Program Overview

Program Overview

The Reworlding Neuro-diversity in society program is a doctoral research project hosted by Limerick University, Ireland. The project aims to map inclusion strategies and barriers toward sustainable and neuro-divergent affirmative environments.

Program Details

• Duration: 36 + 12 months
• Profile: Doctoral candidate with a background in Design/Social sciences
• Short summary of the PhD project: This project will investigate current practices, services, and discourses around autism inclusivity via collaboration with the two largest Charities for Autism in Ireland: Aslam based in Dublin and ASD Ireland Based in Limerick.

Objectives

The objectives of the program are:

• (1) Map the actors, perspectives, concerns, capabilities, and ambitions, and represent the socio-environmental entanglements within a case study, related to Organizations aimed at promoting inclusivity/awareness, and providing services to neuro-diverse individuals and their carers.
• (2) Identify the caring strategies, practices, and tools that the actors use to tackle socio-ecological challenges, as well as their limits and barriers.
• (3) Pilot reworlding strategies and capabilities to tackle socio-ecological challenges and create sustainable inclusive environments.

Expected Results

The expected results of the program are:

• (1) Participatory mapping and ethnographic research of actors and entanglements around ASD Ireland (and AsIam)
• (2) Atlas of practices, strategies, alliances, and tools used by the actors
• (3) Outline of reworlding practices and their assessment
• (4) Participatory development of reworlding inclusive sustainable strategies (that the organizations and any other similar actor can immediately exploit)

Host and Secondments

• Host: Limerick University, Computer Science and Information Systems
• Planned secondments:
  • (1) Ireland ASD and AsIam: to provide a platform and situated context for the researcher to perform fieldwork and social mapping
  • (2) Aalborg University, Tom H. B½rsen: to learn about co-design strategies and interactive tools for marginalized actors