In this episode, we will learn from Lizzie Andare, MScOT, OTR/L (she/her).  Lizzie is an occupational therapist and researcher from Kenya whose work explores the intersection of decolonial practice, disability, and forced displacement in the Global South and is passionate about social and occupational justice in underrepresented communities. Her work spans refugee camps in Kenya, grassroots rehabilitation in Palestine, and neurodivergent learners in the Maldives. Grounded in an occupational and intersectional lens, she centers lived experience, co-production, and occupational justice—particularly in underrepresented and under-resourced contexts. Lizzie’s practice moves fluidly between direct therapy, community engagement, policy advocacy, and research, with a commitment to disrupting systemic inequities and amplifying marginalized voices. She is the voice behind @OTintheMargins, where she shares fieldnotes and reflections from the edges of occupational therapy practice.

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https://wfot.org/our-work/professional-support/resource-listings/occupational-therapy-and-humanitarian-response

https://www.arbetsterapeuterna.se/foerbundet/occupational-therapy-in-sweden/the-swedish-association-of-occupational-therapists/inga-britt-lindstroem-grant-award/

https://www.arbetsterapeuterna.se/foerbundet/occupational-therapy-in-sweden/the-swedish-association-of-occupational-therapists/inga-britt-lindstroem-grant-award/

Healing work: Intersections for decoloniality

Antiracist occupational therapy: Unsettling the status quo

Occupational Therapy Disruptors: What Global OT practice can teach us about innovation, culture and community

MSc Thesis_Andare Lizzie_

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LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizzie-andare-41b675149/

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