Family Centered Neurodiversity & Disability Research
Working with families to understand and amplify lived experiences for improved research and care
What we do
We lead innovative, family-centered research through Collaboration Station, the first co-designed living lab for families of neurodiverse children. Supported by the Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Funding and Research Manitoba, our team collaborates with families, clinicians, and national partners to create a sustainable platform for knowledge exchange, storytelling, and innovation in childhood disability and rehabilitation care.
Through this interactive platform, we:
Co-create family-centered solutions for childhood disability and rehabilitation care
Exchange knowledge between families, researchers, and clinicians at partnered sites in Manitoba
Advance innovation in care and research using living lab and story-based methods
Collaboration Station brings stories, science, and lived experience together—building a more inclusive and informed future for neurodiverse children and their families.
Collaboration Station
Connecting families living with developmental conditions to research that matters
Funded by The Winnipeg Foundation Rady Health Sciences Innovation Grant, the PREPP Award, and Research Manitoba
Projects
Systematic Review of Living Labs in Child Health
The first systematic review of living labs across
child health contexts
PROSPERO registration number:
CRD42020175275
Funded by the University of Manitoba’s University Research Grants Program
Publications
Archibald, M., Akinwale, O., Hammond, E., Mora, A., Woodgate, R., & Wittmeier, K. A. (2024). Living lab for family centred knowledge exchange in pediatric rehabilitation and development research: A study protocol. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23. doi: 10.1177/16094069241244866
Archibald, M., Wittmeier, K., Gale, M., Ricci, F., Russell, K., & Woodgate, R. (2021). Living labs for patient engagement and knowledge exchange: A protocol for an exploratory sequential mixed methods study for prototype development in pediatric rehabilitation. BMJ Open, 11(5), e041530. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041530