Monica Cuskelly is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, at the University of Queensland, in Brisbane.
Dr Cuskelly is the Director of the long running Down Syndrome Research Program based at The University of Queensland. In addition to her interests in the development of individuals with Down syndrome she has research interests in the psycho-social functioning of individuals with intellectual disability, family functioning in families with a child with a disability, and self-regulation and mastery motivation in vulnerable groups: children born prematurely, children with intellectual disability. Research included aspirations for the future of young people with intelectual disability and their families and the examination of aspirations and the facilitators and barriers to achieving a full and satisfying life as an adult.