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Sally Lindsay

ResearcherBloorview Research InstituteUniversity of Toronto

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Sally Lindsay

Researcher

Bloorview Research Institute

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
57 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 18 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 15 research grants (10 SSHRC, 5 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2010.

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Academic metrics

130

Publications

408

Citations

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Disability Ableism Discrimination Health Equity Disability Disclosure Gender Workplace Accommodations Youth

Latest papers

Barriers and facilitators to leisure participation among racially minoritized youth with disabilities.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2026 · senior author
Housing ableism in finding and maintaining housing among people with disabilities: A scoping review.
PloS one · 2026 · first author
Feeling like you're looking for something that doesn't exist: experiences of securing accessible housing among families of children and youth with disabilities.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2026 · first author

All 130 publications

Latest funding

Development of an anti-ableism framework and guideline (REACH) for health research
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$365,068
Lived experiences of accessible and affordable housing among children and youth with disabilities and identifying solutions
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$45,787
Exploring ableism and racism among youth with disabilities
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$7,000

All 19 grants and awards

130 publications.

Barriers and facilitators to leisure participation among racially minoritized youth with disabilities.

Oncil G, Phonepraseuth J, Abdeahad N, Lindsay S

Disability and rehabilitation2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2026.2696884 PMID: 42400953

Housing ableism in finding and maintaining housing among people with disabilities: A scoping review.

Lindsay S, Öncil G, Leo S

PloS one2026First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0351309 PMID: 42268853

Feeling like you're looking for something that doesn't exist: experiences of securing accessible housing among families of children and youth with disabilities.

Lindsay S, Leo S, Ross T

Disability and rehabilitation2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2026.2712594 PMID: 42554253

Housing Inequities and Health Among Children and Youth With Disabilities.

Lindsay S

Child: care, health and development2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/cch.70297 PMID: 42167792

The impact of ableism on the health and well-being of children and youth with disabilities: a systematic review.

Lindsay S, Phonepraseuth J, Leo S, Abdeahad N

Disability and rehabilitation2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2578425 PMID: 41157898

Exploring the clothing-related needs and barriers of children and youth with physical disabilities: a scoping review.

Alam R, Abdeahad N, Novak AC, Avila L, Lindsay S

Disability and rehabilitation2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2573856 PMID: 41116150

Rural health care providers' experiences of providing care to children and youth with disabilities: a scoping review.

Lindsay S, Phonepraseuth J

Disability and rehabilitation2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2548986 PMID: 40874372

Managing Fit at Work: Disclosure, Accommodation, and Affective Labour Among Gender Minoritized Young Adults with Disabilities.

Slothouber V, Leo S, Lindsay S

Journal of homosexuality2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2026.2733674 PMID: 42765674

Experiences of disordered eating and exercise behaviors of neurodivergent, gender diverse youth: A scoping review.

Slothouber V, Phonepraseuth J, Lindsay S

International journal of transgender health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2025.2566186 PMID: 42517004

A scoping review of the lived experiences of gender diverse children and youth with disabilities.

Slothouber V, Oliver T, Leo S, Lindsay S

International journal of transgender health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2025.2464229 PMID: 41625006

Development of an anti-ableism framework and guideline (REACH) for health research

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lindsay, Sally

Keywords: Ableism; Disability; Discrimination; Health Equity

$365,068

Lived experiences of accessible and affordable housing among children and youth with disabilities and identifying solutions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lindsay, Sally R.

Keywords: accessibility; housing; children; disability; social justice

$45,787

Exploring ableism and racism among youth with disabilities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Presidential Fund for Research, Innovation & Collaboration

Principal investigators: Lindsay, Sally R.

Keywords: ableism; children; disabilities; discrimination; marginalization; youth

$7,000

Accessible, affordable independent housing for people with disabilities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Shifting Dynamics of Privilege and Marginalization

Principal investigators: Lindsay, Sally R.

Keywords: ableism; accessibility; disability; housing; inclusion; marginalization

$30,000

Discrimination, ableism and racism hurt but inclusion can heal: Listening to the intersectional lived experiences of youth with disabilities and co-creating solutions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Lindsay, Sally

Keywords: Ableism; Children; Disability; Discrimination; Marginalization; Racism; Youth; inclusion

$290,000

Discrimination, ableism and racism hurt but inclusion can heal: Listening to the intersectional lived experiences of youth with disabilities and co-creating solutions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Lindsay, Sally

Keywords: Ableism; Children; Disability; Discrimination; Marginalization; Racism; Youth; inclusion

$160,000

Social environment and functioning of adolescents born pre-term

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Paus, Tomas

Keywords: Adolescence And Youth; Brain Health; Mental Health; Preterm Birth; Puberty; Social Stress

$1,028,926

Partners for enhancing healthy and productive work for young men and women with disabilities

Nominated PICIHR2017Healthy and Productive Work - Partnership Grants

Principal investigators: Lindsay, Sally

Keywords: Disability Disclosure; Gender; Workplace Accommodations; Youth

$800,000

Partners for enhancing healthy and productive work for young men and women with disabilities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Lindsay, Sally R.

Keywords: disability disclosure; workplace accommodations; youth; gender

$50,000

The IDEAS Network: enabling people with invisible disabilities to enter, return to, and stay in the workforce

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Kirsh, Bonnie H.

Keywords: supported employment; invisible disabilities; work integration; employment support; work accommodations;mental illness; brain injury; cancer; injured workers; gender and work

$49,968

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Sally Lindsay

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Barriers and facilitators to leisure participation among racially minoritized youth with disabilities.

Housing ableism in finding and maintaining housing among people with disabilities: A scoping review.

Feeling like you're looking for something that doesn't exist: experiences of securing accessible housing among families of children and youth with disabilities.

Housing Inequities and Health Among Children and Youth With Disabilities.

The impact of ableism on the health and well-being of children and youth with disabilities: a systematic review.

Exploring the clothing-related needs and barriers of children and youth with physical disabilities: a scoping review.

Rural health care providers' experiences of providing care to children and youth with disabilities: a scoping review.

Managing Fit at Work: Disclosure, Accommodation, and Affective Labour Among Gender Minoritized Young Adults with Disabilities.

Experiences of disordered eating and exercise behaviors of neurodivergent, gender diverse youth: A scoping review.

A scoping review of the lived experiences of gender diverse children and youth with disabilities.

Development of an anti-ableism framework and guideline (REACH) for health research

Lived experiences of accessible and affordable housing among children and youth with disabilities and identifying solutions

Exploring ableism and racism among youth with disabilities

Accessible, affordable independent housing for people with disabilities

Discrimination, ableism and racism hurt but inclusion can heal: Listening to the intersectional lived experiences of youth with disabilities and co-creating solutions

Discrimination, ableism and racism hurt but inclusion can heal: Listening to the intersectional lived experiences of youth with disabilities and co-creating solutions

Social environment and functioning of adolescents born pre-term

Partners for enhancing healthy and productive work for young men and women with disabilities

Partners for enhancing healthy and productive work for young men and women with disabilities

The IDEAS Network: enabling people with invisible disabilities to enter, return to, and stay in the workforce

Frequent collaborators

Jennifer Stinson

Angela Colantonio

Nicole Thomson

Yani Hamdani

Vanessa Tomas

Bonnie Kirsh

Mark Bayley

Evdokia Anagnostou

Tatyana Mollayeva

Sarah Munce

Heather Colquhoun

Sandra Moll

Gillian King

Gillian King

Mohammad Zubairi

Jan Andrysek

Reshma Amin

Tom Chau

Tilak Dutta

Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos

Elaine Biddiss

Nick Reed

Avril Mansfield

Claude Vincent

Amy McPherson

Patrick Archambault

Nicole Yantzi

Anne Klassen