University of Waikato (New Zealand)
Patsie Frawley is an Associate Professor of Disability and Inclusion Studies at the University of Waikato, Aoeteroa, New Zealand. She joined the University of Waikato in 2020 after almost three decades of work in Australia in disability research and advocacy. Frawley founded Sexual Lives and Respectful Relationships a research and program development hub that works alongside people with intellectual disabilities as co-researchers and project workers to promote sexuality rights and prevention of sexual violence. Her current research includes narrative and life story work with young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to raise awareness of their sexuality and relationship rights and work on co-development of accessible resources for LGBTQIA+ people with intellectual disabilities. Her most recent work in New Zealand is the Mean As! project undertaken with New Zealanders with learning disabilities sharing their stories of sexuality and relationships.
see https://www.slrr.com.au/ and https://www.donaldbeasley.org.nz/