{"id":1534,"date":"2026-04-10T03:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/?page_id=1534"},"modified":"2026-09-10T13:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:04:41","slug":"assisted-dying-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/?page_id=1534","title":{"rendered":"Assisted Dying Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We interviewed 21 people with a learning disability in England (April-July 2026). We asked them:<br><strong>What is assisted dying?<\/strong><br><strong>Why might people want (or not want) an assisted death?<\/strong><br><strong>How would people with a learning disability make a decision about having an assisted death?<\/strong><br><strong>What are your questions and worries about assisted dying?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are some of the early outputs from the study (Videos and Briefing Notes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are currently preparing the results for publication in both academic and accessible formats. Details will be available on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This study was funded by Kingston University London &amp; Down&#8217;s Syndrome Research Foundation UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Assisted dying &amp; people with a learning disability\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CDROwZvteWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other videos on YouTube:<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6MaTUFlg1Ac\">Full webinar recording<\/a> (45 mins) <\/strong>September 2026<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yvbtfuBbmac\">Researchers discuss the study findings<\/a> (20 mins)<\/strong> September 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Assisted-Dying-Learning-Disability_Briefing-notes_Sep2026-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1567\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Assisted-Dying-Learning-Disability_Briefing-notes_Sep2026-724x1024.jpg 724w, http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Assisted-Dying-Learning-Disability_Briefing-notes_Sep2026-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Assisted-Dying-Learning-Disability_Briefing-notes_Sep2026-768x1086.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Assisted-Dying-Learning-Disability_Briefing-notes_Sep2026-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Assisted-Dying-Learning-Disability_Briefing-notes_Sep2026-619x876.jpg 619w, http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Assisted-Dying-Learning-Disability_Briefing-notes_Sep2026.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We interviewed 21 people with a learning disability in England (April-July 2026). We asked them:What is assisted dying?Why might people want (or not want) an assisted death?How would people with a learning disability make a decision about having an assisted death?What are your questions and worries about assisted dying? Below are some of the early [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1534"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1534\/revisions\/1577"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}