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Ms. Eilish King

Adjunct Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
      
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Ms. Eilish King

Adjunct Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)

 KINGE1@tcd.ie

 


Eilish is a CORU registered occupational therapist, and currently works as a Regional Placement Facilitator in the Discipline of Occupational Therapy in Trinity College Dublin. Since qualifying as an occupational therapist from Trinity College Dublin, Eilish has worked in a variety of services supporting children and adults with disabilities across the lifespan. Eilish previously worked as Practice Tutor, and has contributed to a variety of modules on the undergraduate occupational therapy programme in Trinity College dublin since 2021. Eilish holds a Masters by Research from Trinity College Dublin, and is currently undertaking a PhD examining sensory processing amongst older adults with intellectual disabilities. Her primary research interest areas pertain to intellectual disability and ageing, sensory processing, transition to adulthood, and inclusive education opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities.
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CORU Registered Occupational Therapist 2016 Present
Member of Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland 2015 Present
Ordinary Committee Member of the Intellectual Disability Advisory Group of Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland 2022 present
Eilish King, Dr Katie Cremin, Prof Philip McCallion, Prof Mary McCarron, Prof Éilish Burke, Enabling adults ageing with intellectual disabilities to self-report their sensory preferences, World Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress 2026, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-12 February 2026, 2026, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Eilish King, Katie Cremin, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Éilish Burke, Sensory Processing and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Scoping Review, World Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress 2026, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-12 February 2026, 2026, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Sarah Quinn, Leonie Boland, Eilish King, Supported volunteering: An innovative model of practice to facilitate community participation and belonging, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2026), Dublin, Ireland, 3-5th March, 2026, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Eilish King, Katie Cremin, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Éilish Burke, Exploring Sensory Profiles of Adults Ageing with Intellectual Disabilities, World Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress 2026, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-12 February, 2026, Poster, PRESENTED
Sarah Quinn, Leonie Boland, Eilish King, Supported Volunteering: Working together to support participatory citizenship and social change., ENOTHE annual conference. 'Occupational Therapy Education: fostering global citizenship and partnerships.', Coimbra, Portugal, 23rd - 25th October, edited by ENOTHE conference committee , 2025, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Alanna Heraty; Sadhbh De Barra; Eilish Duggan; Eilish King; Melissa Bock; Therese Crosbie; Pauline Boland, Occupational therapists working with adults with intellectual disability in Ireland: survey about scope of practice, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Eilín dePaor, Eilish King, Shona McGuinness, Suzanne Guerin, Transition from School to Adult Life: Scoping Review of Perspectives of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and Families, Disability & Society, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Eilish King, Dr Katie Cremin, Prof Philip McCallion, Prof Mary McCarron, Prof Éilish Burke, Sensory Profiles of Adults Ageing with Intellectual Disabilities, THEConf2025 Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland, March 4-6th 2025, 2025, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
King, E., Lafferty, A., Kenny, J., Gleeson, C.I., Training Tomorrow"s Workforce: Enhancing Placements in Children"s Disability Services, Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Annual Conference, Mullingar, Ireland, October 2nd-3rd, 2025, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
King, E., Cremin, K., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., Burke, É., A Scoping Review of Sensory Processing and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, The Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Annual Conference, Mullingar, Ireland, October 2-3rd, 2025, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED  URL
  

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Eilín de Paor, Eilish King, Shona McGuinness, Prof Suzanne Guerin, School to Adult Life Transition: A Scoping Review of Perspectives of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) and their Families, IASSIDD World Congress 2024, Chicago, uSA, August 4th-8th 2024, 2024, Poster, PRESENTED
Petrie, Mary., King, Eilish., Fulham, Joseph., Copley, Audrey, The Development & Experiences of Online Introduction to Work Course for Adults with Intellectual Disabiliities, IASSIDD Virtual Conference Series 2022 Progress in Accessing Online Education and Training, Virtual, 15th June 2022, 2022, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Deirdre Corby, Toff Andersen, Christine Delany, Eilish King, Mary Petrie, Schira Reddy, Supporting People with Disabilities towards Employment: DCU Ability Project, The AHEAD Journal, (12), 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Dean's Awards Faculty of Health Sciences Outstanding Contribution to Teaching in Professional Practice Award 2025
Dublin City University President's Award for Engagement (staff category, DCU Ability Team) 2020
Member of Project Team for Ann Beckett Award 2024 Supported Volunteering: Working Together, Learning Together Project 2024
My current research interests relate to intellectual disability and ageing, transition to adulthood for people with intellectual disabilities, and inclusive education opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities. I am also interested in civic engaged teaching and learning, and I am currently involved in the Supported Volunteering: Working Together, Learning Together' project.