Who, what, where & when?
My name is Satu Järvinen.
I´m a 47 - year-old doctoral candidate and writer from Turku, Finland. My first non-fiction book was released in February 2012. It tells both theoretical and empirical facts about living with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Title: Järjenjuoksuja. Elämää CP-vamman kanssa (In Finnish).
My autobiographical poetry collection was published in 2016.
Education:
Master of Education, University of Turku, 1999.
Work:
Teacher of special pedagogy, (mostly) Open University of Turku, 1996- and
teacher of education 2008- . I also act as a tutor to online students.
Fields of
interests:
Because of
my own disability
Cerebral Palsy, I´m really interested in many topics of
disability research. Inclusive education from early education to higher education
is one of my main "missions". I think that our society should be open to all of us. But there is still much work to do...
My current
research project:
From Shame to Pride: Empowerment of People with Cerebral Palsy. (doctoral thesis)
I´m also a
member of some Finnish associations for disabled people.
Earlier I had few
confidential posts in them too, but nowadays I play more invisible role in such
activities. I try to make things better mostly by writing articles and columns,
giving lectures etc.
Music and
literature have always been very important to me. I have played the piano since
I was about six years old, and I read a
lot; easily more than one book a day. I am a blogger too.
