Jacqueline Kool [1963] studied social work and theology in the Netherlands. She was co-founder of and works as ambassador for Disability Studies in the Netherlands (www.disabilitystudies.nl). She publishes in the area of participation and representation of disability experience and disability studies in which she is also working as a consultant. She published e.g. the books Goed bedoeld. Levensbeschouwelijk kijken naar handicap en ziekte (2002), on religious perception on disability, and Eros in de kreukels. Verhalen van lijven, leven en lust vanuit de kreukelzone (2010) on disabled women and sexuality.