Dr Kate Attfield is a lecturer at the Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. Prior to being a university academic, she held the positions of Supported Housing Manager, Statutory Social Worker, British Sign Language Interpreter, and Collective Advocate (with Deaf colleagues). Her sociological research interest is inclusive citizenship, which has led her to under-researched, hard-to-reach communities: She is interested in the Triple X experience, Steiner Waldorf pedagogy, and Deaf studies.