{"id":536,"date":"2021-11-15T23:24:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T13:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/?page_id=536"},"modified":"2021-11-25T23:38:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:38:07","slug":"michael-shanahan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/michael-shanahan\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Shanahan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-130240 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-370322 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-230050 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ccd.brighterworld.biz\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-PEOPLE_AGLAP_PROFILES_Micahel-Shanahan_colour_-e1637153802328-150x150.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-297660 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-720900 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-273249\" style=\"height: 20px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-70693 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-27882 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-269542 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Michael is a research student, disability advocate, registered nurse and has lived experience of disability, having a Corpus Callosum Disorder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michael is passionate about both biomedical and qualitative research impacting people with a disability and neurodiversity, disseminating research findings for a lay audience and connecting people with a corpus callosum disorder to their wider community and to experts and advocates that can help them. 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