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Name: Sally Lindsay

Sally Lindsay

Title: Scientist

Theme: Participation and Inclusion

Education:
PhD, MA (Sociology) University of Western Ontario

University Position: Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health & Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences University of Toronto

Research Interests: participation and inclusion, chronic disease self-management, discrimination,  social exclusion, youth and employment, assistive technology,  culturally sensitive care

Current Projects:
Title: Employment readiness and skills gaps among adolescents with and without disabilities.
Researchers: Principal Investigator: Sally Lindsay Co-investigators: Tracey Adams, Shauna Kingsnorth, Carolyn McDougall
Agency: Social Science and Humanities Research Council, 2011-2014 ($56,836)

Title: Best practices and self-management interventions for school-aged children and youth with physical disabilities: A systematic review
Researchers: Principal investigator: Sally Lindsay, Co-investigators: Shauna Kingsnorth, Bert Vrijhoef, Pat McKeever, Knowledge users: Diane Savage, Heather Keating
Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2011-2012 ($99,945)

Title: Working with immigrant families in pediatric rehabilitation: Exploring service providers' successes and challenges with providing culturally sensitive care
Agency: Research Institute & Research Chair in Cerebral Palsy, Laval   University, Collaborative Catalyst Grant
Researchers: Co-Principal Investigators: Sally Lindsay and Chantal Desmarais, Co-investigators: Gillian King, Sylvie Tetreault, Genevive Pieart, $22,500 (2011- 2012)

Title: Exploring educators’ challenges and successes of including children with autism spectrum disorder in mainstream classrooms
Researchers: Sally Lindsay (PI), Nicole Thomson and Helen Scott
Agency: Bloorview Research Institute start-up grant, 2011-2012

Selected Recent Publications (2010-2011):
Lindsay S, Adams T, Mcdougall C, Sanford R. Skill development in an employment training program for adolescents with disabilities. Disability & Rehabilitation (in press)

Lindsay S, McPherson A. Experiences of social exclusion and bullying at school among children and youth with cerebral palsy. Disability & Rehabilitation (in press)

Lindsay S, McPherson A. (2011) Strategies for disability awareness and social inclusion: Listening to the voices of children with cerebral palsy Child: Care, Health & Development (in press)

Lindsay, S., Kingsnorth, S., Handani, Y. (2011) Barriers and facilitators of chronic illness self-management among adolescents: A review and future directions. Journal of Nursing and Chronic Illness in Health Care 3: 186-208

Willison K, Lindsay S, Taylor M, Schroeder H, Andres G. (in press) Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Aging and Chronic Illness: Towards an inter-professional approach in primary health care. In J. Adams, P. Magin and A. Broom (Eds) Primary Care and Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Research and Practice London: Imperial College Press.

Lindsay, S. (2011) Discrimination and other barriers to employment for adolescents with disabilities. Disability & Rehabilitation 33(15-16): 1340-1350.

Biddiss, E. McKeever, P, Lindsay S & Chau, T.  (2011) Implications of prosthesis funding structures on the experiences of individuals with upper limb absence. Prosthetics and Orthotics International 35(2): pp. 215 - 224.

Lindsay, S. & Tsybina, I. (2011) Predictors of unmet needs for communication and mobility assistive devices among youth with a disability: The role of socio-cultural factors. Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 6(1): 10-21.

Lindsay, S. (2011) Employment status and work characteristics of adolescents with disabilities. Disability & Rehabilitation 30(10): 843-854

Lindsay, S. (2011) Chronic disabilities in adolescence. In R. Levesque (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Adolescence New York: Springer.

Kingsnorth, S., Lindsay, S., Maxwell, J., Seo, H., Tsybina, I., Seo, H, Macarthur, C, Bayley, M. (2010) Implementation of the LIFEspan Model of transition care across pediatric and adult rehabilitation providers. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health (Special Issue on Youth Health Care Transition) 3(4): 547-560.

Lindsay, S. (2010) Perceptions of health care workers prescribing augmentative and alternative communication devices to children. Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 5(3): 209-222.

Lindsay, S. (2010) Exploring the role of family history and lay understanding of genetics on chronic disease self-management. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness 2: 135-143.

Lindsay, S. (2010) Disability and the digital divide: gaps and future directions. Internet Access and the Digital Divide. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Smith, S., Bellaby, P, Lindsay, S. (2010) Social inclusion at different scales in the urban environment: locating the community to empower. Urban Studies 47(7): 1439-1457.

Lindsay, S., Smith, S., Bellaby, P. (2010) The role of family in increasing participation and bridging the digital divide: Evidence from an e-health study. Internet Access and the Digital Divide. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Lindsay, S. (2010) Exploring the usefulness of “denial” as a concept for understanding chronic illness and disability. Psychology of Denial. New York: Nova Science Publishers.


Contact Information:
Bloorview Research Institute,
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
150 Kilgour Road,
Toronto, Ontario M4G 1R8

Tel: 416-425-6220, extension 3654

E-mail: slindsay at hollandbloorview dot ca *(see Note below)

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