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DISABILITY STUDIES: EVERY BODY IN
Provisional Programme

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Monday 28th | Tuesday 29th | Wednesday 30th

MONDAY 28 NOVEMBER - AM

9.00-9.30

Conference Welcome

9.30-10.30

Keynote: Tom Shakespeare

10.30-11.00

Morning Tea

11.00-12.30

RESEARCH, THEORY, POLICY

Protecting the vulnerable: The politics of legislating for disability
Nick Ruane, Victoria University of Wellington (Research)

Why is disability policy so difficult? Lessons from the ‘wickedness’ of autism,
Hilary Stace Victoria University of Wellington (Experience)

The day after: Disability and the 2011 General Election
Matt Frost, Autism NZ (Experience)

ISSUES

Closing the rights gap for children with disabilities
Patty Green, Idea Services (Research)

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its implications for the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples with disabilities
Minerva Rivas, University of Sydney (Research)

Making our rights work for us
Robyn Hunt, AccEase Ltd (Practice)

EDUCATION

An inclusive and interdisciplinary approach to Disability Studies’ education
Robert Stodden and
Norma Stodden, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Practice)

Doing Disability Studies in Aotearoa NZ: Current and future trajectories
Martin Sullivan
Massey University, Palmerston North (Research)

Disability Studies in Education: An agenda to support inclusive education
Missy Morton, University of Canterbury (Research)

EMPLOYMENT/SERVICES

Disability employment services: A help or a hindrance?
Peter Smith,
Disability Employment Australia (Practice)

Beyond the base camp: Rewriting the employment narrative for people with disability from jobs to careers
Jenny Green and Simon Darcy,
University of Technology Sydney (Research)

From liability to asset: Changing our perspective on disabled people through business design
Tom Barraclough and Warren Forster Forster & Associates, Dunedin (Practice)

PARTICIPATION MATTERS

Communication: A right, not a privilege
Ally Atwell and Debbie Rickard
, Voice Thru Your Hands Charitable Trust, NZ (Practice)

Every body in the conversation by using your eyes to talk
Charlene Cullen Spectronics, Australia (Practice)

Shaken but not stirred: Deaf people and the Christchurch earthquakes
Rachel Noble and Kellye Bensley, Deaf Aotearoa (Practice)

12.30-1.30

Lunch

ACHIEVE AGM


MONDAY 28 NOVEMBER - PM

1.30-3.00

RESEARCH, THEORY, POLICY

Mainstreaming Disability Studies in policy making in India
Gajendra Karna, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Practice)

Citizens influencing systemic reform in disability policy in Australia
Rhonda Galball,y National People with Disabilities and Carer Council, Australia (Experience)

Personalisation and industry development: The necessity of building sector capacity to enable choice, voice and control
Gordon Duff, National Disability Services, Australia (Practice)

ISSUES

An absence of vision
Lynley Hood Dunedin, VIPs (Visually Impaired People) (Research)

The face of hearing impairment: The NZ reality
Louise Carroll, John Harwood, and Chris Peters, National Foundation for the Deaf Inc, Auckland (Research)

An uncertain grip on earth: The concerns of physically disabled adults who experience falls
Katrina Varian, University of Otago (Research)

EDUCATION

The role of attitude in the willingness and effectiveness of teaching students with autism spectrum disorders in the mainstream
Emma Goodall, University of Canterbury (Research)

The online teacher education environment: A site for challenging discourses of exclusion and enhancing understandings about inclusive education
Jude MacArthur, Nancy Higgins, and Mandia Mentis, Massey University (Research)

Understanding school from students’ perspective
Gill Rutherford, Shane Melrose, Aynsley Moore, Bridget O’Leary, Lyndsay Patten, Victoria Stephen, Thomas Undy, University of Otago (Practice)

EMPLOYMENT/SERVICES

Person centredness: What are we learning from people receiving support, family members and advocates?
Rachel Dickson, University of Sydney (Research)

Community living, people with intellectual disability and evolving social models
Henrietta Trip and Beverley Burrell, University of Otago Christchurch (Research)

A voyage of grief and beauty: The lived experience of supporting a family member with an intellectual disability who is dying in a community setting
Susan Marlow, WelTec, Lower Hutt (Research)

PARTICIPATION MATTERS

Bringing the family into disability and sport
Hayley Fitzgerald Leeds Metropolitan University and Catherine Morrison, University of Otago (Experience)

Adaptive sport mentoring: The transitioning years
Bridget Meyer and panel, Halberg Trust, Dunedin (Practice)

The embodied tourist experience of people with vision impairment: Implications beyond the visual gaze
Jennie Small and Simon Darcy, University of Technology Sydney Business School (Research)

3.00-3.30

Afternoon Tea

3.30-4.30

Tourism Panel

7.00 drinks; 7.30 CONFERENCE DINNER

TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER- AM

9.00-10.00

Keynote: Anne Hawker

10.00-10.30

People First Panel

10.30-11.00

Morning Tea

11.00-12.30

RESEARCH,THEORY, POLICY

Disability research and capacity building: A personal account
Carolyn Beaver Burwood Academy of Independent Living (Experience)

The role of a disability consultant with research projects
Russell Vickery Russell Vickery & Associates, Auckland (Experience)

‘What’s in it for us?’ The relational dimension and co-researching in a team with young adults who have Down syndrome
Andrew Dever, Caroline Quick, and Colin Gladstone University of Canterbury (Research)

ISSUES

Playing God: The legality of plans denying scarce resources to people with disabilities in public health emergencies
Wendy Hensel and Leslie Wolf Georgia State University College of Law (Research)

The meaning of ‘serious disability’ in the context of PGD and abortion: The perspectives of regulators and health care professionals in Australia
Kristin Savell University of Sydney and Isabel Karpin University of Technology Sydney (Research)

Disability discrimination laws, ‘bad’ behaviour and neurological diversity
Karen O’Connell University of Technology Sydney (Research)

EDUCATION

“What I really like about school at the moment is meeting new friends”: A disabled student’s experience of participating in the classroom
Michael Gaffney University of Otago (Research)

Believing is seeing: Using narrative assessment to support inclusion
Annie Guerin St Mary’s School, Hokitika (Practice)

Kristan moves towards independence: Learning supported by narrative assessment
Kristan Montgomery and Anne-Marie McIlroy Dunedin (Research)

EMPLOYMENT/SERVICES

Growing up kāpo (blind/vision impaired) Māori: Whānau narratives of their encounters with health and education services
Nancy Higgins, Hazel Phillips, Karen Stobbs, Graham Wilson, and Hannah Pascoe Ngati Kapo O Aotearoa (Research)

Engaging with Pacific
Robert Muller and Pati Umaga Te Pou (Practice)

Knowledge in action: Exploring how knowledge is used by disability support workers to support older people with an intellectual disability living in group homes
Adrienne McGhee, Marie Knox, and Jennifer Mays Queensland University of Technology (Research)

PARTICIPATION MATTERS

ACCESSIBILITY/DESIGN

Physical access to computers: Where have we been? Where are we now? Where are we going?
Michael O’Leary Spectronics, Australia (Experience)

All the information for all the people all the time: Applying Universal Design to accessible communication
Mike Osborne and Robyn Hunt AccEase Ltd, Wellington (Practice)

Between Universal Design strategy and disability issues
Mualla Erkilic Middle East Technical University Dept of Architecture, Turkey (Research)

12.30-1.30

Lunch

POSTER SESSION

TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER - PM

1.30-3.00

RESEARCH, THEORY, POLICY

When every voice is heard: Finding a place for the life stories of people with high and complex support needs
Paul Milne Donald Beasley Institute, Dunedin (Research)

Rights, Camera, Action! Utilizing the CRPWD as an inclusive participatory action research tool
Janice Ollerton Break Thru People Solutions, Australia (Research)

“I’m okay until I am measured by perceived norms”
Rhonda Swenson Wellington (Experience)

ISSUES

Sterilization and intellectually disabled people in NZ: Still on the agenda?
Carol Hamilton University of Waikato (Research)

An ethnographic study of NZ’s muscular dystrophy community
Kate Longmuir University of Auckland (Research)

Disability advocacy and reproductive choice
Martha Bell University of Otago (Research)

EDUCATION

“I learn stuff.” A Master’s research presentation
Lara Sanderson University of Otago (Research)

“I just didn’t fit.” Lessons from those ‘disabled’ by Physical Education
Kate Holland University of Otago (Research)

The voice of the student
Jillian North and students Ministry of Education, Dunedin (Experience)

EMPLOYMENT/SERVICES

Comparison of short-term socio-economic and life satisfaction outcomes for people disabled by illness or injury in NZ
Sue McAllister, Sarah Derrett, Rick Audas, Peter Herbison, and Charlotte Paul University of Otago (Research)

How can health services respond appropriately to the needs of disabled people? Tools and initiatives for transformative change
Pauline Boyles and Paul Gibson Capital and Coast District Health Board (Practice)

The interface between informal and formal carers: A critical examination of a government-driven initiative in light of research findings
Christine Cummins Auckland University of Technology (Research)

PARTICIPATION MATTERS

Taking advantage of web technologies to increase service provision and decrease costs
Nicolas Steenhout Accessibility NZ (Practice)

Designing socially inclusive educational products
Gloria Gomez Dunedin (Research)

Auto-mobile: Disability, driving and participation
Esther Woodbury University of Otago (Research)

3.00-3.30

Afternoon Tea

TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER - AM

3.30-5.00

RESEARCH, THEORY, POLICY

How the kiwi lost his wings: Disability, community, and national identity—then, now, and in a generation’s time
Paul Gibson IHC Advocacy (Research)

Diversity in Disability Studies: A Malaysian perspective
Ling How Kee Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Research)

Visibly different: Impaired female bodies and lived experience
Nandini Ghosh Institute of Developme
nt Studies, Kolkata (Research)

ISSUES

Doing it differently: Motherhood and disability
Deborah Payne, Kathryn McPherson, and Bernadette Guerin AUT Centre for Midwifery and Women’s Health Research, Auckland (Research)

Parenthood matters
Brigit Mirfin-Veitch Donald Beasley Institute, Dunedin (Research)

Totally Awesome Parents: Parents with an intellectual disability are certainly not average! They are so much more
Angela Alexander Mpower, Australia (Practice)

EDUCATION

Inclusive education: Making the rhetoric a reality in England
Judith Hudson University of Tasmania (Experience)

‘Inclusion’: Is it enough?
Bernadette Macartney Inclusive Education Action Group/Victoria University of Wellington (Research)

‘A prick in the Minister’s side’: Working towards inclusive education in NZ through voluntary advocacy
Trish Grant and Jude MacArthur Inclusive Education Action Group (Practice)

EMPLOYMENT/SERVICES

Sensory integration therapeutic practices: Informed by deep pressure seeking
Tania Allan Ross Otago Polytechnic (Research)

The meaning of living well: Perspectives from disabled people regarding physical activity and healthy eating
Alexis Cull Auckland University of Technology (Research)

Fullpower: Self defence for ALL ages and abilities
Ezekiel Robson Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower Trust, Auckland (Practice)

PARTICIPATION MATTERS

The art of valuing/the value of art: Challenging preconceptions of art in the disability sector
Bridget Inder Connections/Studio2, Dunedin (Experience)

Rock band ‘Mr Handsome’: The long and winding road
Duncan Armstrong and Ian Armstrong Wellington (Experience)

Creative illusions: An approach to integrated dance choreography
Hahna Briggs and Jenny Newstead University of Otago (Practice)

5.00-6.00

Political Panel

6.00pm

Inclusive Education Action Group (IEAG) AGM

WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER - PM

9.00-10.00

Keynote: Patricia O’Brien

10.00-10.30

RESEARCH, THEORY, POLICY

If you give a dog a bad name: A polemic paper
Pamela Waugh Health and Career Counselling Centre, Sydney (Research)

ISSUES

The development of a capabilities framework for brain injury in Aotearoa/NZ
Mary Butler, Cathy Matthews and 5 members of Brain Injury Association Otago (Research)

EDUCATION

Learning and participation experiences of Deaf students within NZ tertiary institutions

Denise Powell Dunedin (Research)

SERVICES

Transition: Linking theory and practice
Debra Corfield New South Wales Dept of Family and Community Services (Practice)

PARTICIPATION MATTERS

Active 4 Life: Including ‘every body in’ Dunedin clubs and societies
Ian Craven Ministry of Education and Bridget Meyer Halberg Trust, Dunedin (Practice)

10.30-11.15

Brunch

11.15-12.15

Disabled people’s actions of agency: The discursive complexity of resistance to difficulty, disadvantage, and discrimination
James Arkwright Bethlehem Tertiary Institute, Tauranga (Research)

A person with abilities: The transition to adulthood of a young woman with a severe physical impairment
Nikki Wedgwood University of Sydney (Research)

Exploring the meaning of well-being for people who have an acquired brain injury (ABI): A journey toward collaboration
Rebecca Hogea Victoria University, Melbourne (Research)

Lived experience and quality leadership
Prudence Walker and Matt Whiting CCS Disability Action, Oamaru (Experience)

Disclosure as the start button: VET students and mental illness
Annie Venville and Annette Street La Trobe University, Melbourne (Research)

Improving the integration of disability issues in teaching and learning activities at the University of Otago
Jacques van der Meer and Leigh Hale University of Otago (Research)

Individual funding: A good start, but not enough
Carmel Laragy RMIT University, Christiane Purcal University of New South Wales, and Karen Fisher University of New South Wales (Research)

Pursuing a good life
Sharon Cooke Dunedin (Experience)

…whatever your mode of movement: The role of media in young disabled people’s
l ives
Alexandra Smith Wellington (Research)

Community use of a hospital pool
Hilda Mulligan and Amanda Polkinghorne University of Otago Christchurch (Research)

12.15-12.30

Conference Closing

1.00-2.00

Public Lecture: Tom Shakespeare