Dr May Agius graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Communication Therapy from the University of Malta in 1995. She has since practised as a speech and language therapist in both Ireland in Malta. For the last 15 years, Dr Agius has specialised in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and is the Senior Speech and Language Therapist on the local National Assistive Technology Team; ACTU. She obtained her M.Sc. (Language and Communication Impairment in Children) from the University of Sheffield in 2009.
She is a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Department of Communication Therapy of the Faculty of Health Sciences. She lectures on Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Alternative Service Delivery. She was awarded a Ph.D. by Manchester Metropolitan University in 2019. Her thesis investigated AAC interventions for autistic children.
She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Intellectual Disabilities.
Dr Agius is a member of the Malta Management Committee for the ongoing COST action 19104: Advancing Social inclusion through Technology and EmPowerment the aim of which is to build an interdisciplinary network which will enhance social inclusion and empower individuals with autism and/or intellectual disabilities. She also is the Malta representative for the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE). She sits on the AAC committee for the IALP (International Association for Communication Sciences and Disorders).