Professor Sara Ryan
Professor
My profile
Biography
I’m a Professor of Social Care with a portfolio of NIHR funded projects focusing on learning disabilities, autism, growing older, loneliness and the experiences of giving evidence at Fitness to Practice hearings. Further information about these projects can be found in the Learning Disabilities and Autism Research Cluster.
Academic and professional qualifications
- 2012. Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Oxford.
- 2006. PhD, Health and Social Studies, University of Warwick.
- 2001. Sociology and Anthropology BSc Hons (First Class), Oxford Brookes University
Prizes and awards
Honorary Doctorate, Oxford Brookes University (2019)
Liberty ‘Close to Home’ Human Rights Award (2016)
Phil Strong Memorial Prize, British Sociological Association (2004)
Other distinctions
Patron, My Life My Choice, Oxfordshire self-advocacy charity (2018)
Editorial Board membership
Associate Editor, International Journal of Disability and Social Justice
Associate Editor, Disability and Society (2014-18)
Membership of professional associations
British Sociology Association
Royal Society of Medicine
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Interests and expertise
My research is underpinned by scholar activism and a commitment to research which makes a difference. I work with people with learning disabilities, self-advocates, autistic people, family carers, third sector organisations, health and social care professionals, human rights experts, journalists, politicians, economists and academics. My main research interests are around learning disability, autism, experiences of exclusion and regulatory processes. In the last three years, I’ve generated nearly £4m of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funding as Principal Investigator. Since 2015 I have been a Principal or Co-investigator on 21 successful research grants funded by the NIHR, ESRC, Department of Health, University of Oxford Vice Chancellor Diversity Fund, Baily Thomas Foundation and the Van Houten fund.
I have a strong interest in qualitative research and pushing the boundaries of what is conventionally considered to be robust research. I look forward to the point at which we drop the ‘co’s’ - co-research, co-production, co-design - and focus on researching together.
Projects
Principal Investigator
Runswick-Cole K, Ryan S (joint PI), Croot L, Douglas, P, Hatton C. Tired of spinning plates: an exploration of the mental health experiences of adults and/or older carers of adults with learning disabilities. NIHR HS&DR. £365,165 1.10.22-30.11.24.
Wallace L, Ryan S (joint PI), Searle R, Cormack M, Ryan G, Haider S, Martin A, Hughes G, West R. Witnessing harm, holding to account: Patient, family and colleague experiences when directly involved in health and care regulator Fitness to Practise hearings when they have been harmed by a registered professional’s behaviour. NIHR HS&DR. £737,000. 1.7.21-1.1.25
Ryan S, Wallace L (Joint PI), Vseteckova J, Larkin M, Tilley E, Hatton C, Tuffrey-Wijne I, Docherty A, Boahen G, Chapman M, Vaid A, Bebbington P. Supporting family and professional carers to provide appropriate care and support for older learning disabled people with behaviours that challenge others. NIHR HS&DR. £896,911. 6.20-11.22
Ryan S, Forrester-Jones R, Locock L, Fitzsimmons B, McMurray S, Warren S, Mitchell R, James E, Fletcher J, Vaid A, Martin A, Barnett A. Bridging the translation gap between learning disability policy and practice in search of flourishing lives. NIHRSchool for Social Care Research. £331,543. 1.4.20-1.1.23
Ryan S, Bebbington P, Martin A, Locock L, Barnett A, Ziebland S, Baxter K, Birks Y, Wilberforce M, Boneham H. Understanding and using people’s experiences of social care to guide service improvements:could an effective and efficient co-design approach be translated from health to social care? NIHR HS&DR. £665,409. 1.4.20-1.2.23
Stepney M, Ryan S, Davidson S, Hinton L, Barnett A, Ziebland S, Powell J, Ma R, Stewart, J Roberts E. Meeting the transgender challenge: improving the experience of health services for gender questioning young people and their families. NIHR HS&DR. £650,853. 1.1.19-30.6.21 (Joint PI with Melissa Stepney)
Ryan S, Moughton C. Disability Narratives. University of Oxford Vice Chancellor Diversity Fund. £50,014. 1.4.16-1.12.16
Ryan S, Moughton C. Disability Narratives. Van Houten Fund. £10,000. 1.4.16-1.12.16
Ryan S, Ziebland S. Getting it right for autistic patients. NIHR SPCR. £31,516. 1.10.15-1.9.16
Co-investigator
Locock L, Ryan S, Ellis L, O’Donnell,D, Ní Shé E, Kroll,T, Donnelly S. Choice, voice and change: developing networks for the involvement of people from seldom heard communities in England, Ireland and Scotland. ESRC-IRC UK/Ireland Networking Grants. £9995. 1.3.21-1.3.22
Ziebland S, Ryan, S, Chisholm A, Bostock J, Fiori S, Jobling H, Devenney K, Austin A, Barnett A, Sanders R. Formative Evaluation of a new resource for Social Care service users, teachers, practitioners and policy makers. NIHR School for Social Care Research. £209,653. 1.4.20-1.7.21.
Baxter K, Healey E, Overton L, Calline S, Barnett A, Ryan S. Finding and funding social care: a qualitative study of the experiences of self-funders. NIHR RfPB 2019-2020.£269,472. 1.4.19-1.8.20
Tilley L, Walmsley J, Ryan S, Ellis L, Tanaka H, Kasa-Hara C. Re: Establishing a UK-Japan inclusive research network in intellectual disability: Co-producing a roadmap for belonging, ESRC. £43,000. 1.4.19-1.12.19
Locock L, Rees S, Ryan S, Carrasqueiro L. Patient experience-based co-design in early intervention in psychosis services. NIHR CLAHRC. £183,606. 1.4.16-31.12.17
Williams V, Victor C, Ryan S, Kinnear D. Ageing and learning disability. Baily Thomas Foundation. £5,000. 1.4.16-1.10.16
Rees S, Mays N, Locock L, Ryan S, Carrasqueiro L. Understanding experiences of recruiting for and participating in genomics research, Department of Health. £497,378. 1.4.15-1.4.17
Daker-White G, Ziebland S, Campbell S, Bower P, Ryan S. Living with Multimorbidity: A Qualitative Study of Patients’ Experiences. NIHR SPCR Funding Round 8 (£30,545) and NIHR Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre. £49,000.1.1.15-31.3.17
Dixon S, Hinton S, Ryan S. Co-designing research into the experiences of female genital mutilation. Green Templeton College. £4981. 1.5.15-1.8.15
Evans M, Feder G, Ryan S, Duxbury F, Salisbury H, Ziebland S, Williamson E, Agnew-Davies R, Gregory A, Fackrell M, Shaw G. Learning from women’s experiences: improving our understanding of the physical, psychological and emotional health impacts of domestic violence and abuse (DVA), help-seeking trajectories and outcomes. NIHR RfPB. £316,598. 1.9.14-31.8.16
Ziebland S, Moss C, Browne F, McPherson T, Shaw G, Kempton J, Hunt K, Ryan S, Raisanen U. SKINS: an online resource for young people with common skin problems. NIHR RfPB. £349,498. 1.9.14-28.2.17
Teaching
I am currently supervising several PhD students and am very open to speaking to anyone who is considering a PhD in the areas of learning disability, autism and patient safety.
Supervision
Michele Sokol. Public and Patient Voices as Lived Evidence: a study in integrating the public and patient voice in regulatory fitness to practice processes. (Open University)
Amelia Talbot. Experiences of Medication Resistant Depression. (Oxford University)
Sara Rotenberg. Including Persons with Disabilities in Health Systems: Measuring Disparities and Improving Outcomes. (Oxford University)
Zoe Cox. Disclosing stigmatized forms of victimhood amongst professional peers within services addressing violence against women and girls
Rob Alcock. ‘To have their voices heard’? A realist study of independent advocacy under the Care Act 2014
Research outputs
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Milton, D., Ryan, S. (2022) The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies.
Ryan, S. (2020) Love, Learning Disabilities and Pockets of Brilliance How Practitioners Can Make a Difference to the Lives of Children, Families and Adults. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Ryan, S. (2017) Justice for Laughing Boy Connor Sparrowhawk - A Death by Indifference. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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Chapters in books
Ryan, S., Milton, D. (2022) 'Critical autism studies: An introduction.' The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies. pp. 1-10.
Ryan, S., Milton, D. (2022) 'Critical autism studies.' The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies. Routledge, pp. 1-10.
Runswick-Cole, K., Ellwood, A., Fox, K., Ryan, S. (2022) 'Scholar activism Mothering, disability and academic activism.' The Routledge International Handbook of Community Psychology Facing Global Crises with Hope. Routledge,
Hinton, L., Ryan, S. (2019) 'Interviews.' Qualitative Research in Health Care. pp. 43-55.
Ryan, S., Julian, G. (2016) 'Personal reflections on the #107days campaign: Transformative, subversive or accidental?.' Disability and Social Media: Global Perspectives. pp. 25-40.
Burke, L., Crow, L. (2016) 'Bedding Out: Art, Activism and Twitter.' Disability and Social Media. Ashgate,
Ryan, S. (2013) 'Engagement and inclusivity in researching patients’ experiences.' Understanding and Using Health Experiences: Improving Patient Care. OUP,
Ryan, S. (2013) 'Capturing diagnostic journeys of life on the autism spectrum.' Worlds of Autism: Across the Spectrum of Neurological Difference. pp. 191-212.
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Reports
Ryan, S., Holdsworth, E., Howard, J., Knight, F., Locock, L., Rees, S., Stepney, M., Martin, A., Nicholas, M. (2020) Understanding experiences of recruiting for, and participating in, genomics research and service transformation: the 100,000 Genomes Project, 2015-17. www.piru.ac.uk.
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Journal articles
Hay, C.A., Packham, J., Prior, J.A., Mallen, C.D., Ryan, S. (2024) 'Barriers and facilitators in diagnosing axial spondyloarthritis: a qualitative study.' Rheumatology International, 44(5) pp. 863-884.
Mikulak, M., Ryan, S., Tilley, E., Ledger, S., Davidson, L., Bebbigton, P., Wiltshire, D. (2024) 'Sticky categories and their negative consequences: people with learning disabilities and ‘behaviours that challenge others’.' Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 26(1) pp. 110-123.
Runswick-Cole, K., Smith, M., Ryan, S., Douglas, P. (2024) 'Dis/Entangling Disability, Mental Health, and the Cultural Politics of Care.' Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 26(1) pp. 28-43.
Talbot, A., Ford, T., Ryan, S., Mahtani, K.R., Albury, C. (2023) '#TreatmentResistantDepression: a qualitative content analysis of Tweets about difficult-to-treat depression.' Health Expectations,
Talbot, A., Heath, L., Ryan, S., Mahtani, K., Albury, C. (2023) 'The contested zone: interviews with GPs about their beliefs about treatment-resistant depression.' The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 73
Ryan, S., Mikulak, M., Hatton, C. (2023) 'Whose uncertainty? Learning disability research in a time of COVID-19.' International Journal of Social Research Methodology,
Tilley, E., Jordan, J., Larkin, M., Vseteckova, J., Ryan, S., Wallace, L. (2022) 'Transitions for older people with intellectual disabilities and behaviours that challenge others: a rapid scoping review.' Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 36(2) pp. 207-229.
McNiven, A., Ryan, S. (2022) 'Unsettling experiences: a qualitative inquiry into young peoples' narratives of diagnosis for common skin conditions in the United Kingdom.' Frontiers in Psychology, 13pp. 968012-968012.
Locock, L., O'Donnell, D., Donnelly, S., Ellis, L., Kroll, T., Shé, É.N., Ryan, S. (2022) '‘Language has been granted too much power’. 1,p.1 Challenging the power of words with time and flexibility in the precommencement stage of research involving those with cognitive impairment.' Health Expectations, 25(6) pp. 2609-2613.
Malli, M.A., Ryan, S., Maddison, J., Kharicha, K. (2022) 'Experiences and meaning of loneliness beyond age and group identity.' Sociology of Health and Illness, 45(1) pp. 70-89.
Ryan, S. (2022) 'Commentary on “Threats to valuing diverse voices in public debates about disability. A case study from social media” (Anderson, 2022).' Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 10(1) pp. 61-64.
Talbot, A., Lee, C., Ryan, S., Roberts, N., Mahtani, K.R., Albury, C. (2022) 'Experiences of treatment-resistant mental health conditions in primary care: a systematic review and thematic synthesis.' BMC Primary Care, 23(1) pp. 207-207.
Mikulak, M., Ryan, S., Russell, S., Caton, S., Keagan‐Bull, R., Spalding, R., Ribenfors, F., Hatton, C. (2022) '‘Internet is easy if you know how to use it’: doing online research with people with learning disabilities during the COVID‐19 pandemic.' British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 51(2) pp. 269-278.
Vseteckova, J., Jordan, J., Tilley, E., Larkin, M., Ryan, S., Wallace, L.M. (2022) 'Transitions for older people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge others, and their family carers: a merged protocol for two rapid scoping reviews of evidence.' Systematic Reviews, 11(1)
Rotenberg, S., Rodríguez Gatta, D., Wahedi, A., Loo, R., McFadden, E., Ryan, S. (2022) 'Disability training for health workers: a global evidence synthesis.' Disability and Health Journal, 15(2) pp. 101260-101260.
Mikulak, M., Ryan, S., Bebbington, P., Bennett, S., Carter, J., Davidson, L., Liddell, K., Vaid, A., Albury, C. (2021) '‘'Ethno…graphy?!? I can't even say it”: Co‐designing training for ethnographic research for people with learning disabilities and carers.' British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 50(1) pp. 52-60.
Albury, C., Pope, C., Shaw, S., Greenhalgh, T., Ziebland, S., Martin, S., Rai, T., Chisholm, A., Barnes, R., White, A., Wanat, M., Santillo, M., Boylan, A.M., Tremblett, M., Tonkin-Crine, S., Borek, A., Sanders, R., Koutoukidis, D., Scragg, J., Lee, C., Russell, S., Mikulak, M., Logan, M., Spratt, T., Livingston-Banks, J., McNiven, A., Stepney, M., Talbot, A., Crocker, J., Powell, J., Paparini, S., Van Der Westhuizen, H.M., Walumbe, J., Newhouse, N., Ryan, S., Webb, H., Mellor, K., Potter, C., Butler, A., Pilbeam, C. (2021) 'Gender in the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) Checklist.' International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 33(4) pp. mzab123-mzab123.
Farre, A., Ryan, S., McNiven, A., McDonagh, J.E. (2021) 'The impact of arthritis on the educational and early work experiences of young people: A qualitative secondary analysis.' International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 33(4)
Mikulak, M., Ryan, S., Ma, R., Martin, S., Stewart, J., Davidson, S., Stepney, M. (2021) 'Health professionals’ identified barriers to trans healthcare: a qualitative interview study.' British Journal of General Practice, 71(713) pp. e941-e947.
Douglas, P., Runswick-Cole, K., Ryan, S., Fogg, P. (2021) 'Mad Mothering.' Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies: Volume 15, Issue 1, 15(1) pp. 39-56.
Davies, L., LeClair, K.L., Bagley, P., Blunt, H., Hinton, L., Ryan, S., Ziebland, S. (2020) 'Face-to-Face Compared With Online Collected Accounts of Health and Illness Experiences: A Scoping Review.' Qualitative Health Research, 30(13) pp. 2092-2102.
Smith, S., Alvand, A., Locock, L., Ryan, S., Smith, J., Bayliss, L., Wilson, H., Price, A. (2019) 'Partial or total knee replacement? Identifying patients’ information needs on knee replacement surgery: a qualitative study to inform a decision aid.' Quality of Life Research, 29(4) pp. 999-1011.
Ryan, S. (2019) 'NHS Inquiries and Investigations; an Exemplar in Peculiarity and Assumption.' Political Quarterly, 90(2) pp. 224-228.
Runswick-Cole, K., Ryan, S. (2019) 'Liminal still? Unmothering disabled children.' Disability and Society, 34(7-8) pp. 1125-1139.
Stepney, M., Kirkpatrick, S., Locock, L., Prinjha, S., Ryan, S. (2018) 'A licence to drive? Neurological illness, loss and disruption.' SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, 40(7) pp. 1186-1199.
Kirkpatrick, S., Locock, L., Farre, A., Ryan, S., Salisbury, H., McDonagh, J.E. (2018) 'Untimely illness: When diagnosis does not match age-related expectations.' Health Expectations, 21(4) pp. 730-740.
Searle, A., Neville, P., Ryan, S., Waylen, A. (2018) 'The Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist From the Perspective of Parents of Children Born With Cleft Lip and/or Palate in the United Kingdom.' CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST, 32(3) pp. 121-128.
Ryan, S. (2018) 'Honouring a life and narrative work: John's story.' ARTS AND HUMANITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 17(1) pp. 58-68.
Williams, V., Ryan, S. (2017) '"I just know": exploring self-knowledge in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.' PALGRAVE COMMUNICATIONS, 3
Ryan, S., Hislop, J., Ziebland, S. (2017) 'Do we all agree what “good health care” looks like? Views from those who are “seldom heard” in health research, policy and service improvement.' Health Expectations, 20(5) pp. 878-885.
Knight, F., Ridge, D., McShane, R., Ryan, S., Griffith, L. (2017) 'Care, Control, and the Electroconvulsive Therapy Ritual: Making Sense of Polarized Patient Narratives.' QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH, 27(11) pp. 1675-1685.
Ryan, S., Malouf, R., Gray, R., Redshaw, M. (2017) 'Women with learning disability in maternity services research Challenges and complexity.' Journal of Intellectual Disability Research,
Malouf, R., McLeish, J., Ryan, S., Gray, R., Redshaw, M. (2017) ''We both just wanted to be normal parents': a qualitative study of the experience of maternity care for women with learning disability.' BMJ OPEN, 7(3)
Locock, L., Nettleton, S., Kirkpatrick, S., Ryan, S., Ziebland, S. (2016) ''I knew before I was told': Breaches, cues and clues in the diagnostic assemblage.' SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 154pp. 85-92.
Searle, A., Ryan, S., Waylen, A. (2016) 'Health professional communication and the diagnosis and care of infants born with cleft lip and palate in the U.K..' Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 22(5) pp. 236-243.
Greenhalgh, T., Snow, R., Ryan, S., Rees, S., Salisbury, H. (2015) 'Six 'biases' against patients and carers in evidence-based medicine.' BMC MEDICINE, 13
Coulter, A., Entwistle, V.A., Eccles, A., Ryan, S., Shepperd, S., Perera, R. (2015) 'Personalised care planning for adults with chronic or long-term health conditions (Review).' COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, (3)
Ryan, S., Ziebland, S. (2015) 'On interviewing people with pets: reflections from qualitative research on people with long-term conditions.' SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, 37(1) pp. 67-80.
Williams, V., Hardinge, M., Ryan, S., Farmer, A. (2014) 'Patients' experience of identifying and managing exacerbations in COPD: a qualitative study.' NPJ PRIMARY CARE RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 24
Soar, S., Ryan, S., Salisbury, H. (2014) 'Using patients' experiences in e-learning design.' Clinical Teacher, 11(2) pp. 80-83.
Ziebland, S., Locock, L., Fitzpatrick, R., Stokes, T., Robert, G., O’Flynn, N., Bennert, K., Ryan, S., Thomas, V., Martin, A. (2014) 'Informing the development of NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) quality standards through secondary analysis of qualitative narrative interviews on patients’ experiences.'
Coulter, A., Entwistle, V.A., Eccles, A., Ryan, S., Shepperd, S., Perera, R. (2013) 'Personalised care planning for adults with chronic or long-term health conditions.' Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013(5)
Sara Ryan, E.L. (2013) 'Attitudes of Danish and UK General Practitioners towards Early Diagnosis and Management of Dementia: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.' Primary Health Care: Open Access, 03(03)
Ryan, S., Wallace, L., Tilley, E., Martin, A., Bebbington, P., Morrissey, E., Tuffrey-Wijne, I., Mikulak, M. 'Improving the support for older people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge others, family and professional carers, and end of life care planning for carers.' Health and Social Care Delivery Research,
Ryan, S., Wallace, L., Tilley, E., Mikulak, M., Anderson, R., Vaid, A., Bebbington, P., Keagan Bull, R., Morrissey, E., Martin, A. 'Improving support and planning ahead for older people with learning disabilities and family carers: a mixed-methods study.' Health and Social Care Delivery Research,
Ryan, S., Räisänen, U. (2012) '"The brain is such a delicate thing": An exploration of fear and seizures among young people with epilepsy.' Chronic Illness, 8(3) pp. 214-224.
Ryan, S., Salisbury, H. (2012) ''You know what boys are like': Pre-diagnosis experiences of parents of children with autism spectrum conditions.' British Journal of General Practice, 62(598)
Pyer, M., Horton, J., Tucker, F., Ryan, S., Kraftl, P. (2010) 'Children, young people and 'disability': challenging children's geographies?.' CHILDRENS GEOGRAPHIES, 8(1) pp. 1-8.
Ryan, S. (2010) ''Meltdowns', surveillance and managing emotions; going out with children with autism.' HEALTH & PLACE, 16(5) pp. 868-875.
Ryan, S., Cole, K.R. (2009) 'From Advocate to Activist? Mapping the Experiences of Mothers of Children on the Autism Spectrum.' Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 22(1) pp. 43-53.
Ryan, S., Räisänen, U. (2008) '"It's like you are just a spectator in this thing": Experiencing social life the 'aspie' way.' Emotion, Space and Society, 1(2) pp. 135-143.
Ryan, S., Runswick-Cole, K. (2008) 'Repositioning mothers: Mothers, disabled children and disability studies.' Disability and Society, 23(3) pp. 199-210.
Ryan, S. (2008) '"I used to worry about what other people thought but now I just think ... well I don't care": Shifting accounts of learning difficulties in public places.' HEALTH & PLACE, 14(4) pp. 730-739.
Ryan, S. (2006) 'It takes two to tango ... but what if one can't dance and the other doesn't want to: a response to van de Ven et al..' DISABILITY & SOCIETY, 21(1) pp. 91-92.
Ryan, S. (2005) ''People don't do odd, do they?' mothers making sense of the reactions of others towards their learning disabled children in public places.' Children's Geographies, 3(3) pp. 291-305.
Ryan, S. (2005) ''Busy behaviour' in the 'land of the golden M': Going out with learning disabled children in public places.' JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, 18(1) pp. 65-74.
Press and media
I have considerable media experience and have been interviewed live on the R4 Today programme, You and Yours, 5 Live News, Sky News, World at One, ITV News and BBC Breakfast. I am asked to comment on issues around learning disability, health and service provision. I have appeared on Newsnight and I was a panel member in a round table discussion about inquests and Prevention of Future Deaths reports on Channel 5 News. In 2019, my scholar activism was featured on an episode of The Idea, BBC Radio Wales. This involved a recording of an academic presentation I gave in Cardiff in March 2019 and an interview with the programme presenter, Catrin Nye.
I have been invited to write for various media including the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sara-ryan, Community Care and Open Democracy https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/sara-ryan-ryan/. My blog mydaftlife.com has generated over 1.1 million views, 350,000 visitors and over 5000 comments since 2011. I have a twitter following of over 13,000 people.
I was a guest panelist on an NBC COVID-19 Podcast discussing learning disability and the pandemic. 19.5.2020
Ryan S. After scandals like Winterbourne View, why is basic decency still remarkable? 27.10.20.
Wild A. Ryan S, Woodin S. Hidden in Plain Sight: COVID-19, inequality and interdependency. 14.5.20 https://es.britsoc.co.uk/hidden-in-plain-sight-covid-19-inequality-and-interdependency/
Ryan S. Years after my son died in NHS care, state sanctioned torture continues. Guardian. 23.5.2019
Ryan S. Family carers, unsung heroes in pictures. Guardian. 11.6.19
https://www.theguardian.com/society/gallery/2019/jun/11/family-carers-unsung-heroes-in-pictures
Ryan S. LeDerless and indifferent. Community Care. 29.5.18
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2018/05/29/leder-less-indifferent/
Ryan S. My son died needlessly. Anger spurred me into action. Guardian. 11.10.17
Ryan S. Ministry of Justice says you don’t need a lawyer at an inquest. Trust the State. Open Democracy. 7.1.15 https://www.opendemocracy.net/shinealight/sara-ryan/ministry-of-justice-says-you-don-t-need-lawyer-at-inquest-trust-state