Sharjah Womenís College, UAE. PhD from the University of Birmingham (2005), MEd from the University of Leicester (1993) and BA from Coventry Art College, Coventry University (1993).
I am a school teacher and practioner researcher in the field of education and disability, with a focus on blindness and visual culture ñ in the past I have researched the arts education of blind adults and children in schools and museums, the history of the education, study and theorisation of blindness in institutions, and the understanding of accomplished blind artists and computer programmers. I am also an advisor to two international organisations working in the field of education and disability.
Dates of visit: July 2010 - November 2011
Project description: During my study at the CPNSS, I aim to research a more objective approach to studying disability through a critique of existing models of disability, using a reworking of Poppers evolutionary approach to objective knowledge, Kuhn's approach to scientific revolutions and Hulme's problem of logical and psychological induction as a foundation. The outcome will be a new book on this topic with the initial working title, The Epistemology of Disability and Ability.