Nora Shields

I’m Nora, and I’m on the Council for the Centre.

I’m a physiotherapist and I do health research about Down syndrome in Australia.

My focus is on improving the health and wellbeing of people with disability by increasing their participation in exercise and physical activity.

I developed FitSkills, which is a community-based exercise program for teenagers and young adults with disability. An important part of FitSkills is providing university students with the opportunity to get to know, and work with, people with disability.

Nora Shields