Inês is graduated in Psychomotor Rehabilitation, Faculty of Human Motricity in 2007.
She completed her curricular traineeship at the Psychiatric Hospital Center of Lisbon in the ward of chronically ill men for users aged between 18 and 75 years, with a heterogeneous diagnosis (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorder, oligofrenia, etc).
Since 2007, she has been working in the Vocational Training Unit of the Psychiatric Hospital Center of Lisbon as a teacher of the modules “Sport and Leisure” and “Strategies for Active Social Participation”. This Training Unit is intended for people who have a history of mental illness and who are trying to return to an independent life and enter the job market.
She has been working in the Portuguese Association for Developmental Disorders and Autism of Lisbon (APPDA-Lisboa) since April 2008, having started her career as a Psychomotrician at the Center for Occupational Activities. From September 2008 onwards, she worked mainly in schools through APPDA-Lisboa’s Resource Center for Inclusion (CRI), targeting children and young people aged 6 to 18 with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Over the years she has participated as a speaker in several seminars at APPDA-Lisboa, the Portuguese Autism Federation and APPDA-Setúbal.