I've recently completed a master thesis titled "Developing Country Participation in International Disability Sport Competition: A Historical Perspective". This paper analysis the participation of all of the developing countries in the Summer and Winter Deaflympics, Paralympics and Special Olympics World Games from 1991 to 2006. This research was conducted for the Erasmus Mundus Master of Adapted Physical Activity and aims to provide a platform for further research to guide development assistance.
I have a great love of Suva, Fiji in the South Pacific where I have worked and visited many times.
I'd like to see more people with a disability who live in developing countries have the choice and opportunity to participate in sport.
Currently, I'm working jointly with the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education in Berlin and the Freie Universität Berlin. We recently conducted the first international seminar on Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention.
I have a Bachelor of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy from Sydney University and have worked for the past 10 years on numerous projects linked to sport, people with a disability, development and event management including Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, Melbourne 2005 Deaflympic Games and the Suva 2003 South Pacific Games.
