By Emeritus Professor Leanne Dowse

Journal articles

Didi A; Dowse L; Smith L, 2018, 'Intellectual disability and complex support needs: Human rights perspective for policy and practice', International Journal of Human Rights, 22, pp. 989 - 1006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2018.1485653

Reppermund S; Dowse L; Dew A; Trollor J, 2018, 'Representation of people with intellectual disability in Australian mental health policy', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52, pp. 618 - 619, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867418773882

Dew A; Dowse L; Athanassiou U; Trollor J, 2018, 'Current Representation of People With Intellectual Disability in Australian Mental Health Policy: The Need for Inclusive Policy Development', Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 15, pp. 136 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12239

Collings S; Spencer M; Dew A; Dowse L, 2018, '‘She was there if I needed to talk or to try and get my point across’: specialist advocacy for parents with intellectual disability in the Australian child protection system', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 24, pp. 162 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2018.1478595

Collings S; Dew A; Dowse L, 2018, 'Unpacking the complexity of planning with persons with cognitive disability and complex support needs', Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31, pp. 142 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.12381

Dowse L, 2017, 'Disruptive, dangerous and disturbing: the ‘challenge’ of behaviour in the construction of normalcy and vulnerability', Continuum, 31, pp. 447 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2016.1275148

Reppermund S; Srasuebkul P; Heintze T; Reeve R; Dean K; Emerson E; Coyne D; Snoyman P; Baldry E; Dowse L; Szanto T; Sara G; Florio T; Trollor JN, 2017, 'Cohort profile: A data linkage cohort to examine health service profiles of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia', BMJ Open, 7, pp. e015627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015627

Dowse LM; Steele L, 2016, 'Gender, Disability Rights and Violence Against Medical Bodies.', Australian Feminist Studies, 31, pp. 187 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08164649.2016.1224054

Dowse L; Soldatic K; Spangaro J; Van Toorn G, 2016, 'Mind the gap: The extent of violence against women with disabilities in Australia: The', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 51, pp. 341 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1839-4655.2016.tb01235.x

Dowse L; Dew A, 2016, 'Commentary by Leanne Dowse and Angela Dew on “Reducing the Inequality of Luck: Keynote Address at the 2015 Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability National Conference” (Bonyhady, 2016)', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 3, pp. 129 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2016.1220262

Didi AM; Soldatic K; Frohmader C; Dowse LM, 2016, 'Violence against women with disabilities: Is Australia meeting its human rights obligations?', Australian Journal of Human Rights

Steele LR; Dowse LM; Trofimovs J, 2016, 'Who is Diverted?: Moving Beyond Diagnosed Impairment Towards a Social and Political Analysis of Diversion', The Sydney Law Review, 38, pp. 181 - 210

Collings SE; Dew A; Dowse L, 2016, 'Support Planning for people with intellectual disability and complex support needs in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 41, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2016.1151864

Dowse L; Wiese M; Smith L, 2016, 'Workforce issues in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme: Complex support needs ready?', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 3, pp. 54 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2016.1161542

Dowse L; Wiese M; Dew A; Smith L; Collings S; Didi A, 2016, 'More, better, or different? NDIS workforce planning for people with intellectual disability and complex support needs', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 41, pp. 81 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2015.1125868

Van Toorn G; Dowse L, 2016, 'Policy claims and problem frames: A cross-case comparison of evidence-based policy in an Australian context', Evidence and Policy, 12, pp. 9 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/174426415X14253873124330

Baldry E; McCausland R; Dowse L; McEntyre E; MacGillivray P, 2016, '‘It’s just a big vicious cycle that swallows them up': Indigenous people with mental and cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 8, pp. 10 - 16

Dowse L, 2014, 'Intellectual disability. An inability to cope with an intellectually demanding world', Disability & Society, 29, pp. 1498 - 1501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2014.931645

Cumming T; Strnadova I; Dowse L, 2014, 'At-Risk Youth in Australian Schools and Promising Models of Intervention', International Journal of Special Education, 29, pp. 16 - 25, http://www.internationalsped.com/documents/At-Risk%20Youth%20in%20Australian%20Schools%20and%20Promising%20Models%20of%20Intervention_FORMATTED.pdf

Dowse L; Cumming TM; Strnadová I; Lee JS; Trofimovs J, 2014, 'Young People with Complex Needs in the Criminal Justice System', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2014.953671

Soldatic K; van Toorn G; Dowse L; Muir K, 2014, 'Intellectual Disability and Complex Intersections: Marginalisation under the National Disability Insurance Scheme', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 1, pp. 6 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2014.906050

Trofimovs J; Dowse L, 2014, 'Mental health at the intersections: The impact of complex needs on police contact and custody for Indigenous Australian men', International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 37, pp. 390 - 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2014.02.010

Dowse L, 2014, 'Preventing the Emotional Abuse and Neglect of People with Intellectual Disability: Stopping Insult and Injury', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 1, pp. 86 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2014.902728

Cumming TM; Strnadova I; Dowse L, 2014, 'AT-RISK YOUTH IN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS AND PROMISING MODELS OF INTERVENTION', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, 29, pp. 16 - 25

Baldry E; Clarence M; Dowse L; Trollor J, 2013, 'Reducing vulnerability to harm in adults with cognitive disabilities in the Australian criminal justice system', Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disability, 10, pp. 222 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12039

Darcy S; Dowse LM, 2012, 'In search of a level playing field – the constraints and benefits of sport participation for people with intellectual disability', Disability and Society, 28, pp. 393 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2012.714258

Dowse LM, 2009, '`Some people are never going to be able to do that`. Challenges for people with intellectual disability in the 21st century', Disability and Society, 24, pp. 571 - 584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687590903010933

Dowse LM, 2009, '‘It’s like being in a zoo.’ Researching with People with Intellectual Disability,', Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 9, pp. 141 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-3802.2009.01131.x

Dowse LM; Baldry E; Snoyman P, 2009, 'Disabling criminology: conceptualizing the intersections of critical disability studies and critical criminology for people with mental health and cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 15, pp. 29 - 46

Meekosha H; Dowse LM, 2007, 'Integrating Critical Disability Studies into Social Work Education and Practice: An Australian Perspective', Practice, 19, pp. 169 - 183

Baldry E; Dowse LM, 2006, 'People with mental health disorders in the criminal justice system', New Paradigm, June 2006, pp. 9 - 21

Dowse L, 2001, 'Contesting Practices, Challenging Codes: Self advocacy, disability politics and the social model', Disability and Society, 16, pp. 123 - 141

Dowse LM, 2001, 'Contesting Practices, Challenging codes: Self Advocacy, Disability Politics and the Social Model', Disability and Society, 16, pp. 123 - 141

Shaddock AJ; Dowse L; Richards H; Spinks AT, 1998, 'Communicating with people with an intellectual disability in Guardianship Board hearings: An exploratory study', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 23, pp. 279 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13668259800033771

Meekosha H; Dowse L, 1997, 'Distorting Images, Invisible Images', Media International Australia, 84, pp. 91 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x9708400114

Meekosha H; Dowse LM, 1997, 'Distorting Images, Invisible Images: Gender, Disability and the Media`', Media International Australia, 84, pp. 91 - 101

Meekosha H; Dowse LM, 1997, 'Enabling citizenship: Gender, disability and citizenship`', Feminist Review, 57, pp. 49 - 72

Meekosha H; Jakubowicz A; Dowse LM, 1997, 'Exposing Mass Culture to Disability Issues`', Accessing Creative Expression, pp. 8 - 9

Rawlings M; Dowse L; Shaddock A, 1995, 'Increasing the Involvement of People with an Intellectual Disability in Choice Making Situations: A Practical Approach', International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 42, pp. 137 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0156655950420205

Zilber D; Shaddock A; Dowse L; Rawlings M; Guggenheimer S; Browne F, 1994, 'Communication Patterns in Services for People with Severe Intellectual Disabilities: Function, Form and Responsiveness', Australian Journal of Human Communication Disorders, 22, pp. 85 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/asl2.1994.22.issue-1.06

Shaddock AJ; Zilber D; Guggenheimer S; Dowse L; Bennett M; Browne F, 1993, 'Opportunities for choice in day programs for adults with severe intellectual disabilities', Australasian Journal of Special Education, 17, pp. 48 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1030011200022764

Shaddock A; Zilber D; Guggenheimer S; Dowse L; Bennett M; Browne F, 1993, 'Opportunities for choice in day programs for adults with severe intellectual disabilities', Australasian Journal of Special Education, 17, pp. 48 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1030011930170108

Conference Papers

Baldry E; Dowse LM; Snoyman P; Clarence M; Webster IW, 2008, 'A critical perspective on Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System', in Proceedings of the 2nd Australia and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference, Sydney, presented at 2nd ANZ Critical Criminology Conference, Sydney, 19 June 2008 - 20 June 2008

Baldry E; Dowse LM, 2006, 'People with Mental Health disorders in the Criminal Justice System', in Vicserve Richmond Fellowship ASPAC Conference, Melbourne, presented at Partnerships toward recovery Mental Health Conference 2006. Vicserv Richmond Fellowship ASPAC, Melbourne, 26 April 2006 - 28 April 2006

Baldry E; Dowse LM, 2006, 'People with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal Justice System', in Partnerships toward recovery Mental Health Conference 2006. Vicserv Richmond Fellowship ASPAC, Melbourne, presented at Partnerships toward recovery Mental Health Conference 2006. Vicserv Richmond Fellowship ASPAC, Melbourne, 26 April 2006 - 28 April 2006

Dowse LM; McAlpine R; Strike J, 2001, 'From Recognition to Representation: critical issues for self advocacy by people with intellectual disability in Australia', in Disability with Attitude: Critical Issues 20 years after international year of disabled persons, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus, Sydney, presented at Disability with Attitude: Critical Issues 20 years after international year of disabled persons, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus, Sydney, 16 February 2001 - 17 February 2001

Wearing MJ; Dowse LM, 2000, 'Risk in practice, risk in theory: lUlrich Beck and the sub-politics of welfare', in TASA 2000 Conference, Adelaide, Sth Aust, presented at TASA 2000 Conference, Adelaide, Sth Aust, 06 December 2000 - 08 December 2000

Conference Presentations

Baldry E; Dowse LM; Clarence M; Snoyman P, 2009, 'New Directions in Disability Studies and Offending', presented at Disability Studies Conference, UNSW, 26 June 2009 - 27 June 2009

Baldry E; Clarence M; Dowse LM; Snoyman P, 2009, 'Patterns of Involvement of People with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disabilities in the NSW Criminal Justice System', presented at Disability Studies Conference, UNSW, 26 June 2009 - 27 June 2009

Reports

Rowe S; Dowse L; Baldry E; Baker M, 2021, Police responses to people with disability, Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28184, https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2021-10/apo-nid314892.pdf

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