On access to support for children with developmental disabilities, with Suzi Sapiets

Suzi Sapiets is a postdoctoral research associate at the Tizard Cen​tre, University of Kent, who specialises in autism, learning disabilities and improving access to support. During this podcast Suzi chats with Lou about her PhD research looking at access to early support for young children with suspected or diagnosed developmental delays, autism and learning disabilities.

To find out more about Suzi and her research, you can follow her on Twitter @suzijsapiets, or read her blog post for the Mental Elf on neurodivergence and mental health.

Suzi also spoke at the Embracing Complexity Special Interest Research Group webinar on neurodivergence and mental health, find the recording and resources here.

We also mentioned Cerebra's toolkit on accessing public services: https://cerebra.org.uk/download/accessing-public-services-toolkit/

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The paper discussed in this episode is:
Sapiets, S. J., Hastings, R. P., Stanford, C., & Totsika, V. (2022). Families’ access to early intervention and supports for children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Early Intervention, 0(0).

You can also find a related narrative review here:
Sapiets, S. J., Totsika, V. & Hastings, R. P. (2021). Factors influencing access to early intervention for families of children with developmental disabilities: A narrative review.  Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(3). 695-711.