Dr Ned Redmore

Professional biography

My main research interests are around how social care can better include autistic people with complex/high support needs and people with profound learning disabilities.

From 2022-2024, I co-produced the Day-Doc, a tool to help day-services document and respond to the views and experiences of autistic people with profound learning disabilities. The Day-Doc originates from my PhD research that identified how autistic adults with profound learning disabilities communicate views about day-services. I was subsequently a Co-PI on an Autistica funded project to co-produce the tool with community members and social care professionals. It is a paper-based resource that guides day-services in how to document views and experiences through written notes, photos, videos and mementos. It gives guidance in how to use people’s views and experiences to inform decision-making, training, and service development.

In 2024, I join the DAPPLE team on a project exploring the care that people with learning disabilities receive at the end of life, and how this can be improved. The project concludes in August 2027 and involves collaboration with Kingston University.

In previous roles, I have researched the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on day-services across Yorkshire, evaluated Art and Us, an inclusive arts programme for families with children with complex needs, and explored the experiences of Open University nursing and social care students during the pandemic.

I am a member of the Social History of Learning Disability group at The Open University, a group committed to promoting learning disability research and history in ways that are inclusive of people with learning disabilities, their relatives, allies and advocates.