Department of Inclusive Education

Dr E Gouws

College of Education
School of Educational Studies
Department: Inclusive Education
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
E-mail:
gouwse@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD in Humanities Education
  • Med in Humanities Education
  • BEd Honours in Learning Support
  • BEd Intermediate Phase

Currently teaching

  • Co supervising 3 masters and 1 PhD student
  • Address the BE.d honours groups on autism awareness

Fields of academic interests

  • Autism
  • Neurodiversity
  • Higher education
  • CoDL
  • Universal design

Field of Specialisation

  • Autism
  • Neurodiversity
  • Mental health
  • Identity formation

Books

Chapter in book : Social and Emotional support for Autistic Students on Campus (2023)
Help! My kind is anders. Help! My child is atypical (2020)

Journal articles

  • My first three days as a first-year university student – the autoethnography of an autistic student (UP) -Accepted for the South African Journal of Higher Education -Will be published in May (2024)
  • Advocacy article in Progress.

Paper presentations

My Journey from autistic adult to Postdoctoral Fellow. (EASA conference 2024)

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Representing underrepresented groups on the Commonwealth Disabled Peoples Forum.
  • President of the board of Directors of ICDL (International Council of Development and learning).
  • Current executive member of the autistic research committee of INSAR (International Society of Autistic research).
  • Nominated for the Commonwealth youth Awards 2023 by the Commonwealth Disabled Peoples Foru

Projects

U Good Project