Dr. Raghavendra is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Disability & Community Inclusion. She is a speech pathologist with over 30 years of research, clinical and/or teaching experience in working with children and adults with disabilities, especially those who have complex communication needs using augmentative and alternative communication. Her areas of research interests are: Understanding and measuring the participation of children with disabilities especially those with complex communication needs at home, school and community; enhancing the participation of children and adults with complex communication needs using main stream and assistive technologies. She has studied and/or worked in India, Singapore, USA, and Sweden.