Episode 107: Special Guest, Dr Claire Bates (Academic Researcher, Founder and Leader of Supported Loving)

On this month's 21andsensory Podcast I have Dr Claire Bates as my special guest. Claire is an active academic researcher holding honorary research associate positions at the both the University of Kent and Manchester Metropolitan University. Claire is the Founder and Leader of Supported Loving which she founded in 2017 (having joined Choice Support in 2002) as a response to her PhD exploring relationships for adults with learning disabilities. It is a national network that promotes best practice with the goal of getting people with learning disabilities and autistic people the support they need, to enjoy the same sexual and romantic freedoms as everyone else.Through research, training, creating resources and accessible information on sex and relationships, Supported Loving wants to make love a reality for everyone.Supported Loving Website: https://www.choicesupport.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/supported-lovingChoice Support Links:Website: https://www.choicesupport.org.ukLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chsupport/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/choice_support/More info and research from Dr Claire Bates: https://socialworkwithadults.blog.gov.uk/author/dr-claire-bates/https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/stories-finder/claire-bates-alumna-supported-lovinghttps://arc-kss.nihr.ac.uk/resource-library/315-my-story-so-far-by-dr-claire-bates-supported-loving-lead-choice-supporthttps://learningmet.mmu.ac.uk/project/care-act-assessments-and-intimate-lives/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c989k7pggn7oMy 21andsensory links:⁠Illustration Portfolio⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Podcast⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Blog⁠ | ⁠TikTok⁠ | ⁠X⁠ | ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠