Susan Mahipaul is a PhD and occupational therapist who specializes on the intersection between rehabilitation and critical disability studies. Susan identities as a disabled healthcare provider interested in diverse disability perspectives. Her doctoral work used critical disability studies, critical feminist studies and rehabilitation theory to explore how her own critical reflections on living with a lifelong disability can critique normative assumptions on disability. She guest lectures about critical disability studies to first year rehabilitation science students at universities in southwestern Ontario, consults on disability-related research projects, and practices privately as an occupational therapist supporting clients with disability and/or chronic illness in the area of disability and health systems navigation. As a lecturer in King's University College's (UWO) Disability Studies program, Susan teaches a course on the narratives of disability and care.