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Below you will find a list of publications from articles to research papers to books, our CEO Professor Amanda Kirby or the Do-IT Profiler team have been involved with. These publications are split into sectors for ease. You may see some publications listed under more than one sector.
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Justice Setting Publications
Below you will find research, publications and books related to the criminal justice sector.
Research Papers
Cleaton, M. A. M., & Kirby, A. (2018). Why do we find it so hard to calculate the burden of neurodevelopmental disorders? Journal of Childhood & Developmental Disorders, 4(3), 1-20.
HM Inspector of Probation. (2021). Neurodiversity: A whole child approach for youth justice. Retrieved from https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/07/Neurodiversity-AI.pdf
Kirby, A., Saunders, L. (2015). A case study of an embedded system in prison to support individuals with learning difficulties and disabilities in the criminal justice system. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1108/205088241110101Kirby, A., & Gibbons, H. (2017). Rationale and use of computer screening tools in prisons for people with learning difficulties and disabilities. Retrieved from https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/PSJ%20235%20January%202018.pdf
Kirby, A., Williams, H., & Gibbons, H. (2020). Understanding the complexity of neurodevelopmental profiles of females in prison. Retrieved from https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Understanding-the-complexity-of-neurodevelopmental-Kirby-Williams/90131c20d2181d606a1927def73c62cfebcc846d
Kirby, A., Williams, H., & Gibbons, H. (2020). Young men in prison with neurodevelopmental disorders: Missed, misdiagnosed and misinterpreted. Prison Service Journal. Retrieved from https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/PSJ%20251%2C%20Neurodevelopmental%20disorders.pdf
Kirby, A. (2020). Magistrates Association: Neurodiversity embracing inclusivity in the magistrates’ courts. Retrieved from https://doitprofiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MA-guide-to-neurodiversity-MAGISTRATE-December-2020-January-2021.pdf Kent, H., Kirby, A., Hogarth, L., Leckie, G. B., Cornish, R. P., & Williams, H. (2023). School to prison pipelines: Associations between school exclusion, neurodisability and age of first conviction in male prisoners. Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, 100123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsiml.2023.100123
Kent, H., Kirby, A., Leckie, G., Cornish, R., Hogarth, L., & Williams, W. H. (2023). Looked after children in prison as adults: Life adversity and neurodisability. International Journal of Prison Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-08-2022-0051
Kent, H., Magner-Parsons, B., Leckie, G., Dulgar, T., Lusiandari, A., Hogarth, L., Williams, H., & Kirby, A. (2024). Profiles of vulnerability for suicide and self-harm in UK prisoners: Neurodisability, mood disturbance, substance use, and bullying. PLoS One, 19(1), e0296078. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296078
Kirby, A., & Smith, J. (2006). Identification and implication of specific learning difficulties in a prison population. Forensic Update, 84, 15-19.
Smythe, I., & Everatt, J. (2002). Checklist for adults with dyslexia. In M. Johnson & L. Peer (Eds.), The Dyslexia Handbook (pp. 84-87). London, UK: British Dyslexia Association.
Kirby, A., Edwards, L., Sugden, D., & Rosenblum, S. (2010). The development and standardization of the Adult Developmental Co-ordination Disorders/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC). Research in Developmental Disabilities, 31(1), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2009.08.010
Meachon, E. J., Beitz, C., Zemp, M., Wilmut, K., & Alpers, G. W. (2022). The adult developmental coordination disorders/dyspraxia checklist – German: Adapted factor structure for the differentiation of DCD and ADHD. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 126, 104254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104254
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Employment Sector Publications
Below you will find research, publications and books related to the employment and recruitment sector.
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Education Sector Publications
Below you will find research, publications and books related to the education sector:
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Other Publications
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Founder and CEO
Professor Amanda Kirby
MBBS MRCGP PhD
: @profamandakirby 
: Prof Amanda Kirby
Amanda is the founder and CEO of Do-IT Solutions, an internationally recognised tech-for- good company that provides neurodiversity screening and web-based support tools for children and adults in education and employment. The profiling tools are also used in many settings including fire, police, justice, workplace, education and apprenticeship settings. The data findings are published with research partners
Amanda Is a medical doctor and an emeritus professor at the University of South Wales , an honorary professor at Cardiff University and a Visiting Professor at Faculty of Health Sciences Trinity College Dublin.
She has clinical and research experience and founded and ran a transdisciplinary clinical and research team for 20 years relating to neurodiversity. She is a qualified GP and has a Ph.D. relating to emerging adulthood and neurodiversity. She has initiated and run a wide variety of training programmes including a Masters in SEN programme. She is also Mental Health section editor for Neurodiversity for PLOS Journal.rnrnAmanda has been on government advisory boards (e.g., Hidden Impairment National Group). She sits on the Professional Advisory Group for DWP relating to Disability Confident. She advises UK and international charities in the field of neurodiversity now and in the past e.g.patron of the Dyspraxia Association in New Zealand, and Chair of Movement Matters UK. She is the current chair of the ADHD Foundation and works closely with many other charities working in this area. She was on the working group for the first BSI guidelines – Design for the Mind, and the built environment and has advised the Engineering Council on their professional guidelines.rnrnShe has written 10 books and more than 100 research papers in the field and one of her recent books published in 2021:’Neurodiversity at Work, Drive Innovation, Performance and Productivity with a Neurodiverse Workforce’ won the Business Book Awards 2022 for EDI. Her latest book in 2023 is: Neurodiversity and Education and she is currently writing a book for parents.rnrnAmanda has been voted one of the top UK HR Thinkers in 2022 and one the lifetime achievement awards at the National Diversity Awards as well as being voted in the top 50 Diversity power list. In 2023, she has been named one of: Think Women’s 40 outstanding global women’; Top ‘33 UK Business Influencers’. Amanda has co-authored the first Neurodiversity Index Report with City and Guilds Foundation published in March 2023 and in March 2024. She is one of the LinkedIn Top Voices and has a weekly Neurodiversity 101 newsletter with more than 149,000 followers. In 2024 she was named as du0026amp;i Leaders 2024 inspirational leaders in the diversity and inclusion space globally.rnrnAmanda has lived experience of neurodiversity firsthand, as she sees herself as neurodivergent as well as being a parent of neurodivergent children, and grandchildren.rnrnAmanda’s passion to make changes in society and increase the chances of showcasing talents for neurodivergent children and adults especially in work settings remains as strong as it was 30 years ago.
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