My research is concerned with disability and society, with a particular focus on autism and related conditions. I have expertise in participatory policymaking and participatory and emancipatory research.
Key expertise
Autism; developmental/intellectual disabilities; mental health; Quality of Life / Family Quality of Life; patient/client/learner participation; DPOs and other forms of self-organisation and self-advocacy by disabled people; participatory policymaking; self-determination and independent living for disabled adults; human rights of disabled persons; disability and criminal justice; disability and access to food; disability and housing; media representations of disability and their impact; family support; history of disability
Qualitative research methods: emancipatory, participatory and inclusive research methods; interviews; focus groups; arts-based methods; oral history; archival history research
Quantitative methods: questionnaires and structured observation
Programme coordinator:
Research Masters Global Health
Global Health Summer School
Course coordinator/lecturer/tutor, 2017-present:
Academic Writing for Global Health (current coordinator, 2025 - present)
Research Methods in Global Health
Clinical Trials and Health Care
Key Strategies in Disability & Neuropathy
Disability & Development
Future Challenges in Global Health
Contributed lectures to:
International Public Health
Future Challenges in Global Health
Global Health summer school
Global Mental Health summer school
Academic Writing for Global Health
Health, Globalisation and Human Rights
Stage and thesis begeleider
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