{"id":25,"date":"2017-10-27T18:33:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T17:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:41:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome to the website of Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Professor of Intellectual Disability &amp; Palliative Care<br \/>Leading <span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #33cccc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kingston.ac.uk\/research\/HSSCE\/the-kind-research-group-intellectual-disability-research\">The KIND Research Group<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>at Kingston University London<br \/><strong>We do research together about intellectual disability, death, dying and bereavement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming webinar: <a href=\"https:\/\/events.teams.microsoft.com\/event\/b0beb787-c378-4b84-85b4-7204b2a84722@c9ef029c-18cf-4016-86d3-93cf8e94ff94\">Register here<\/a><\/h2>\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=\"1517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Webinar-4-June-2026-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1517\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Webinar-4-June-2026-724x1024.jpg 724w, http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Webinar-4-June-2026-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Webinar-4-June-2026-768x1086.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Webinar-4-June-2026-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Webinar-4-June-2026-619x876.jpg 619w, http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Webinar-4-June-2026.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Follow me: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/irene-tuffrey-wijne-6b850959\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">LinkedIN<\/mark><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irene.tuffrey\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">Facebook<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Address<br><\/strong>Kingston University London<br>Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care &amp; Education<br>Kingston Hill Campus<br>Kenry House 0016<br>Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7LB<br>UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<\/strong><br>I.Tuffrey-Wijne@kingston.ac.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<br><\/strong>Zoom or Teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">About this website<br><\/strong>This website contains information about my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/?page_id=51\"><strong>research and projects<\/strong><\/a>, links to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/?page_id=52\"><strong>publications<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/?page_id=395\"><strong>other resources<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/?page_id=28\"><strong>my blog<\/strong><\/a>.<br><em>All opinions expressed on this website, including the blog, are my own. Please be aware that the content on this site is&nbsp;not intended to constitute professional advice. Circumstances vary from person to person, and independent advice should always be sought.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About intellectual disabilities<br><\/strong>On this website, I have mostly used the term <em>intellectual disabilities<\/em>, which is recognised internationally. However, in the UK, the term <em>learning disabilities<\/em> is often used and means exactly the same. In a UK context, I&nbsp;sometimes use&nbsp;this term. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/learning-disability-explained\/what-learning-disability#:~:text=Learning%20disabilities%3A%20Our%20definition,someone%20for%20their%20whole%20life.\">Click here<\/a> for further information about learning\/intellectual disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the website of Professor Irene Tuffrey-Wijne Professor of Intellectual Disability &amp; Palliative CareLeading The KIND Research Group at Kingston University LondonWe do research together about intellectual disability, death, dying and bereavement Upcoming webinar: Register here Follow me: LinkedIN Facebook AddressKingston University LondonFaculty of Health, Science, Social Care &amp; EducationKingston Hill CampusKenry House 0016Kingston [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","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=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1520,"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/1520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tuffrey-wijne.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}