Disability and the Diverse Pathway to Success 06 August - Associate Professor Paul Harpur, Dr Merrill Turpin and Ms Nina Pheasant
Abstract
This seminar is an opportunity to gain an understanding of the experiences of how people with disabilities navigate a world of imbalances and challenges presented by frameworks designed for non-disabled people.
Hear about personal experiences from people with disability and their pathway to success
Biography
Associate Professor Paul Harpur
School of Law
The University of Queensland
Associate Professor Paul Harpur is a leading international and comparative disability rights legal academic having held visiting positions with the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, Institute for Lifecourse & Society, National University of Ireland, Galway and with the Burton Blatt Institute, College of Law, Syracuse University, New York. Following his work at Syracuse University, Associate Professor Harpur has been appointed an International Distinguished Fellow with the Burton Blatt Institute from 2015 onwards and a 2020 academic fellow of the Harvard Law School Project on Disabilities. He is the holder of a prestigious Fulbright Future Scholarship entitled "Universally Designed for Whom? Disability, the Law and Practice of Expanding the "Normal User".
Dr Merrill Turpin
Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
The University of Queensland
Dr Turpin’s research centres on the clinical/professional reasoning of occupational therapists across the spectrum of experience from new graduates to experts, as well as the subjective experiences of people with disabilities (particularly in the area of Multiple Sclerosis). She specialises in the use of qualitative research methods and uses a variety of qualitative research methods in her own research, as well advising others on these research methods. Dr Turpin has written books and book chapters on occupational therapy models of practice, evidence-based practice, and clinical reasoning, as well as publications on various aspects of people's experience.
Ms Nina Pheasant
Student – Griffith University
Nina has spent the past 3 and half years studying Auslan (Australian Sign Language) and working in education support at Toowong State School assisting young students. Her area of interest is working with children with special needs, in particular deaf and hearing impaired, ASD, and ADD/ADHD students. She is currently studying at Griffith University in STEM foundations and leading on to a Bachelor of Education with a Special Needs major.