Finbar joined the AsIAm team in October 2022. Finbar currently holds the position of Manager of OSS and has previously held the role of Education Officer and coordinator of AsIAm’s Autism Friendly Schools Project. Finbar is a registered nurse (intellectual disability) and since qualifying in 2015 has worked in a variety of settings supporting Autistic people and people with intellectual disabilities including residential services for adults and children, an Autism aware social care service, and a summer camp for Autistic young people based in New York, USA. Finbar recently completed his Ph.D with DCU’s Institute of Education. Finbar’s research entitled ‘Voices of Inclusion’, focused on the lived experiences of Autistic young people enrolled in secondary schools in Ireland.
