Project 1: Reworlding Neuro-diversity in society: mapping inclusion strategies and barriers toward sustainable and neuro-divergent affirmative environments // Limerick University
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This project will look at current practices, services and discourses around autism inclusivity via collaboration with the two largest Charities for Autism in Ireland: Aslam based in Dublin and ASD Ireland Based in Limerick. The PhD student is supposed to engage with these organizations to map their services and their network of collaborations with other stakeholders. The study will identify best practices but also barriers to inclusivity, and will explore participatory approaches to progress and evolve the provision of services/infrastructures/platform supporting neuro diversity inclusive environments in a sustainable fashion.
PhD Researcher: Carolina Carvalho
Carolina is a designer and researcher based in Ireland.
They hold a Bachelor's and a Master's Degree in Design and Multimedia from the University of Coimbra. Prior to their participation in Reworlding, they worked as a UI designer. Their research interests center on topics such as accessibility, digital literacy, and the intersections of design and activism. As part of the MSCA Doctoral Network, their PhD at the University of Limerick focuses on autism and inclusive environments, particularly how best practices developed with, and by, autistic people can better inform participatory design, and vice-versa. For this, they will work alongside autism organisations, to identify current accessible services and barriers to the inclusion of autistic people in Ireland.
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