The Department of Applied Disability Studies at Brock University is home to internationally renowned faculty who research various topics – areas such as, but not limited to: early identification/intervention, mental health, challenging behaviour, feeding disorders, ASD, ID, FASD, other developmental and physical disabilities, parents with learning difficulties, disability rights, behavioural interventions, cognitive behavioural interventions, medication, and parent and staff training.

The Department of Applied Disability Studies and its faculty have many research projects underway – we encourage you to reach out to any one of the faculty for more information and potential research opportunities!

Additionally, Faculty in the Department of Applied Disability Studies supervise Masters level graduate students every year – students are afforded a number of exciting learning opportunities through out their course of study. These opportunities include research, training, conference attendance, and much more. We encourage all potential Masters students to research our Faculty for their interests.