Kitty-Rose Foley

I am an AHPRA registered paediatric Occupational Therapist and a Senior Research Fellow based at the Queensland Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability and Autism Health. I am Team Lead of the Health Services Development team in the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health. My research program is focused on the health and wellbeing of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I completed my PhD at the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth, WA. Following this, I undertook a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at UNSW Sydney which involved co-leading the development of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Autism in Adults (ALSAA).

I am passionate about conducting research which is co-developed and co-produced with the people with intellectual and developmental disability. This includes working with the Autistic community in research development and implementation. My research was utilised in the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitations of People with Disability as evidence, and also was cited within the National Autism Strategy. Conducting research which leads to real world impact and changes is a key priority and focus of my research.