Biography
Eilish is a CORU registered occupational therapist, and currently works as a Practice Tutor with Enable Ireland. Since qualifying as an occupational therapist from Trinity College Dublin, Eilish has worked in a variety of services supporting children and adults with intellectual disabilities across the lifespan. She has worked across school-age teams, and in services supporting young adults with intellectual disabilities to avail of meaningful educational and work opportunities. Eilish has taught a variety of modules on the undergraduate occupational therapy programme since 2021. Eilish is a project team member of the Supported Volunteering: Working Together, Learning Together Project. This project facilitates opportunities for supported volunteering between students and people with experience of homelessness and/or mental health needs. Eilish holds a Masters by Research from Trinity College Dublin, and is currently undertaking a PhD examining sensory processing amongst older adults with intellectual disabilities. Her primary research interest areas pertain to intellectual disability and ageing, transition to adulthood, and inclusive education opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
King, E., Cremin, K., McCallion, P., McCarron, M. and Burke, EA., Supporting adults ageing with intellectual disabilities to complete measures of sensory processing, THEConf2024 Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, Dublin, ireland, 5-7 March 2024, 2024
Eilish King, Dr Katie Cremin, Prof Philip McCallion, Prof Mary McCarron, Prof Éilish Burke, Exploring patterns of sensory processing amongst adults ageing with intellectual disabilities, IASSIDD World Congress 2024, Chicago, USA, August 5-8th 2024, 2024
Eilish King, Dr Katie Cremin, Prof Philip McCallion, Prof Mary McCarron, Prof Éilish Burke, Exploring the utility of the Adult/Adolescent Sensory Profile for use with adults ageing with intellectual disabilities, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, IASSIDD World Congress 2024, Chicago, USA, August 4th-8th 2024, 68, (7), Wiley, 2024, pp670 - 670
Eilish King, Naomi Algeo, Deirdre Connolly, Feasibility of OptiMaL, a Self-Management Programme for Oesophageal Cancer Survivors, Cancer Control, 2023
King, E., Brangan, J., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., Bavussantakath, F. R., & O'Donovan, M. A., Predictors of Productivity and Leisure for People Aging with Intellectual Disability, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022
Corby, Deirdre., King, Eilish., Petrie, Mary., Reddy, Schira., Callan, A., Andersen, Toff, Making a Case for the Inclusion of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Higher Education, Disabilities, 2, (3), 2022, p415 - 427
Toff Andersen, Eilish King, Schira Reddy, Mary Petrie, Education, training and employment: Sharing the successes and challenges of the DCU Ability project, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Value Diversity International Association for the Scientific Study People with Intellectual Disabilities (IASSIDD) European Congress , Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6-8th, 34, (5), 2021, pp1181 - 1371
Toff Andersen, Eilish King, Mary Petrie, Schira Reddy,, Transition to online teaching and learning: An explanation from the DCU Ability Project, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Value Diversity International Association for the Scientific Study People with Intellectual Disabilities (IASSIDD) European Congress , Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6-8th, 34, (5), 2021, pp1181 - 1371
Schira Reddy, Toff Andersen, Eilish King, Mary Petrie, Career guidance, work experience and progression towards work: Lessons from the DCU Ability Project, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Value Diversity International Association for the Scientific Study People with Intellectual Disabilities (IASSIDD) European Congress , Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 6-8th, 34, (5), 2021, pp1181 - 1371
Eilish King, Schira Reddy, Person-Centred Vocational Assessment for young people with intellectual disabilities: Experiences from the DCU Ability Project, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, Future4All The World Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) 2019, Glasgow, Scotland, Aug 6-9th, 63, (7), 2019, pp759 - 776
King E., O'Donovan M., Brangan, A., McCallion, P., McCarron, M, An Occupational Therapy Perspective on the Environment and Supporting Engagement for People Ageing with Intellectual Disabilities, IASSIDD Health Sirg, Belfast, 19th - 21st June, 2017
King E., Okodogbe T., Burke E., McCarron M., McCallion P., O'Donovan, M.A. , Activities of daily living and transition to community living for adults with intellectual disabilities, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 24, (5), 2016, p357 - 365
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Eilín de Paor, Eilish King, Shona McGuinness, Prof Suzanne Guerin, School to Adult Life Transition: A Scoping Review of Perspectives of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) and their Families, IASSIDD World Congress 2024, Chicago, uSA, August 4th-8th 2024, 2024
Petrie, Mary., King, Eilish., Fulham, Joseph., Copley, Audrey, The Development & Experiences of Online Introduction to Work Course for Adults with Intellectual Disabiliities, IASSIDD Virtual Conference Series 2022 Progress in Accessing Online Education and Training, Virtual, 15th June 2022, 2022
Deirdre Corby, Toff Andersen, Christine Delany, Eilish King, Mary Petrie, Schira Reddy, Supporting People with Disabilities towards Employment: DCU Ability Project, The AHEAD Journal, (12), 2021
Research Expertise
Description
My current research interests relate to intellectual disability and ageing, transition to adulthood for people with intellectual disabilities, and inclusive education opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities. I am also interested in civic engaged teaching and learning, and I am currently involved in the Supported Volunteering: Working Together, Learning Together' project.Recognition
Awards and Honours
Dublin City University President's Award for Engagement (staff category, DCU Ability Team)
Member of Project Team for Ann Beckett Award 2024 Supported Volunteering: Working Together, Learning Together Project
Memberships
CORU Registered Occupational Therapist
Member of Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland
Ordinary Committee Member of the Intellectual Disability Advisory Group of Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland