. Find out more below 👇#job #research UofG School of Health & Wellbeing


Are you a Psychology @ YSJ student looking for paid research experience? I'm recruiting a research assistant for a project looking to develop an affirming gender identity scale. Details are on Handshake, or email me for the application form!

The advert for this post Psychology @ YSJ is now live! We're hoping to generate preliminary data towards development of a more intersectional understanding of EDs. Link to application form here - jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r… Please share widely and let me know if you have Qs.


Today we present a new film to share some of the work we've been doing University of Glasgow to continue tackling discrimination & inequalities faced by people with #learningdisabilities since our #ThisisMe22 campaign 2 years ago. Watch in full: bit.ly/4hDu68E

1. We're absolutely thrilled that #ResearchForEveryone23 has won the Inclusive Communications award in the CharityComms #InspiringComms awards! We learned so much from all our collaborators on this project & are working to find new opportunities to keep this going University of Glasgow...

📣Speaker announcement! Arlene McGarty Sophie Westrop and Michael McEwan will be speaking at #GOLDConf25 They will explain the importance of #coproduction in keeping people with learning disabilities healthy View our full programme and book your place: bild.org.uk/GOLDConf25


I will be speaking at #GOLDConf25 Along Arlene McGarty Sophie Westrop will explain the importance of #coproduction in keeping people with learning disabilities healthy View the full programme and book your place: bild.org.uk/GOLDConf25 ScottishLDO @SCLDNews Enable
