By Emeritus Professor Leanne Dowse

Journal articles

Garcia-Lee B; Strnadová I; Dowse L, 2024, 'Researching belonging in the context of research with people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review of inclusive approaches', Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.13178

Steele L; Carnemolla P; Spencer R; Kelly J; Naing L; Dowse L, 2023, 'Listening to People with Intellectual Disability about Institutions', International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, 3, pp. 49 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.13169/intljofdissocjus.3.3.0049

Trofimovs J; Dowse L; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN, 2023, 'Impact of post-release community mental health and disability support on reincarceration for prisoners with intellectual disability and serious mental illness in NSW, Australia', BJPsych Open, 9, pp. e44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.9

Strnadová I; Eacott S; Danker J; Dowse L; Lenne B; Alonzo D; Tso M; Loblinzk J, 2023, 'Leading schools for specific purposes: a relational analysis of provision', Journal of Educational Administration and History, 55, pp. 146 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2022.2101989

Cumming TM; Strnadová I; Boaden N; Dew A; Athanassiou U; Dowse L, 2023, 'Policy Context for Transitions to Adulthood Experienced by Young People with Complex Support Needs: Australian Federal and State Perspectives', Child and Youth Services, 44, pp. 393 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2022.2134111

Strnadová I; Dowse L; Lowe K; Danker J; Angelina Willow S; Tso M; Xavier A, 2023, 'Primary to high school transition planning for students with disability: A systematic review', International Journal of Educational Research, 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102188

Strnadová I; Danker J; Dowse L; Tso M, 2023, 'Supporting students with disability to improve academic, social and emotional, and self-determination and life-skills outcomes: umbrella review of evidence-based practices', International Journal of Inclusive Education, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2023.2221239

Trofimovs J; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN; Dowse L, 2022, 'Disability support and reincarceration after a first adult prison custody episode for people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Criminology, 55, pp. 239 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076221087461

Dowse L, 2022, 'Commentary on “Connecting Tasmanian National Disability Insurance Scheme participants with allied health services: challenges and strategies of support coordinators” (Jessup & Bridgman, 2021)', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 9, pp. 134 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2021.2018353

Rowe S; Dowse L; Baker M; Baldry E, 2022, 'Policing disability: alliance building, police divestment and community investment', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 34, pp. 171 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2022.2029084

McCausland R; Dowse L, 2022, 'From ‘at risk’ to ‘a risk’: The criminalisation of young people with cognitive disability in residential care', Incarceration, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26326663211021687

Collings S; Dew A; Dowse L, 2021, '‘Testing it in the real world’: Using action research to apply a conceptual framework to social care planning', Action Research, 19, pp. 203 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476750318761534

Trofimovs J; Dowse L; Srasuebkul P; Trollor JN, 2021, 'Using linked administrative data to determine the prevalence of intellectual disability in adult prison in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 65, pp. 589 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jir.12836

McCausland R; Dowse L, 2020, 'The need for a community-led, holistic service response to Aboriginal young people with cognitive disability in remote areas: A case study', Children Australia, 45, pp. 326 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2020.49

Meltzer A; Dowse L; Smith L; Dew A, 2020, 'A framework for interconnected benefits of peer support for family members of people with disability', Australian Journal of Social Issues, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.130

Ellem K; Smith L; Baidawi S; McGhee A; Dowse L, 2020, 'Transcending the Professional–Client Divide: Supporting Young People with Complex Support Needs Through Transitions', Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 37, pp. 109 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10560-020-00651-x

Rowe S; Dowse L; Newton D; McGillivray J; Baldry E, 2020, 'Addressing Education, Training, and Employment Supports for Prisoners With Cognitive Disability: Insights from an Australian Programme', Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 17, pp. 43 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12321

Athanassiou U; Cale J; Dowse L, 2020, 'A descriptive study of sex offending among incarcerated men with low intellectual functioning: offending parameters and sex offence characteristics in adulthood', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 32, pp. 76 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2019.1653421

Spivakovsky C; Steele L; Dowse L, 2020, 'Commentary on “Legitimacy and ambiguity: Institutional logics and their outcome for people with intellectual disabilities” (Ineland, 2020)', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 7, pp. 69 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2020.1758201

Dowse L, 2020, 'Commentary on “Supporting people with cognitive disabilities in contact with the criminal justice system: the importance of relationship-based practice” (Ellem, 2019)', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 7, pp. 93 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2020.1753232

Dreyfus S; Dowse L, 2020, 'Experiences of parents who support a family member with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour: “This is what I deal with every single day”', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 45, pp. 12 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2018.1510117

Dowse L; Dillon-Savage I; Dew A; Strnadová I, 2020, 'Integrated responses for people with cognitive disability and complex support needs: Factors and principles', Evidence Base, 2020, pp. 10 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.21307/eb-2020-002

Dew A; Vaughan P; McEntyre E; Dowse L, 2019, ''Our ways to planning': Preparing organisations to plan with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability', Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2, pp. 3 - 18, https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=807372348968731;res=IELIND

Smith L; Dowse L, 2019, 'Times during transition for young people with complex support needs: entangled critical moments, static liminal periods and contingent meaning making times', Journal of Youth Studies, 22, pp. 1327 - 1344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2019.1575346

Dew A; Collings S; Dowse L; Meltzer A; Smith L, 2019, '‘I don’t feel like I’m in this on my own’: Peer support for mothers of children with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour', Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 23, pp. 344 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744629519843012

Reppermund S; Heintze T; Srasuebkul P; Reeve R; Dean K; Smith M; Emerson E; Snoyman P; Baldry E; Dowse L; Szanto T; Sara G; Florio T; Johnson A; Clements M; McKenzie K; Trollor J, 2019, 'Health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disability in New South Wales, Australia: A data linkage cohort', BMJ Open, 9, pp. e031624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031624

Gordon T; Dew A; Dowse L, 2019, 'Listen, learn, build, deliver? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy in the National Disability Insurance Scheme', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 54, pp. 224 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.73

Ellem K; Baidawi S; Dowse L; Smith L, 2019, 'Services to young people with complex support needs in rural and regional Australia: Beyond a metro-centric response', Children and Youth Services Review, 99, pp. 97 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.01.033

Dew A; Collings S; Dillon Savage I; Gentle E; Dowse L, 2019, '“Living the life I want”: A framework for planning engagement with people with intellectual disability and complex support needs', Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32, pp. 401 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.12538

Dowse L; Dew A; Sewell A, 2019, 'Background paper for ASID position statement on intellectual disability and complex support needs', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 6, pp. 5 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2019.1594347

Collings S; Dew A; Dowse L, 2019, 'They need to be able to have walked in our shoes: What people with intellectual disability say about National Disability Insurance Scheme planning', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 44, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2017.1287887

Collings S; Dew A; Gordon T; Spencer M; Dowse L, 2018, 'Intersectional disadvantage: Exploring differences between aboriginal and non-aboriginal parents with intellectual disability in the New South Wales child protection system', Journal of Public Child Welfare, 12, pp. 170 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2017.1379456

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

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