Tom Ryan

ORCID: 0009-0002-6404-4785
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Research Areas
  • Disability Rights and Representation
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Health and Well-being Studies
  • Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Children's Rights and Participation

University of Sheffield
2024-2025

Narrative portraits provide an opportunity to uncover new affirmative understandings of disability and family through the focus on lived experiences. This article will explore how a critical studies lens helps us understand narrative approaches crip potentials portraits. Considering 'joy deficit' within research this paper highlights disruptive potential bring sociology studies. presents portrait as case study, taken from carried out with 14 siblings people learning disabilities UK. is used...

10.3389/fsoc.2025.1560701 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Sociology 2025-04-03

ABSTRACT The sibling relationship is complex, unique and important. When one has a developmental disability, siblings can be important sources of care, support, advocacy friendship for another. We drew on online survey data from 456 UK adult people with DD. Siblings provided written responses to prompt about their experiences (> 80,000 words). These were analysed using qualitative content analysis organised the Embedded Systems Framework (SESF). SESF helps us consider how complex...

10.1002/casp.70015 article EN cc-by Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 2024-11-01
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