Dr Joanne Cherie Danker | UNSW Research

Keywords

students with disabilities

autism

intellectual disability

Fields of Research (FoR)

Special education and disability

SEO tags

Special Needs Education

Ability and Disability

Biography

Joanne Danker is a lecturer in Special Education in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales.

Her research interests include the well-being of students with developmental disabilities (i.e., autism spectrum and intellectual disabilities), inclusive and special education, and engaging individuals with disabilities in research using participatory research approaches. She is particularly interested in using innovative arts-based research approaches such as Photovoice to enable the authentic voices of the often silenced and marginalised children with disabilities to be heard.

My Grants

Selected research grants

2024 SoE Research Grants Scheme - Danker, J., Strnadová, I., Scully, J.L., Loblinzk, J., Boyle, J., Tso, M., Dunn, M., Willow, S.A., Molnar. C., Hansen, J., Terrill, B., Sarfaraz, S., Jackaman, K.M., Hayes, S., Hurd, S., & Palmer, E.E. Balancing protection and empowerment: Family and support people's opinions and preferences about genetic counselling for people with intellectual disability Dowse, L., Lowe, K., & Danker, J. Supporting students with disability in successfully transitioning to and from high school: Review and synthesis of literature.

2024 ADA Faculty Research Grants Scheme. Strnadová, I., Terrill, B., Leach Scully, J., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., Chen, C. R., & Palmer, E. Health and genetic health literacy education for students with intellectual disabilities: Parents’ experiences and perspectives

2023-2025 NSW Department of Health. Palmer, E., Strnadová, I., Leach Scully, J., Loblinzk, J., Terrill, B., Boyle, J., Danker, J., Sarfaraz, S., Dunn, M., Tso, M., Willow, S.A., & Molnar, C. GeneEQUAL CHOICE: NSW Health Easy Read Genetic Test Decision Aid and Clinician Education Pack to Support Shared Decision Making about Genetic Testing for People with Intellectual Disability.

2023-2024 Performance Monitoring and Reporting, Strategy and Performance, Queensland Department of Education, Australia. Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Alonzo, D., Gao, A., Dowse, L., & Loblinzk, J. Development of accessible versions of the Queensland Engagement and Wellbeing Survey

2023 Gonski Institute For Education Grant Scheme. Danker, J., Strnadová, I., Carter, A, & Loblinkz, J. Sexuality, rights and relationships education for students with intellectual disability and autism: A pilot study

2022 NSW Department of Education, Australia. Strnadová, I., Dowse, L., Lowe, K., & Danker, J. Supporting students with disability in successfully transitioning to and from high school: Review and synthesis of literature.

2022-2023 NSW Department of Health. Palmer, E., Strnadová, I., Leach Scully, J., Loblinzk, J., Danker, J., Boyle, J., & Tso, M. NSW Health genomics resource package and toolkit for people with intellectual disability

2022 SoE Research Grants Scheme. Danker, J., Strnadová, I., & Dreyfus, S. Scoping review to identify which communication systems adults with severe and profound intellectual disability and communication impairments use for “functional” communication.

2021-2023 Intellectual Disability Rights Service. Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., & Carter, A. Research evaluation of the Rights and Relationships program for high school students and young adults with intellectual disability in New South Wales.

2021-2023 The Inner West Council, Sydney. Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., & Carter, A. Research evaluation of the Rights and Relationships program for high school students and young adults with intellectual disability in Inner West Sydney.

2021-2022 NSW Department of Health. Palmer, E., Strnadová, I., Leach Scully, J., Loblinzk, J., Boyle, J., & Danker, J. NSW Health Genomics Education Inclusive of People with Intellectual Disability.

2021 UNSW Sydney School of Education. Danker, J., Strnadová, I., Lenne, B., Loblinzk, J., Alonzo, D., Dowse, L., & Tso, M. Students with moderate and high support needs: Perspectives on student well-being.

2020 NSW Department of Education, Australia - Strnadová, I., & Dowse, L. Disability Strategy Implementation: Literature review on support for students with disability.

2020 NSW Department of Education, Australia - Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., Dowse, L., & Lenne, B. Capturing perspectives on student well-being from students with intellectual disability and/ or autism in NSW schools: Listening to voice of students with high support needs.

2020 University of New South Wales Sydney - Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., & Self Advocacy Sydney. Online peer support and peer mentoring and its impact on social inclusion and well-being of people with intellectual disability.

2020 University of New South Wales Sydney, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., Malouf, R., & IDRS. Sexuality, rights and relationships education for students with intellectual disabilities and autism.