Marie Peny-Dahlstrand is a PhD and licensed occupational therapist, active as an associate professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has over 40 years of experience working as a clinical occupational therapist with children and young people with different childhood-onset disabilities such as spina bifida, cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injuries. She is now engaged in research about of how to increase occupational performance, participation and self-efficacy for those groups. 

Ann-Marie Öhrvall PhD, Reg OT, Lecturer and Researcher at the Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden. She has a broad experience within the rehabilitation services in people with different childhood-onset disabilities such as spina bifida and cerebral palsy. Her research is focused on opportunities and obstacles in doing for children, adolescents and adults with disabilities caused by neurological problems, congenital or early acquired. The purpose is to increase the group’s opportunities for participation and self-determination in different parts of life and in society.  

Lena Bergqvist is a PhD, registered occupational therapist and specialist in habilitation and disability care. She is a lecturer and researcher at the Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. She has extensive experience in clinical work with adolescents and adults with congenital or early acquired neurological impairments. Her research focuses on how people with early-onset disabilities perceive their occupational performance in everyday life and how to create good opportunities for solving performance problems, and the development of self-confidence.