Pathways to Belonging

for Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Publications and Presentations

Academic Publications

Manuscripts in Preparation for Publication

Renwick, R., Chowdhury, M. , & Estrella, M. J. (In preparation).Young disabled adults speak out about seeking and finding a sense of belonging. Journal on Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities.

Estrella, M. J., Renwick, R., Sithamparanathan, G., & Zheng, R. (In preparation). Belonging pathways for young adults with disabilities: Perspectives of their family members. Disability and Rehabilitation.

Thompson, S., Estrella, M. J., Forsythe, K., Glazier, K., & Renwick, R. (In preparation). Service providers’ perspectives on pathways to belonging for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Disability and Society.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

DuBois, D., Renwick, R., Chowdhury, M., Eisen, S., & Cameron, D. (2020). Engagement in community life: Perspectives of youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities on families’ roles. Disability and Rehabilitation, 42(20), 2923–2934. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1576781

Ruiz-Chapman, T., & Renwick, R. (2019). Finding pathways to belonging for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Socio-spatial mapping as an arts-based methodology. rehabInk, 1(6), 11-11. https://rehabinkmag.com

Renwick, R., DuBois, D., Cowen, J., Cameron, D., Fudge Schormans, A., & Rose, N. (2019). Voices of youths on engagement in community life: A theoretical framework of belonging. Disability & Society, 34(6), 945–971. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2019.1583551

Stanley, Z., Lauretani, P., Conforti, D., Cowen, J., DuBois, D., & Renwick, R. (2019). Working to make research inclusive: Perspectives on being members of the Voices of Youths Project. Disability & Society, 34(9–10), 1660–1667. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2019.1619232

Hurd, C., Evans, C., & Renwick, R. (2018). “Having friends is like having marshmallows”: Perspectives of transition-aged youths with intellectual and developmental disabilities on friendship. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(6), 1186–1196. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12493

Non-Academic Publications

“What do disabled youth say about friendship?“ from Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s BLOOM Magazine Article on the Voices of Youths research.

The Voices of Youth Final Report in accessible language:

Renwick, R., Dubois, D., Cameron, D., Schormans, A.F., Schumph, L., Ngo, M., Stoddart, K., Conforti, D., Stanley, Z., & Lauretnai P. (2018). Belonging matters! What the youth told us. Retrieved from https://voicesofyouthsresearch.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/voices-of-youths-final-report-what-youth-told-us.pdf

Presentations

Routledge, F., & Renwick, R. (2024, April 9). Pathways to belonging for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities [Panel presentation]. University of Toronto Digital Humanities Fest Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Zheng, R., F. Routledge, M.J. Estrella, Z. Stanley, M. Chowdhury, & R. Renwick. (2024, February 8). Using arts-based knowledge translation to foster and develop belonging for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities [Conference presentation]. Canadian Health and Wellbeing in Developmental Disabilities Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Renwick, R., & Ngo, M. (2023, October 20). Inclusive research in partnership: Reflections on two studies. [Invited presentation]. University of Toronto’s Centre for Research and Innovation Support Foundations in Community-Engaged Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Chowdhury, M., Estrella, M. J.,& Renwick, R. (2022, August 18-20). A conceptual framework of belonging pathways for disabled young adults. [Conference presentation]. Inaugural World Occupational Science Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Renwick, R., Estrella, M. J., & Chowdhury, M. (2022, June 22-23). Conceptualizing pathways to belonging for disabled young adults: Incorporating an arts-based methodology [Virtual conference presentation]. Qualitative Analysis Conference, St. John’s, NFL, Canada.

Estrella, M J., Sithamparanathan, G., Zheng, R. & Renwick, R. (2022, May 7). Belonging pathways for disabled young adults: Family perspectives [Conference presentation]. Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists Conference, Whistler, BC, Canada.

Renwick, R., Estrella, M. J., & Chowdhury, M. (2021, May 16-19). Understanding belonging for disabled young adults through socio-spatial mapping [Conference presentation]. Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists conference, Virtual conference.

Renwick, R., Estrella, M. J., & Chowdhury, M. (2021, June 21-23). Conceptualizing pathways to belonging for disabled young adults: Incorporating an arts-based methodology [Conference presentation]. The Qualitative Analysis Conference (“The Qualitatives”), Virtual conference.

Zawisza, A., Sykula, M., Podolak, A., Chu, T., DuBois, D., & Renwick, R. (2019, May 29-June 1). Youths’ perspectives on belonging: Do diagnostic labels make a difference? [Conference presentation]. Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists’ Annual Conference, Niagara, ON, Canada.

Renwick, R., DuBois, D., & Cameron, D. (2018, May 21-25). Inclusive Strategies for Actively Engaging Youths with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) in Research [Conference presentation]. The World Federation of Occupational Therapists Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.

Renwick, R., Cameron, D., Fudge Schormans, A., & Cowen, J. (2017, June 28-30). Belonging matters: Learning about friendships and community engagement from youths with disabilities. International Society of Child Indicators Conference, Montreal, QB, Canada.

Rose, N., & Renwick R. (2017, May 17-19). Social Relationships and Self-Presentations of Youths with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. [Conference presentation]. The Qualitative Analysis Conference, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Cowen, J., Rose, N., & Renwick, R. (2017, May 31-June 2) Negotiating Identities: Exploring Disability from the Perspective of Young Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities [Conference presentation]. The Canadian Disability Studies Association Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.

DuBois, D., Renwick, R., Fudge Schormans, A., & Cameron, D. (2017, June 26-29). Youth perspectives on belonging: Contributions to understanding inclusion [Conference presentation]. The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Hartford, CT, USA.

Renwick, R., DuBois, D., & Cameron, C. (2017, June 21-24). Belonging AND Occupation: Youth with disabilities speak out [Conference presentation]. The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada.