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Allyson has been involved in research in intellectual disability for much of the past 15 years. She received her doctorate in 2012. For the last five years Allyson has worked within the School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work at Curtin University on projects investigating health disparities for people with intellectual disability, individual supported living for people with intellectual disability, and small business models for people with intellectual disability.

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Employment (2)

Curtin University: Perth, WA, AU

2012-05 to present | Research Fellow (School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work)
Employment
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University of Western Australia: WA, WA, AU

2010-03 to 2014-05 | Project co-ordinator (The Western Australian Institute for Medical Research)
Employment
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Education and qualifications (3)

Edith Cowan University: Joondalup, WA, AU

2012 | PhD (SSchool of Health Sciences)
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Edith Cowan University: Joondalup, WA, AU

2005 | MSc (School of Health Sciences)
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Edith Cowan University: Joondalup, WA, AU

2003 | BSc (School of Health Sciences)
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Professional activities (1)

Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability: Perth, WA, AU

2006 to present
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Funding (2)

WASHID Health Promotion Research

2013 to 2013 | Grant
The WA Disability Services Commission (Perth, AU)
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WASHID Health Promotion Research

2013 to 2013 | Grant
The Mental Health Commision (Western Australia) (Perth, AU)
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Works (30)

Support Programs for Young People with Disability and Experiences of Trauma or Abuse [Report]

2019 | Other
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Meaningful social and economic inclusion through small business enterprise models of employment for adults with intellectual disability

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
2018-10-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-180962
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Factors that affect the perceived health of adults with intellectual disability: A Western Australian study

Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
2018-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2017.1310816
Part of ISSN: 1366-8250
Part of ISSN: 1469-9532
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“Over time it just becomes easier…”: parents of people with Angelman syndrome and Prader–Willi syndrome speak about their carer role

Disability & Rehabilitation
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2016.1161838
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Examples of individual supported living for adults with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1744629516629854
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Health status and use of medications by adults with intellectual disability in Western Australia

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2015.1125456
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Women’s beliefs about breast cancer causation in a breast cancer case–control study

Psycho-Oncology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3869
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Individual Supported Living (ISL) as a Quality Framework to Create and Promote “One’s Own Home”

2016-08 | Conference paper
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Small Business Enterprises for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and High Support Needs: Innovative and Entrepreneurial Approaches to Meaningful Employment

2016-08 | Conference paper
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Occupational exposure to solvents and risk of breast cancer

American Journal of Industrial Medicine
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22478
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Parental attitudes to employment for adults with Angelman syndrome and Prader-Willi syndrome’

50th Annual ASID Conference
2015-11 | Conference paper
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Aspects of Health in Adults with Intellectual Disability in Western Australia

2nd Ratchasuda International Conference on Disability
2015-04 | Conference paper
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Beliefs and perceptions about the causes of breast cancer: a case-control study

BMC Research Notes
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-558
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Navigating the maze: ethics approval pathways for intellectual disability research

Journal of Medical Ethics
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100899
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The WA Study of Health and Intellectual Disability

Curtin University
2014 | Report
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The WA Study of Health and Intellectual Disability: an overview

49th ASID Conference
2014-11 | Conference paper
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‘…a weapon against the stress…’: coping with the role of family carer’

49th ASID Conference
2014-11 | Conference poster
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Occupational exposure to ionizing radiation and risk of breast cancer in Western Australia

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182a7e692
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The association between different night shiftwork factors and breast cancer: a case–control study

British Journal of Cancer
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.544
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Including questionnaires with the invitation package appeared to increase the response fraction among women

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
2012 | Report
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.11.007
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Triaging Jobs in a Community-Based Case-Control Study to Increase Efficiency of the Expert Occupational Assessment Method

Annals of Occupational Hygiene
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer117
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‘…the doctors are great, bend over backwards to help’: family carers talk about health workers

ASID WA conference
2012-09 | Conference paper
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‘Can I join in?’ Increasing research participation by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Australasian Epidemiology Association’s 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting,
2011-09 | Conference paper
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An overview of the Breast Cancer, Employment and Environment Study (BCEES)

Seventh State Cancer Conference
2011-03-24 | Conference paper
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The transition between the phenotypes of Prader-Willi syndrome during infancy and early childhood

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03517.x
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Angelman syndrome in Western Australia

West Coast Angels, 9th Biennial National Conference
2009-10 | Conference paper
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A lifetime of parenting: when your child has an intellectual disability of genetic origin

8th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing
2009-10-23 | Conference paper
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Genomic Imprinting and Mental Retardation: Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes

Focus on Mental Retardation Research
2007 | Book chapter
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A long-term population-based clinical and morbidity profile of Angelman syndrome in Western Australia: 1953-2003

Disability and rehabilitation
2006-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500190631
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A long-term population-based clinical and morbidity review of Prader-Willi syndrome in Western Australia

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
2006-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00770.x
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for PloS one. (1)
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