By Professor Karen Raewyn Fisher

Journal articles

Robinson S; Idle J; Fisher KR; Reedy K; Newman C; Purcal C; Giuntoli G; Byrne S; Nankivell R; Burner G; Touzeau R; Adam T; Armstrong P, 2024, 'How do self-advocates use community development to change attitudes to disability?', British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 52, pp. 87 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bld.12549

Spooner C; OShea P; Fisher K; Harris-Roxas B; Taggart J; Bolton P; Harris MF, 2024, 'Access to general practice for preventive health care for people who experience severe mental illness in Sydney, Australia: a qualitative study', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY23195

Fang Q; Chang H-H; Fisher K; Dong R; Wang X, 2024, 'Disability policy meets cultural values: Chinese families of children and young people with developmental disabilities in Taipei and Sydney', Ethics and Social Welfare, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2023.2295850

Idle J; Robinson S; Fisher KR; Ikäheimo H; Smyth C; Yoon J, 2024, 'Conceptualising the everyday harm experienced by people with cognitive disability: A scoping review of microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2024.2336076

Fang Q; Poon AWC; Fisher KR; Duong J; Lee JS, 2024, 'Coproduction with peer support groups: A new approach to culturally responsive social services', American Journal of Community Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12734

Giuntoli G; Fisher KR; O'Shea P; Purcal C; Zmudzki F; Dwyer O, 2024, 'Social Participation of People with Chronic Mental Health Needs: Building Horizontal and Vertical Forms of Social Capital', Health and Social Care in the Community, 2024, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/9975449

Whittle EL; Fisher K; Srasuekbul P; Trollor J, 2024, 'The demographic and diagnostic profile of women with intellectual disability and mental health disorder in New South Wales and patterns of service use: A data linkage study', British Journal of Learning Disabilities, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bld.12575

Robinson S; Idle J; Fisher KR; Reedy K; Newman C; Purcal C; Giuntoli G; Byrne S; Nankivell R; Burner G; Touzeau R; Adam T; Armstrong P, 2024, 'How do self‐advocates use community development to change attitudes to disability?', British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 52, pp. 87 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bld.12549

Smyth C; Fisher K; Robinson S; Ikaheimo H; Hrenchir N; Idle J; Yoon J, 2023, 'Policy representation of everyday harm experienced by people with disability', Social Policy and Administration: an international journal of policy and research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12985

Liu Y; Fisher K, 2023, 'Barriers to High Quality Therapy Services for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Analysis of Street-Level Policy Practice of Therapy Service Organizations in China', The British Journal of Social Work, 54, pp. 208 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad191

Newman B; Fisher KR; Trollor J, 2023, 'How do Australian mental health services use easy read to make information accessible for people with intellectual disability?', Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 36, pp. 1354 - 1362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.13156

Alexander J; Gendera S; Fisher K; Robinson S; Howe K, 2023, 'On-the-job training supports for people with intellectual disability employed in aged care', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2023.2256075

Fisher K; Purcal C; Blaxland M; Robinson S; Quan Farrant F; Kayess R; Edwards Y, 2023, 'Factors that help people with disability to self-manage their support', Disability and Society, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2164707

Foster M; Needham C; Hummell E; Borg S; Fisher K, 2023, 'Personalisation and Collaboration: Dual Tensions in Individualised Funding Policy for Older and Disabled Persons', Social Policy and Society, 22, pp. 122 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S147474642200046X

Liu Y; Fisher KR, 2023, 'Struggle for recognition, rights, and redistribution: Understanding the identity of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in China', Frontiers in Psychology, 13, pp. 981986, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.981986

Fisher KR; Burner G; Robinson S, 2023, 'Attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities. Commentary on “Stereotypes of people with intellectual disabilities held by university education students” (Beunza-Garcia et al., 2023)', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 10, pp. 134 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2023.2253438

Fisher KR; Cortis N; Shang X; Blaxland M, 2023, 'Chinese and Australian Neoliberal Policy Responses to Risks in Social Service Purchasing', Social Policy and Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474746423000155

Macdonald D; Dew A; Fisher KR; Boydell KM, 2023, 'Claiming space: photovoice, identity, inclusion and the work of disability', Disability and Society, 38, pp. 98 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2021.1925525

Lutz DL; Fisher KR, 2023, 'Personalising Support through Communication between People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Support Workers', Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 25, pp. 295 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.980

Fraser-Barbour E; Robinson S; Gendera S; Burton-Clark I; Fisher KR; Alexander J; Howe K, 2023, 'Shifting power to people with disability in co-designed research', Disability and Society, ahead-of-print, pp. 1 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2023.2279932

Robinson S; Hall E; Fisher KR; Graham A; Johnson K; Neale K, 2023, 'Using the ‘in-between’ to build quality in support relationships with people with cognitive disability: the significance of liminal spaces and time', Social and Cultural Geography, 24, pp. 175 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2021.1950824

Fisher K; Robinson S; Burner G, 2022, '“Listening to me and acting on what I say I need from the NDIS.” Commentary on “The National Disability Insurance Scheme: Voices of adults with intellectual disabilities” (Lloyd, Moni, Cuskelly, & Jobling, 2022),', Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 9, pp. 17 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2022.2038252

Hummell E; Foster M; Fisher K; Needham C; Borg S, 2022, 'Challenges and adaptations of an intermediary: An exploration of support coordination in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme', International Journal of Care and Caring, 7, pp. 408 - 424

Henman P; Dai D; Borg S; Hummell E; Foster M; Fisher K, 2022, 'Digitally Networked Social Services: Mapping the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) online network in Queensland, Australia', Journal of Social Policy, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0047279422000691

Fisher K; Gendera S; Kayess R, 2022, 'Reaching people who are marginalized in major disability policy reform', Global Social Policy, 23, pp. 109 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14680181221075558

Hummell E; Foster M; Borg S; Fisher K; Needham C, 2022, 'Breaking up is risky business: Personalisation and collaboration in a marketised disability sector', Social Policy and Society, 22, pp. 155 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474746422000410

Needham C; Foster M; Hummell E; Fisher K; Borg S, 2022, 'Tailored and seamless: Individualised budgets and the dual forces of personalisation and collaboration', Social Policy and Society, 22, pp. 127 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474746422000434

Shang X; Fisher K, 2022, 'Understanding China’s Social Policies and Practices.', Law & Social Inquiry, 48, pp. 363 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/lsi.2022.79

Macdonald D; Peacock K; Dew A; Fisher KR; Boydell KM, 2022, 'Photovoice as a platform for empowerment of women with disability', SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, pp. 100052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100052

Macdonald D; Dew A; Fisher KR; Boydell KM, 2022, 'Self-Portraits for Social Change: Audience Response to a Photovoice Exhibition by Women with Disability', Qualitative Report, 27, pp. 1011 - 1039, http://dx.doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5154

Foster M; Hummell E; Fisher K; Borg SJ; Needham C; Venning A, 2022, 'Organisations adapting to dual aspirations of individualisation and collaboration in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) market', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 81, pp. 127 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12497

Robinson S; Fisher K; Ikaheimo H; Graham A; Rozengarten T; Johnson K, 2022, 'Recasting ‘harm’ in support: Misrecognition between people with intellectual disability and paid workers', Disability & Society, 38, pp. 1667 - 1688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022.2029357

Hummell E; Venning A; Foster M; Fisher K; Kuipers P, 2021, 'A rapid review of barriers and enablers of organisational collaboration: identifying challenges in disability reform in Australia', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 57, pp. 441 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.188

Fang Q; Fisher K; Li B, 2021, 'How can co-production help to deliver culturally responsive disability support? A case study from Australia', Health and Social Care in the Community, 29, pp. e396 - e404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13364

Newman B; Fisher K; Trollor J, 2021, 'Right to information for people with intellectual disability in Australian mental health policy', Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 19, pp. 230 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12396

Fisher KR; Robinson S; Neale K; Graham A; Johnson K; Davy L; Hall EC, 2021, 'Impact of organisational practices on the relationships between young people with disabilities and paid social support workers', Journal of Social Work, 21, pp. 1377 - 1398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468017320954351

Li B; Fisher KR; Quan Farrant F; Cheng Z, 2021, 'Digital policy to disability employment? An ecosystem perspective on China and Australia', Social Policy and Administration: an international journal of policy and research, 55, pp. 863 - 878, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12666

Robinson S; Blaxland M; Fisher K; Johnson K; Kuang C; Graham A; Neale K, 2020, 'Recognition in relationships between young people with cognitive disabilities and support workers', Children and Youth Services Review, 116, pp. 105177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105177

Robinson S; Graham A; Fisher K; Neale K; Davy L; Johnson K, 2020, 'Understanding paid support relationships: possibilities for mutual recognition between young people with disability and their support workers', Disability and Society, 36, pp. 1 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2020.1794797

Boaden N; Purcal C; Fisher K; Meltzer A, 2020, 'Transition Experience of Families with Young Children in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)', Australian Social Work, 74, pp. 294 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2020.1832549

Fang Q; Fisher KR; Li B, 2020, 'Follower or Challenger? How Chinese Non-governmental Organizations Manage Accountability Requirements from Funders', Voluntas, 31, pp. 722 - 735, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-019-00184-7

Weise J; Fisher KR; Turner B; Trollor JN, 2020, 'What is the capability of the Australian mental health workforce to meet the needs of people with an intellectual disability and co-occurring mental ill health?', Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 45, pp. 184 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2019.1622659

Howell J; Fisher KR; Shang X, 2020, 'Accountability and legitimacy of NGOs under authoritarianism: the case of China', Third World Quarterly, 41, pp. 113 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2019.1658520

Whittle E; Fisher K; Reppermund S; Trollor J, 2019, 'Access to mental health services: the experiences of people with intellectual disabilities', Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32, pp. 368 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.12533

Meltzer A; Robinson S; Fisher K, 2019, 'Barriers to finding and maintaining employment for people with intellectual disability in Australia', Social Policy and Administration, 54, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12523

Fisher KR; Purcal C; Jones A; Lutz D; Robinson S; Kayess R, 2019, 'What place is there for shared housing with individualized disability support?', Disability and Rehabilitation, 43, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1615562

Shang X; Fisher KR, 2019, 'Everything for the Children: Orphans Growing up in Informal Adoptive Families in China', Journal of Social Service Research, 45, pp. 166 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2018.1479674

Robinson S; Hill M; Fisher KR; Graham A, 2018, 'Belonging and exclusion in the lives of young people with intellectual disability in small town communities', Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 24, pp. 50 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744629518765830

Purcal C; Fisher KR; Robinson S; Meltzer A; Bevan N, 2018, 'Co-production in peer support group research with disabled people', Area, 51, pp. 405 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/area.12441

Goggin G; Yu H; Fisher KR; Li B, 2018, 'Disability, technology innovation and social development in China and Australia', Journal of Asian Public Policy, 21, pp. 34 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2018.1492067

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