Belinda Deramore Denver, PhD, OT

Dr Belinda Deramore Denver is a pediatric occupational therapist and researcher at Australian Catholic University. Belinda has nearly 20-years clinical practice experience and she received her PhD in 2022 for her thesis on 'development and initial validation of an assessment of visual ability for children with cerebral palsy'. Her thesis provides a new conceptualisation for thinking about vision using observable and strengths-based language to describe 'how vision is used'. She is the principal developer of the new Measure of Early Vision Use. 
Belinda describes her biggest clinical and research interest to be in addressing the gaps in current assessment and intervention practices for children with visual impairment. She also works with children who have strengths in using vision, such as children using eye-gaze technology, and is motivated to share best practice with more children and families, including those with visual impairments.