Anna Karin Axelsson

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Presentation Publications

Anna Karin Axelsson has a Ph.D. in Disability Research and her research interest is in the various aspects of participation in everyday life - especially for children with disabilities.

Her doctoral thesis is entitled Children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and their participation in family activities. The overall aim of the research was to explore participation in family activities in children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and to find strategies to facilitate participation for these children. This also included the role of the external personal assistant. Also, her Master thesis focused on children with disabilities, a five year follow up study from a bio-psychosocial perspective after multilevel surgery in children with cerebral palsy.

Anna Karin is a Registered Physical Therapist and has clinical experience from several areas, especially from the Child and Youth Habilitation Services. In addition, she has been a coordinator for the course Developmental Sciences and Intervention Processes in CHILD’s international, interdisciplinary master program Interventions in Childhood. She is currently combining clinical work with continued research concerning children with disabilities and their participation in everyday life as well as research in the field of communication in deaf blindness.

Article

Axelsson, A., Holmer, E., Schönström, K., Plejert, C. (2025). Strategies to Facilitate Social Interaction with Adults with Congenital Deafblindness: Communication Partner's Perceptions International journal of disability, development and education, 72(6), 1089-1105. More information
Axelsson, A., Ivarsson, M., Danielsson, H., Ullenhag, A. (2024). Contributing factors for participation and independence in children and youths with disabilities Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31(1). More information
Gothilander, J., Axelsson, A., Danielsson, H., Almqvist, L., Ullenhag, A. (2024). Factor structure of FUNDES-Child-SE measuring the participation and independence of children with disabilities Child Care Health and Development, 50(4). More information
Gothilander, J., Ullenhag, A., Danielsson, H., Axelsson, A. (2023). Reliability of FUNDES-Child-SE: measuring participation and independence of children and youths with disabilities Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 30(8), 1248-1256. More information
Axelsson, A., Ullenhag, A., Ödman, P. (2022). A Swedish cultural adaptation of the participation questionnaire Functional Scale of the Disability Evaluation System - Child version Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(9), 1720-1727. More information
Sjöman, M., Granlund, M., Axelsson, A., Almqvist, L., Danielsson, H. (2021). Social interaction and gender as factors affecting the trajectories of children's engagement and hyperactive behaviour in preschool British Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(2), 617-637. More information
Magnusson, E., Axelsson, A., Lindroth, M. (2020). ‘We try’ – how nurses work with patient participation in forensic psychiatric care Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 34(3), 690-697. More information
Åström, F., Khetani, M., Axelsson, A. (2018). Young Children's Participation and Environment Measure: Swedish Cultural Adaptation Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 38(3), 329-342. More information
Boren, T., Granlund, M., Wilder, J., Axelsson, A. (2016). Sweden’s LSS and social integration: An exploration of the relationship between personal assistant type, activities, and participation for children with PIMD Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(1), 50-60. More information
Axelsson, A. (2015). The role of the external personal assistants for children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities working in the children's home JARID: Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities, 28(3), 201-211. More information
Boren, T., Axelsson, A., Granlund, M. (2014). Profound intellectual and multiple disabilities JARID: Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities, 27(4), 371. More information
Axelsson, A., Imms, C., Wilder, J. (2014). Strategies that facilitate participation in family activities of children and adolescents with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: parents’ and personal assistants’ experiences Disability and Rehabilitation, 36(25), 2169-2177. More information
Axelsson, A., Wilder, J. (2014). Frequency of Occurrence and Child Presence in Family Activities: A Quantitative, Comparative Study of Children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities and Children with Typical Development International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 60(1), 13-25. More information
Axelsson, A., Granlund, M., Wilder, J. (2013). Engagement in family activities: a quantitative, comparative study of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and children with typical development Child Care Health and Development, 39(4), 523-534. More information

Book

Wilder, J., Axelsson, A., Carlsson, M. (2013). Jag är med! Om personlig assistans och barns delaktighet i familjeaktiviteter. Stockholm: Föreningen JAG More information

Doctoral thesis

Axelsson, A. (2014). Children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and their participation in family activities (Doctoral thesis, Jönköping: School of Health Sciences). More information

Book chapter

Axelsson, A., Wilder, J. (2018). Personlig assistans i familjen för barn och ungdomar med omfattande funktionsnedsättningar. In: N. Altermark, H. Knutsson, M. Svensson Chowdhury (Ed.), FORSKNING OM PERSONLIG ASSISTANS: EN ANTOLOGI (pp. 11 -21). More information

Other publications

Axelsson, A. . The role of the external personal assistant for children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities working in the children’shome. More information