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Yani Hamdani

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Occupational Science and Occupational TherapyUniversity of Toronto

Yani Hamdani

Associate Professor

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

106

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Collaborators

Publications by year

Counts cover the works listed on the university profile; citation counts come from Dimensions.

Education

Ph.D., Social and Behavioural Health Sciences
M.A., Curriculum and Adaptive Instruction
B.Sc., Occupational Therapy

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Occupational therapy Mental health and wellbeing Mental health rehabilitation Disability studies

Latest papers

Parent perspectives on services available to autistic children in Canada: A mixed methods survey study.
PloS one · 2026
How Do Speech-Language Pathology Social Communication Interventions Incorporate the Strengths and Perspectives of Autistic Children and Their Families: A Scoping Review
Autism · 2026
Autistic sociality: challenging representations of autism and human-animal interactions.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2024 · senior author

All 24 publications

24 publications.

Parent perspectives on services available to autistic children in Canada: A mixed methods survey study.

Caven I, Hamdani Y, Lunsky Y, Weaver C, Penner M

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0353678 PMID: 42623361

How Do Speech-Language Pathology Social Communication Interventions Incorporate the Strengths and Perspectives of Autistic Children and Their Families: A Scoping Review

Albin M, Rosenbaum P, Bode-Akinboye E, Hamdani Y, Phoenix M

Autism20261 citations

DOI: 10.1177/13623613261448948

Autistic sociality: challenging representations of autism and human-animal interactions.

Vollmers P, Gibson BE, Hamdani Y

Disability and rehabilitation2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2316798 PMID: 38425302

"Can you hear me now?": a qualitative exploration of communication quality in virtual primary care encounters for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Selick A, Durbin J, Hamdani Y, Rayner J, Lunsky Y

BMC primary care2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-023-02055-z PMID: 37081380

Health status and health care utilization profiles of adolescents with disabilities.

Kingsnorth S, Hamdani Y, Cheng C, Lindsay S, Maxwell J, Colantonio A, Bayley M, Macarthur C

Health care transitions2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.hctj.2023.100004 PMID: 39713020

Wellness in children's rehabilitation - what does it mean?

Hamdani Y, Bonder R, McPherson AC

Disability and rehabilitation2023First author

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2148295 PMID: 36437808

Representations of parenting autistic children: A critical interpretive synthesis.

Dash MJ, Hamdani Y, Laliberte Rudman D, Teachman G

Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy2023

DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2023.2210802 PMID: 37162546

Roadblocks and detours on pathways to a clinical diagnosis of autism for girls and women: A qualitative secondary analysis

Hamdani Y, Kassee C, Walker M, Lunsky Y, Gladstone B, Sawyer A, Ameis SH, Desarkar P, Szatmari P, Lai M-C

Women's Health202327 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1177/17455057231163761

Accessibility of Virtual Primary Care for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study.

Selick A, Durbin J, Hamdani Y, Rayner J, Lunsky Y

JMIR formative research2022

DOI: 10.2196/38916 PMID: 35951444

A Systematic Review to Identify Screening Tools and Practices that Can Be Used by Children’s Rehabilitation Service Providers to Screen Parents’ Mental Health

Phoenix M, Kingsnorth S, Hamdani Y, Ballantyne M, Scratch SE, Pezzullo S, Reitzel M, Albin M, Popov N, Kirubainathan L

Developmental Neurorehabilitation20222 citations

DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2021.2011977

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Yani Hamdani

Research

Latest papers

Parent perspectives on services available to autistic children in Canada: A mixed methods survey study.

How Do Speech-Language Pathology Social Communication Interventions Incorporate the Strengths and Perspectives of Autistic Children and Their Families: A Scoping Review

Autistic sociality: challenging representations of autism and human-animal interactions.

"Can you hear me now?": a qualitative exploration of communication quality in virtual primary care encounters for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Health status and health care utilization profiles of adolescents with disabilities.

Wellness in children's rehabilitation - what does it mean?

Representations of parenting autistic children: A critical interpretive synthesis.

Roadblocks and detours on pathways to a clinical diagnosis of autism for girls and women: A qualitative secondary analysis

Accessibility of Virtual Primary Care for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study.

A Systematic Review to Identify Screening Tools and Practices that Can Be Used by Children’s Rehabilitation Service Providers to Screen Parents’ Mental Health

Frequent collaborators

Yona Lunsky

Sally Lindsay

Yona Lunsky

Angela Colantonio

Mark Bayley

Jennifer Rayner

Jennifer Rayner

Janet Durbin

Jennifer Rayner

Avra Selick

Nicole Bobbette

Gillian King

Michelle Phoenix

Jennifer Rayner

Gail Teachman

Maya Albin

Gillian King

Michelle Phoenix

Peter Szatmari

Meng-Chuan Lai

Andrea Lamont

Yani Hamdani

Research

Latest papers

Parent perspectives on services available to autistic children in Canada: A mixed methods survey study.

How Do Speech-Language Pathology Social Communication Interventions Incorporate the Strengths and Perspectives of Autistic Children and Their Families: A Scoping Review

Autistic sociality: challenging representations of autism and human-animal interactions.

"Can you hear me now?": a qualitative exploration of communication quality in virtual primary care encounters for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Health status and health&#xa0;care utilization profiles of adolescents with disabilities.

Wellness in children's rehabilitation - what does it mean?

Representations of parenting autistic children: A critical interpretive synthesis.

Roadblocks and detours on pathways to a clinical diagnosis of autism for girls and women: A qualitative secondary analysis

Accessibility of Virtual Primary Care for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study.

A Systematic Review to Identify Screening Tools and Practices that Can Be Used by Children’s Rehabilitation Service Providers to Screen Parents’ Mental Health

Frequent collaborators

Yona Lunsky

Sally Lindsay

Yona Lunsky

Angela Colantonio

Mark Bayley

Jennifer Rayner

Jennifer Rayner

Janet Durbin

Jennifer Rayner

Avra Selick

Nicole Bobbette

Gillian King

Michelle Phoenix

Jennifer Rayner

Gail Teachman

Maya Albin

Gillian King

Michelle Phoenix

Peter Szatmari

Meng-Chuan Lai

Andrea Lamont

Health status and health care utilization profiles of adolescents with disabilities.