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What do adults with intellectual disability understand about their health and health needs? A focus group study… Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities… Disability sports… passionate about engaging in research to improve the lives of people with a disability through sports… reliability. Normal performance ranges were developed to allow results of athletes with a disability…
Dr Emma Beckman is a Teaching and Research academic at the University of Queensland. Emma is passionate about engaging in research to improve the lives of people with a disability through sports, physical activity, and exercise. Following a master’s degree in Adapted physical activity, Emma comple …
Dr Beckman has strong connections to the sports science industry through her research, particularly in translation of her research into rules and regulations that impact on para athletes worldwide. On the basis of research conducted by Dr Beckman and her team, the International Paralympic Committee …
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Cerebral palsy is the most common type of physical disability impacting on 1 in 500 children, with… A National Initiative for Increasing Sports Participation among Australians with a Disability… Motor Accident Insurance Commission Queensland Teaching and Community Service Rehabilitation Research Fellowship in Physical Activity and Disability… research program he aims to generate the knowledge required to empower people with disabilities to… purpose (to promote participation in sport by people with disabilities by minimising the impact of…
A/Prof Sean Tweedy leads the Para Sport and Adapted Physical Activity Research Group in the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland. Through his applied research program he aims to generate the knowledge required to empower people with disabilities to pursue self-di …
Sean developed the Adapted Physical Activity Program (APAP), a theory-driven physical activity promotion program for community dwelling people disabilities. A controlled clinical trial demonstrated its efficacy in people with acquired brain injury, providing impetus for its implementation into the A …
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activity competence in school aged children with neurodevelopmental disabilities… INSPIRE Participation: Measuring sport and physical recreation participation for children with disabilities.… participation for children with disabilities to identify children with low levels of participation who may… disability to participate in physical recreation and sport. She has worked clinically in government… fitness, self-esteem, confidence and quality of life of children with disabilities. The Sports Stars…
Dr Georgina Clutterbuck is a physiotherapist who is passionate about supporting children with disability to participate in physical recreation and sport. She has worked clinically in government and not-for-profit sectors and in her own private practice and enjoys sharing her real-world experiences w …
Dr Clutterbuck’s work has resulted in Sports Stars trained clinicians providing this intervention in metro and rural areas of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, and Western Australia as well as in Brazil. She has also provided a number of workshops and mentoring for clinicians wanting to devel …
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Methods and strategies to support regular participation in physical activity for people with disability.… Commentary on "Development of LDPAQ: learning disability physical activity questionnaire"… Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities… Supporting physical activity participation for people with disability… clinical and research experience working to support people with disability engage in physical activity… set and suitable experiences to appropriately support people with intellectual disabilities to be…
Jess has worked as a paediatric occupational therapist in private practice since graduating from her undergraduate degree. She gained additional training in animal-assisted therapy (canine and equine) in 2015 and became interested in the role animals could play in facilitating client motivation and …
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Experiences of National Disability Insurance Scheme providers across Australia: A qualitative exploration… -modifications and their influence on participation outcomes, and facilitating leisure opportunities for people with disabilities.… , Disability and Health (ICF) provides a valuable framework that can be useful for categorising key…
Melanie Hoyle is a Lecturer in Occupational Therapy at The University of Queensland. She completed her PhD is 2022 and Masters in Occupational Therapy Studies in 2004. These degrees were on the back of previously completed studies in science, psychology, health management and health promotion. Melan …
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Examining the Psychological Wellbeing of Young Adults with Disability Transitioning from Aged Care to Integrated Residential Living… Examining the psychological impacts of integrated residential housing for young people with high-level disability…
James N. Kirby, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and the Co-Director of the Compassionate Mind Research Group at the University of Queensland. He has broad research interests in compassion, but specifically examines factors that facilitate and inhibit compassionate responding. He also examines the …
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The World Report on Disability as a blueprint for international, national, and local aphasia services… Communication disability in ageing… disability in ageing and enabling and measuring meaningful change in post-stroke (language/communication… International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) coding. Outcomes…
A/Prof Sarah Wallace is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Certified Practising Speech Pathologist, and a 2023 Queensland Young Tall Poppy. Her research interests include communication disability in ageing and enabling and measuring meaningful change in post-stroke (language/communication impairme …
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have a parent with an illness/disability, by surveying youngsters 10-18 years. Building on pilot data… The nature of youth care tasks in families experiencing chronic illness/disability: Development of the Youth Activities of Caregiving Scale (YACS)… Young Carers: Investigation of the Psychosocial Impact of Caregiving on Youth Who Have a Parent with an Illness or Disability… performed by young people in the context of family illness/disability: the Youth Activities of…
Kenneth Pakenham, PhD, is an Emeritus Professor of clinical and health psychology in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, Australia. His research and clinical practice in psychology spans 40 years. Inspired by the resilience of some people with serious illnesses, he has committe …
The impacts of Emeritus Professor Pakenham's research has been recognised through three research awards (UQ Trailblazer Award, 2010; UQ Partners in Research Excellence Award, 2016; UQ Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences Staff Award for Research Translation, 2017). His research on chronic illnes …
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A central concern of the current Queensland Bilateral - Commonwealth-State/Territory Disability… The politics of entitlement and personalisation: Perspectives on a proposed National Disability Long-Term Care and Support Scheme in Australia… Identifying factors for successful integration of persons with disabilities post motor vehicle accidents (MVA) using technology in the workplace… for people with complex neurological disability. She is Professor of Occupational Therapy at The… safe, courtesy, friendliness, helpfulness and being aware of invisible disabilities and specific…
Dr Fleming is an occupational therapist and researcher in the field of brain injury rehabilitation. Her PhD completed in 1996 was on the topic of the development of self-awareness following traumatic brain injury. She has continued to pursue collaborative research on role of metacognitive factors in …
Dr Fleming is the developer of the Self-Awareness of Deficits Interview which is a widely used assessment in brain injury rehabilitation and research around the world. Her work on the transition from hospital to home after brain injury helped inform the development of the Acquired Brain Injury Trans …