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Susan Mahipaul

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Biography

Susan Mahipaul completed her PhD in 2015 at McMaster University in the field of Rehabilitation Science under the supervision of Dr. Peter Rosenbaum. Susan’s doctoral research explored how her own critical reflections on living with a lifelong disability can be used to critique normative assumptions on disability within rehabilitation practices and society at large.

Area of Focus

Disability, Disability studies, Rehabilitation theory and practice