Professor Emeritus Trevor Parmenter
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Professor Emeritus Trevor Parmenter

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Emeritus Professor
Medicine, Northern Clinical School
Centre for Disability Studies (CDS)
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Professor Emeritus Trevor Parmenter

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Reinders, J., Stainton, T., Parmenter, T. (2021). Disposable Lives: Is Ending the Lives of Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for Reasons of Poor Quality of Life an Emergence of a New Eugenics Movement? In Vee P Prasher, Philip W Davidson, Flavia H Santos (Eds.), Mental Health, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Ageing Process, (pp. 351-377). Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. [More Information]
  • Parmenter, T., Harman, A., Yazbeck, M., Riches, V. (2016). Life skills training for adolescents with an intellectual disability. In Alan Carr, Christine Linehan, Gary OReilly, Patricia N. Walsh and John McEvoy (Eds.), The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice: Second Edition, (pp. 605-636). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Wiese, M., Parmenter, T. (2009). The Evolution of Person-centred Planning in Supporting People with a Developmental Disability. In Elizabeth Moore (Eds.), Case Management for Community Practice, (pp. 203-225). Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Journals

  • Wark, S., Hussain, R., Janicki, M., Knox, M., Parmenter, T. (2024). A comparative analysis of the prevalence and predictors of chronic pain in older adults with and without intellectual disability in Australia. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 49(1), 1-10. [More Information]
  • Scott, A., Reed, W., Ajwani, S., Parmenter, T. (2023). Panoramic radiographs and dental patients with Down syndrome: A scoping review. Special Care in Dentistry, 43(2), 199-220. [More Information]
  • Hussain, R., Wark, S., Parmenter, T., Janicki, M. (2023). Predictors of Chronic Pain: comparison between older adults with and without life-long cognitive disability. Population Medicine, 5. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Donelly, M., Hillman, A., Shelley, K., Knox, M., Stancliffe, R., Parmenter, T., Whittaker, L. (2014). A good life: Personal support networks and people with intellectual disability: Translational research. 16th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Yokohama: 16th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists.
  • Hillman, A., Donelly, M., Shelley, K., Whitaker, L., Stancliffe, R., Knox, M., Parmenter, T. (2013). An ethnographic study of relationship dynamics in the personal networks of people with an intellectual disability. Occupational Therapy Australia, 25th National Conference and Exhibition, Adelaide, Australia: Adelaide Convention Centre.
  • Knox, M., Donelly, M., Hillman, A., Parmenter, T., Whitaker, L., Shelley, K., Stancliffe, R. (2013). This is who I am: Personal meanings, roles, and support networks of persons with intellectual disabilities. IASSIDD Asia conference, Tokyo: IASSIDD Asia.

Report

  • Wiese, M., Parmenter, T., Yazbeck, M. (2008). Evaluation of the quality of life of residents at Peat Island Centre. Report to NSW Department of Ageing, Disability & Home Care. Centre for Disability Studies, University of Sydney, Australia.
  • Parmenter, T., Wiese, M. (2002). Report of the disability post-release support project. Report to NSW Department of Corrective Services and NSW Department of Ageing, Disability & Home Care. Centre for Developmental Disability Studies, University of Sydney, Australia.

2024

  • Wark, S., Hussain, R., Janicki, M., Knox, M., Parmenter, T. (2024). A comparative analysis of the prevalence and predictors of chronic pain in older adults with and without intellectual disability in Australia. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 49(1), 1-10. [More Information]

2023

  • Scott, A., Reed, W., Ajwani, S., Parmenter, T. (2023). Panoramic radiographs and dental patients with Down syndrome: A scoping review. Special Care in Dentistry, 43(2), 199-220. [More Information]
  • Hussain, R., Wark, S., Parmenter, T., Janicki, M. (2023). Predictors of Chronic Pain: comparison between older adults with and without life-long cognitive disability. Population Medicine, 5. [More Information]
  • Parmenter, T. (2023). Rights Are Necessary but Insufficient for the Achievement of the Full Inclusion of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. [More Information]

2022

  • Wark, S., Hussain, R., Müller, A., Parmenter, T. (2022). Maintaining quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities during end-of-life in rural areas of Australia. Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 9(2), 139-151. [More Information]
  • Wark, S., Hussain, R., Janicki, M., Knox, M., Parmenter, T. (2022). Perceived health and wellbeing among community-dwelling older Australians with intellectual disability: A comparison with age peers. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. [More Information]

2021

  • Reinders, J., Stainton, T., Parmenter, T. (2021). Disposable Lives: Is Ending the Lives of Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for Reasons of Poor Quality of Life an Emergence of a New Eugenics Movement? In Vee P Prasher, Philip W Davidson, Flavia H Santos (Eds.), Mental Health, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Ageing Process, (pp. 351-377). Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. [More Information]
  • Hussain, R., Wark, S., Janicki, M., Parmenter, T., Knox, M., Tabatabaei-Jafari, H. (2021). Mental health of older people with mild and moderate intellectual disability in Australia. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 65(6), 535-547. [More Information]
  • Hussain, R., Parmenter, T., Wark, S., Janicki, M., Knox, M., Hayhoe, N. (2021). Mitigating the impact of the 'silos' between the disability and aged-care sectors in Australia: Development of a Best Practice Framework. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(6), 1477-1488. [More Information]

2020

  • Hussain, R., Wark, S., Janicki, M., Parmenter, T., Knox, M. (2020). Multimorbidity in older people with intellectual disability. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(6), 1234-1244. [More Information]

2019

  • Hussain, R., Wark, S., Muller, A., Ryan, P., Parmenter, T. (2019). Personal relationships during end-of-life care: Support staff views of issues for individuals with intellectual disability. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 87, 21-30. [More Information]
  • Hussain, R., Janicki, M., Knox, M., Wark, S., Parmenter, T. (2019). Perspectives about support challenges facing health workers assisting older adults with and without intellectual disability in rural versus urban settings in Australia. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 44(2), 174-183. [More Information]
  • Reinders, J., Stainton, T., Parmenter, T. (2019). The Quiet Progress of the New Eugenics. Ending the Lives of Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for Reasons of Presumed Poor Quality of Life. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(2), 99-112. [More Information]

2018

  • Shelley, K., Donelly, M., Hillman, A., Dew, A., Whitaker, L., Stancliffe, R., Knox, M., Parmenter, T. (2018). How the personal support networks of people with intellectual disability promote participation and engagement. Journal of Social Inclusion, 9(1), 37-57. [More Information]

2017

  • Wark, S., Hussain, R., Muller, A., Ryan, P., Parmenter, T. (2017). Challenges in providing end-of-life care for people with intellectual disability: Health services access. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 30(6), 1151-1159. [More Information]

2016

  • Parmenter, T., Harman, A., Yazbeck, M., Riches, V. (2016). Life skills training for adolescents with an intellectual disability. In Alan Carr, Christine Linehan, Gary OReilly, Patricia N. Walsh and John McEvoy (Eds.), The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice: Second Edition, (pp. 605-636). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
  • Gilroy, J., Donelly, M., Colmar, S., Parmenter, T. (2016). Twelve factors that can influence the participation of Aboriginal people in disability services. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin, 16(1), 1-9. [More Information]

2015

  • Wark, S., Canon-Vanry, M., Ryan, P., Hussain, R., Knox, M., Edwards, M., Parmenter, M., Parmenter, T., Janicki, M., Leggatt-Cook, C. (2015). Ageing-related experiences of adults with learning disability resident in rural areas: one Australian perspective. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 43(4), 293-301. [More Information]
  • Durvasula, S., Mason, R., Kok, C., Macara, M., Parmenter, T., Cameron, I. (2015). Outdoor areas of Australian residential aged care facilities do not facilitate appropriate sun exposure. Australian Health Review, 39(4), 406-410. [More Information]
  • Strnadova, I., Cumming, T., Knox, M., Parmenter, T., Lee, H. (2015). Perspectives on life, wellbeing, and ageing by older women with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 40(3), 275-285. [More Information]

2014

  • Donelly, M., Hillman, A., Shelley, K., Knox, M., Stancliffe, R., Parmenter, T., Whittaker, L. (2014). A good life: Personal support networks and people with intellectual disability: Translational research. 16th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Yokohama: 16th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists.
  • Parmenter, T. (2014). A Westerner's impression of the place of people with a disability in Asian society. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 18(10), 1082-1089. [More Information]
  • Stmadova, I., Cumming, T., Knox, M., Parmenter, T. (2014). Building an Inclusive Research Team: The Importance of Team Building and Skills Training. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 27(1), 13-22. [More Information]

2013

  • Hillman, A., Donelly, M., Shelley, K., Whitaker, L., Stancliffe, R., Knox, M., Parmenter, T. (2013). An ethnographic study of relationship dynamics in the personal networks of people with an intellectual disability. Occupational Therapy Australia, 25th National Conference and Exhibition, Adelaide, Australia: Adelaide Convention Centre.
  • Gilroy, J., Donelly, M., Colmar, S., Parmenter, T. (2013). Conceptual Framework for Policy and Research Development With Indigenous People with a Disability. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2013 (2), 42-58. [More Information]
  • Wilson, N., Parmenter, T., Stancliffe, R., Shuttleworth, R. (2013). From diminished men to conditionally masculine: sexuality and Australian men and boys with intellectual disability. Culture Health and Sexuality, 15(6), 738-751. [More Information]

2012

  • Hillman, A., Donelly, M., Whitaker, L., Dew, A., Stancliffe, R., Knox, M., Shelley, K., Parmenter, T. (2012). Experiencing rights within positive, person-centred support networks of people with intellectual disability in Australia. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 56(Part II), 1065-1075. [More Information]
  • Chan, J., Arnold, S., Webber, L., Riches, V., Parmenter, T., Stancliffe, R. (2012). Is it time to drop the term 'challenging behaviour'? Learning Disability Practice, 15(5), 36-38.
  • Wilson, N., Shuttleworth, R., Stancliffe, R., Parmenter, T. (2012). Masculinity Theory in Applied Research with Men and Boys with Intellectual Disability. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: journal of policy, practice, and perspectives, 50(3), 261-272. [More Information]

2011

  • Roberts, J., Williams, K., Carter, M., Evans, D., Parmenter, T., Silove, N., Clark, T., Warren, A. (2011). A randomised controlled trial of two early intervention programs for young children with autism: Centre-based with parent program and home-based. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5(4), 1553-1566. [More Information]
  • Brown, R., Parmenter, T. (2011). Challenges of Residential and Community Care:An analysis and appraisal of supported living programs across the lifespan. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 55(8), 719-719. [More Information]
  • Wilson, N., Parmenter, T., Stancliffe, R., Shuttleworth, R. (2011). Conditionally Sexual: Men and Teenage Boys With Moderate to Profound Intellectual Disability. Sexuality and Disability, 29, 275-289. [More Information]

2010

  • Wilson, N., Parmenter, T., Stancliffe, R., Shuttleworth, R., Parker, D. (2010). A masculine perspective of gendered topics in the research literature on males and females with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 35(1), 1-8. [More Information]
  • Wilson, N., Parmenter, T., Stancliffe, R., Shuttleworth, R. (2010). Conditionally Sexual: constructing the sexual health needs of men and teenage boys with moderate to profound intellectual disability. 45th Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disabilty (ASSID 2010), Adelaide, South Australia: Australasian society for the Study of Intellectual Disability (ASSID).
  • Hillman, A., Parmenter, T., Donelly, M., Whitaker, L., Stancliffe, R., Knox, M. (2010). How person-centred is it? Personal support networks and the complexities of providing support. The Third International Conference of IASSID-Europe, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

2009

  • Hofer, S., Gray, K., Piccinin, A., Mackinnon, A., Bontempo, D., Einfeld, S., Hoffman, L., Parmenter, T., Tonge, B. (2009). Correlated and Coupled Within-Person Change in Emotional and Behavioral Disturbance in Individuals With Intellectual Disability. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 114(5), 307-321. [More Information]
  • Whitaker, L., Parmenter, T., Knox, M., Donelly, M., Hillman, A., Stancliffe, R. (2009). Creating futures for adults with an intellectual disability: Mothers enhancing social support through network development. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 6(2), 158-158.
  • Riches, V., Parmenter, T., Llewellyn, G., Hindmarsh, G., Chan, J. (2009). I-CAN: A New Instrument to Classify Support Needs for People with Disability: Part I. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 22(4), 326-339.

2008

  • Tonge, B., Einfeld, S., Piccinin, A., Mackinnon, A., Hofer, S., Taffe, J., Gray, K., Bontempo, D., Parmenter, T. (2008). Children with ID and mental health needs:The Australian child to adult development (ACAD) study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52(8-9), 725.
  • Donelly, M., Hillman, A., Whitaker, L., Rushford, N., Parmenter, T., Knox, M., Stancliffe, R. (2008). Creating a future for adults with intellectual disabilities with ageing parents: Networks of support. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52(8 & 9), 713-713.
  • Donelly, M., Hillman, A., Rushford, N., Whitaker, L., Parmenter, T., Knox, M., Stancliffe, R. (2008). Critical analysis of the conceptualisation of care succession. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 52(8 & 9), 647-647.

2007

  • Tonge, B., Einfeld, S., Piccinin, A., Mackinnon, A., Hofer, S., Taffe, J., Gray, K., Bontempo, D., Parmenter, T. (2007). Change in psychopathology from childhood to adulthood: The Australian child to adult development (ACAD) study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(S2), A455.

2006

  • McVilly, K., Stancliffe, R., Parmenter, T., Burton-Smith, R. (2006). 'I get by with a little help from my friends': Adults with intellectual disability discuss loneliness. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 19(2), 191-203. [More Information]
  • Parmenter, T. (2006). Ageing with a lifelong disability. A guide to practice, program and policy issues for human services professionals. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 31(3), 192-193.
  • Riches, V., Parmenter, T., Wiese, M., Stancliffe, R. (2006). Intellectual disability and mental illness in the NSW criminal justice system. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 29, 386-396. [More Information]

2005

  • Parmenter, T. (2005). Are we engineering ourselves out of existence? Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 30(1), 53-56. [More Information]
  • McVilly, K., Parmenter, T., Stancliffe, R., Burton-Smith, R. (2005). Friendship experiences of adults with ID: A consumer perspective. 1st International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) Asia-Pacific Regional Congress 2005, United States: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
  • Parmenter, T., Stancliffe, R., Burton-Smith, R. (2005). Friendship experiences of adults with ID: A consumer perspective (Abstract). Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2, 190.

2004

  • Yazbeck, M., McVilly, K., Parmenter, T. (2004). Attitudes Toward People With Intellectual Disabilities. An Australian Perspectives. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 15(2), 97-111.
  • Parmenter, T. (2004). Contributions Of IASSID To The Scientific Study Of Intellectual Disability: The Past, The Present, And The Future. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 1(2), 71-78.
  • Parmenter, T. (2004). Family Quality Of Life: Implications For Policy. In A Turnbull, I Brown, H R Turnbull (Eds.), Families and people with mental retardation and quality of life: International perspectives, (pp. 263-293). Washington DC: AAMR Quebec and Partners.

2002

  • Schalock, R., Brown, I., Brown, R., Cummins, R., Felce, D., Matikka, L., Keith, K., Parmenter, T. (2002). Conceptualization, Measurement, and Application of Quality of Life for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Report of an International Panel of Experts. Mental Retardation, 40(6), 457-470.
  • Parmenter, T., Wiese, M. (2002). Report of the disability post-release support project. Report to NSW Department of Corrective Services and NSW Department of Ageing, Disability & Home Care. Centre for Developmental Disability Studies, University of Sydney, Australia.
  • Anderson, M., Parmenter, T., Mok, M. (2002). The relationship between neurobehavioural problems of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), family functioning and the psychological well-being of the spouse/caregiver: path model analysis. Brain Injury, 16(9), 743-757. [More Information]

2001

  • Sigafoos, J., Einfeld, S., Parmenter, T. (2001). An introduction to challenging behavior in children with intellectual disabilities. Special Education Perspectives, 10(2), 37-46.
  • Parmenter, T., Sigafoos, J., Einfeld, S. (2001). An introduction to challenging behaviour in children with intellectual disabilities. Special Education Perspectives, 10, 37-46.
  • Parmenter, T. (2001). Implementation of disability studies within post secondary education: an Australian perspective. Disability Studies Quarterly, 21, 140-151.

2000

  • Knox, M., Parmenter, T., Atkinson, N., Yazbeck, M. (2000). Family control: the views of families who have a child with intellectual disability. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 13(1), 17-28.

Selected Grants

2021

  • Homelessness policy and systems for people with disabilities 21/PRO/73276, Gurran N, O'Donovan M, O'Brien P, Riches V, Parmenter T, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute/Research Grant
  • NDIS: Reality versus Rhetoric, O'Donovan M, O'Brien P, Riches V, Parmenter T, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)

2012

  • Supporting Ageing-in-Place for people with and into disability: An exploration of rural and metropolitan perspectives, Knox M, Parmenter T, Hussain R, Janicki M, Illawarra Retirement Trust/Research Support