Dr. Samuel Arnold

Biography

Samuel Arnold is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and a lecturer at Western Sydney University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Macquarie University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology, a Master of Arts in Analytical Psychology from Western Sydney University, and a PhD from the University of Sydney. He is also a registered psychologist with extensive experience working within the disability community, particularly focusing on adults. Samuel was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Sydney and has provided counseling and clinical services at the New South Wales Developmental Disability Health Unit and the Northern Sydney Intellectual Disability Health Team. His research interests are centered on the Australian Longitudinal Study of Autism Adulthood, particularly in developing construct contribution and outcome measurement applications. He was awarded the Endeavour Foundation Disability Research Fund 2021 Research Award to support his studies. Samuel encourages collaboration and scholarship in autism and intellectual disability research.

Research Interests