Roy Brown has experience in practicing and teaching as a Clinical and Educational Psychologist in the UK. He was appointed to the University of Calgary, Canada in 1968 where he later served as Head of Educational Psychology. During this time he also served as the director of the Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute which provided services to a wide range of people including adolescents and adults with Down syndrome. He also developed the multi-disciplinary Rehabilitation Studies Programme and became its Founding Director. From 1994 he was Foundation Professor at the School of Special Education and Disability Studies, Flinders University. He is a fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Canadian Psychological Association and The International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID).
Roy has published extensively and is currently involved in research and practice in the disabilities field. This includes Editor and contributor to the Adult Series published by Down Syndrome International which is directed to parents and professionals at the front line. He is Co Editor of Down Syndrome Quarterly. He spends time promoting individuals with Down syndrome and also consults to agencies regarding multiple disabilities such as Down syndrome and Autism, and consults on immigration challenges for families where there is a child with Down syndrome.
He continues to work on aspects of quality of life and family quality of life across the lifespan, with international colleagues, and has served on a variety of government committees in England, Canada and Australia. He is a consultant to the Down Syndrome Research Foundation in Vancouver and has adjunct professorial status at several universities. He is also the volunteer Director and Chair of the IASSID Academy on Education, Teaching and Research, one of the activities being to work with Down syndrome organisations in various countries to promote understanding of Down syndrome. Currently he is a member of DSi and their representative to IASSID.
Roy currently lectures and consults internationally on a variety of issues involving disability including Down syndrome. His contributions have been recognised with a number of awards including the award of excellence from the Canadian Down Syndrome Society and further recognition from the Down syndrome Society of South Australia.
In his personal life Roy spends quality time with family including grandchildren, along with music, drama and gardening.
