Alys Young, Ph.D.
Alys Young, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work Education and Research, Social Research with Deaf People (SORD), School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
Dr. Alys Young is Professor of Social Work and Director of the SORD group (Social Research with Deaf People) at the University of Manchester UK. She is also visiting Professor at the Centre for Deaf Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Her research work focuses health and social care in relation to d/Deaf people across the life course and she has a particular interest in social research methodologies associated with visual and spoken language contexts with d/Deaf children and adults.