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Kate graduated in 1987 and her specialist area of practice is accessible housing design, championing the need to understand the meaning of home to an individual and how poorly designed modifications can have a significant impact on the wellbeing of clients. For the last 25 years she has collaborated with Stannah on development of new products, supporting products that meet customers’ functional needs as well as creating products that we all would want to have in our own homes, allowing us to age in place. To this day she continues to work with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the development of an accessible built environment and co-authored the Wheelchair Housing Design Guide. She was involved in the newly funded research project into wheelchair space standards to inform the revised Part M of the Building Regulations. Kate was awarded a Fellowship from the Royal College of Occupational Therapists in 2022 and an honorary Fellowship from Worcester University for her outstanding contribution to the field of occupational therapy.