Anne Lindblom

Anne Lindblom is a Professor of Special Education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, based at the Department of Pedagogy in Lillehammer. She holds an adjunct research fellowship at Charles Darwin University, Australia, and previously served as a lecturer and senior lecturer at Karlstad University, Sweden (2007–2022). Her research emphasizes Indigenous paradigms, special education equity, and autism studies, rooted in her PhD work on music's role for First Nations children with autism in British Columbia, Canada (2017, University of Eastern Finland).

Her educational background includes music therapy, teaching in music/English, and special education roles in Sweden and Canada. Key research interests include Indigenist methodologies, inclusive education models, and ethical practices in special needs consultation. She has explored cultural competency gaps in special education for Sámi children in Norway and global Indigenous perspectives on autism, addressing colonialism’s impact on research frameworks.

Publications highlight themes like music-based interventions for neurodiverse Indigenous youth, teacher attitudes toward autism, and rebalancing power dynamics in Indigenous-led research. She collaborates internationally, contributing to journals such as Autism, Disability & Society, and AlterNative. Her work bridges cultural responsiveness with empirical rigor, advocating for equity in education systems globally.