Dr Jen Smith-Merry is Director of the Centre for Disability Research and Policy at the University of Sydney, Australia. The Centre for Disability Research and Policy produces collaborative research that actively influences policy and practice to improve the lives of people with disability in Australia and the Asia-Pacific and create a better life for people with disability around the world. Jen strongly believes that academic research, policy and service design should be led by people with disability. Jen has published over 100 academic and policy papers and policy focused research has led to significant structural reforms for disability policy in Australia.
8 Электронные книги Jennifer Smith-Merry
Annmaree Watharow: Improving the Experience of Health Care for People Living with Sensory Disability
How does a patient with sensory disability – such as a hearing or vision impairment, or both – get effective communication from a health care provider?
Too often, the answer is that they don’t. Com …
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Jim Hoerricks: No Place for Autism?
Disability or difference? How autism is understood varies from place to place.
Drawn from lived experience, this book explores the question of what autism is, and how it is best viewed in society. …
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Yenn Purkis: A Life Lived Well as a Non-binary and Autistic Mental Health Advocate
What might it look like for an Autistic, non-binary person who lives with mental illness to live well and with hope?
In this book, author and advocate Yenn Purkis reflects on their experiences of l …
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Wayne Herbert & Yenn Purkis: In Our Words
‘In Our Words is a book I wish had been available when I was a teenager, grappling with issues of sexuality and disability.’ – Dr Alastair Mc Ewin AM , Former Commissioner, Disability Royal Commissio …
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Megan Tanner: The Experiences of Being an Autistic Foster Care Giver Working with UK Social Services
How can social workers and neuro-diverse foster carers collaborate to provide the best support for a child or teen in need?
Building strong relationships between social workers and neuro-diverse fo …
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Moira Dunsmore & Annmaree Watharow: Dual Sensory Impairment and the Older Person
Is a decline in vision and hearing just a “fact of life” for people as we age?
Dual sensory impairment is an under-explored and little understood type of disability, but one which can have an enorm …
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Becca Lory Hector: Growing Up Undiagnosed
What can experiences of social and sensory invalidation teach us about what in means to be autistic in a world created for the neuromajority?
Living as an undiagnosed autistic person in the loudest …
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Kimberley Marie Fraser: Lived Experiences, Challenges, and Learnings about Dyspraxia
How can we better support and promote inclusivity for those living with Dyspraxia?
Documenting her journey from childhood and diagnosis to adulthood, author Kimberley Marie Fraser explores the chal …
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