Mesa, Sue

• Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
• School of Science Technology and Health

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Article

Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252, Kelly, Laura and Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 (2023) “I’m able to function better when I know there’s a beginning and an end time”: Autistic adolescents’ experiences of lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 8.

Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 and Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252 (2021) "We are different, that's a fact, but they treat us like we're different-er": Understandings of autism and adolescent identity development. Advances in Autism.

Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252, Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270, Hayward, Emily, Price, Rhiannon and Bright, Graham (2017) "There's lot of places I'd like to go and things I'd like to do": The daily living experiences of adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities during a time of personalised welfare reform in the UK. Disability & Society, 32 (3). pp. 287-307.

Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 and Tsakanikos, Elias (2014) Attitudes and self-efficacy towards adults with mild intellectual disability among staff in acute psychiatric wards: an empirical investigation. Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 8 (2). pp. 79-90.

Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270, Heron, Penny, Chard, Gill and Rowe, John (2014) Using the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills as part of the diagnostic process in an inner-city learning disability service. The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77 (4). pp. 170-173.

Book Section

Dancza, Karina, Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 and Powrie, Benita (2025) Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model. In: Ikiugu, Moses N., Taff, Steven D., Kantartzis, Sarah and Pollard, Nick, (eds.) Routledge Companion to Occupational Therapy Theories, Concepts and Models. 1 ed. Routledge, pp. 303-317

Dancza, Karina and Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 (2018) Intervention phase. In: Dancza, Karina and Rodgers, Sylvia, (eds.) Implementing occupation-centred practice: A practical guide for occupational therapy practice learning. Routledge, pp. 199-218

Danzca, Karina, Head, Jeanette and Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 (2018) Key tools of the occupational therapist: occupational profiling, activity analysis and occupational performance analysis. In: Dancza, Karina and Rodgers, Sylvia, (eds.) Implementing occupation-centred practice: A practical guide for occupational therapy practice learning. Routledge, pp. 49-80

Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270, Dancza, Karina and Head, Jeanette (2018) Observing client’s performance of prioritised tasks and implementing performance analysis. In: Dancza, Karina and Rodger, Sylvia, (eds.) Implementing occupation-centred practice: A practical guide for occupational therapy practice learning. Routledge, pp. 125-142

Chard, Gill and Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 (2017) Analysis of Occupational Performance: Motor, Process and Social Interaction Skills. In: Curtin, Michael, Adams, Jo and Egan, Mary, (eds.) Occupational therapy for people experiencing illness, injury or impairment : promoting occupation and participation. 7th ed. Elsevier, pp. 217-243

Monograph

Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 and Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252 (2022) School transitions for autistic young people in mainstream settings. Project Report. Institute for Social Justice, York.

Brooke-Hudson, Georgia, Vincent, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6278-4670, Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 and Larkin, Fionnuala ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3838-9165 (2021) York ISL Supported Living Service Evaluation. Project Report. York St John University, York.

Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252 and Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 (2016) "There's a lot of places I'd like to go and things I'd like to do": Personalised social care, austerity, and adults with learning disabilities in York. A report on the 'LD Voices, York' project. Project Report. York St John University. (Unpublished)

Conference or Workshop Item

Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 (2024) “I felt like an ant back then, that they could just stand on at any time and completely crush": An autistic young persons retrospective story of mainstream schooling. In: Royal College of Occupational Therapy Annual Conference 2024 (Online), 12th and 13th June 2024, Online.

Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 and Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252 (2021) "We are different, that’s a fact, but they treat us like we’re different-er”​ Understandings of autism and adolescent identity development​. In: ACOT Occupational Therapy 15th Biannual Scientific conference, 20th October 2021, Cayman Islands. (Submitted)

Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 and Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252 (2021) "We are different, that’s a fact, but they treat us like we’re different-er” Multi-informant perspectives on identity development in autistic adolescents. In: Royal College of Occupational Therapy Annual Conference 2021, 30th June 1st July, Online. (Unpublished)

Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252 and Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 (2019) The transitions project: Exploring the journey from Year 6 to Year 9 for young people on the autism spectrum in mainstream education. In: York Celebrates Autism, 6th April 2019, SPARK York.

Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252 and Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 (2018) York Autism Community of Practice. In: British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Nottingham.

Hamilton, Lorna G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-8252 and Mesa, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5933-3270 (2015) Does personalised social care meet the needs of adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities? In: BPS North East of England Branch Annual Conference - Psychology across the lifespan, 7 September 2015, York St John University. (Unpublished)