Elisha Deegan

Laurel House

Elisha is a registered nurse with a background of working in paediatrics and the disability sector. She is passionate about disability rights, advocacy, and access to healthcare for all people. Elisha is a mother to a 14-year-old and three doggies as well as being a wife. Elisha is leading the development of the second phase of a disability project at Laurel House focused on prevention of sexual violence and abuse against people with disability. When she is not working at Laurel House Elisha is working on her PhD to develop an educational intervention that will provide training for people to deliver CPR to people with disability and wheelchair users.