Liz works as a freelance trainer and consultant and also set up and is a director of Building Bridges Training, a social enterprise of people with a learning disability which provides training. Liz founded and was chief executive of a voluntary organisation in the West Midlands which provides a wide range of services and opportunities for people with learning disabilities. Prior to this, her career was in special education.
She has learning disability qualifications including a B.Ed. and M.Med.Sci. and a M.A. in Applied Social Research. She is currently doing a PhD researching the needs of and support to people with mild learning disabilities who fall through the net of statutory provision.