Professor Christine Bigby
La Trobe University
Professor, Social Policy & Welfare
Australia
My co-authors include
Dr Sian P Anderson
Professor Jacinta Douglas
Prof Teresa Iacono
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My Publications
Writing the script. The overt and hidden contradictions of supporters’ work in independ...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
May 2019
Development of an evidence-based practice framework to guide decision making support fo...
Disability and Rehabilitation
November 2018
Using the concept of encounter to further the social inclusion of people with intellect...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
November 2018
Supporting decision-making of adults with cognitive disabilities: The role of Law Refor...
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
November 2018
“I used to call him a non-decision-maker - I never do that anymore”: parental reflectio...
Disability and Rehabilitation
September 2021
Patterns of group home culture in organisations supporting people with intellectual dis...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
August 2021
Forming and supporting circles of support for people with intellectual disabilities – a...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
August 2021
Parental strategies that support adults with intellectual disabilities to explore decis...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
August 2021
Social inclusion of LGBTQ and gender diverse adults with intell...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
July 2021
Paternalism to empowerment: all in the eye of the beholder?
Disability & Society
July 2021
Barriers to physical activity and sport participation for people with intellectual disa...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
July 2021
How leaders in day service organisations understand service quality
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
July 2021
What is good service quality? Day service staff's perspectives about what it looks like...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
March 2021
Research End-User Perspectives about Using Social Work Research in Policy and Practice
The British Journal of Social Work
February 2021
Handbook on Ageing with Disability
February 2021
People with intellectual disability and the digitization of services
Geoforum
February 2021
Performance, purpose, and creation of encounter between people with and without intelle...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
January 2021
“The Scheme Was Designed with a Very Different Idea in Mind of Who a Disabled Person Is...
January 2021
Stories from the Wild West Frontier: The National Disability Insurance Scheme Experienc...
January 2021
Australian Social Work Research: An Empirical Study of Engagement and Impact
The British Journal of Social Work
December 2020
COVID-19 IDD: A global survey exploring family members’ and paid staff’s perceptions of...
HRB Open Research
December 2020
Possibility and risk in encounter between people with and without intellectual disability
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
October 2020
The temporalities of supported decision-making by people with cognitive disability
Social & Cultural Geography
October 2020
Creating opportunities for convivial encounters for people with intellectual disabiliti...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
September 2020
The Production and Dissemination of Australian Social Work Scholarship: A Citation Anal...
Australian Social Work
August 2020
A process of decision-making support: Exploring supported decision-making practice in C...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
August 2020
Violence Prevention Strategies for People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Scoping Review
Australian Social Work
July 2020
Dedifferentiation and people with intellectual disabilities in the Australian National ...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
June 2020
COVID-19 IDD: A global survey exploring the impact of COVID-19 on individuals with inte...
HRB Open Research
June 2020
Community participation as identity and belonging: a case study of Arts Project Austral...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
May 2020
Dimensions of group home culture as predictors of quality of life outcomes
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
May 2020
A prospective study of hospital episodes of adults with intellectual disability
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
March 2020
The significance of research to practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
January 2020
Choice, Preference, and Disability
January 2020
Development and psychometric evaluation of the Group Home Culture Scale
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
December 2019
Predicting good Active Support for people with intellectual disabilities in supported a...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
November 2019
Quality of practice in supported accommodation services for people with intellectual di...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
November 2019
Realising ‘will, preferences and rights’: reconciling differences on best practice supp...
Griffith Law Review
November 2019
Factors associated with increases over time in the quality of Active Support in support...
Research in Developmental Disabilities
November 2019
Factors that predict good Active Support in services for people with intellectual disab...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
October 2019
The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Theory
June 2019
Moving on from Quality Assurance: Exploring Systems that Measure both Process and Perso...
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
June 2019
The home environments and occupational engagement of people with intellectual disabilit...
British Journal of Occupational Therapy
May 2019
Analysis of Australian Research Council Grants Awarded for Social Work Projects 2008–2017
Australian Social Work
March 2019
Are patients with communication difficulties included in qualitative research on patien...
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
February 2019
Review of “Enabling Risk: Putting Positives First”, online learning resource developed ...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
January 2019
Introduction to the Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability Position Statement...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
January 2019
‘More people talk to you when you have a dog’ - dogs as catalysts for social inclusion ...
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
August 2018
The state of health services partnering with consumers: evidence from an online survey ...
BMC Health Services Research
August 2018
An exploration of communication within active support for adults with high and low supp...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
June 2018
The National Disability Insurance Scheme in an Urban Context: Opportunities and Challen...
Urban Policy and Research
June 2018
Life stories of people with intellectual disabilities in modern Australia
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
May 2018
How frontline staff manage paperwork in group homes for people with intellectual disabi...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
May 2018
Commentary on ASID position statement: Addressing the shortcomings of dedifferentiation...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
January 2018
‘I Feel Free’: the Experience of a Peer Education Program with Fijians with Spinal Cord...
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
November 2017
Staff perspectives on paperwork in group homes for people with intellectual disability
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
October 2017
Providing support for decision making to adults with intellectual disability: Perspecti...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
October 2017
Social Work Research in the Field of Disability in Australia: A Scoping Review
Australian Social Work
October 2017
The self-perception of staff in group homes for people with intellectual disability
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
October 2017
Communication access on trains: a qualitative exploration of the perspectives of passen...
Disability and Rehabilitation
September 2017
Health Education by Peers with Spinal Cord Injury: a Scoping Review
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
September 2017
Delivering decision making support to people with cognitive disability - What has been ...
Australian Journal of Social Issues
September 2017
Identifying conceptualizations and theories of change embedded in interventions to faci...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
August 2017
Implementation of active support over time in Australia
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
July 2017
What constitutes effective support in obtaining and maintaining employment for individu...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
June 2017
Comparing costs and outcomes of supported living with group homes in Australia
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
March 2017
A Comparative Study of Australian Social Work Research
The British Journal of Social Work
February 2017
Navigating the complexity of disability support in tertiary education: perspectives of ...
International Journal of Inclusive Education
January 2017
Debates about dedifferentiation: twenty-first century thinking about people with intell...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
January 2017
Whose Life Story Is It? Self-Reflexive Life Story Research with People with Intellectua...
The Oral History Review
January 2017
Measuring practice leadership in supported accommodation services for people with intel...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
November 2016
Conundrums of supported living: The experiences of people with intellectual disability
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
November 2016
Increasing day service staff capacity to facilitate positive relationships with people ...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
October 2016
Improving Quality of Life Outcomes in Supported Accommodation for People with Intellect...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
October 2016
Culture in Better Group Homes for People With Intellectual Disability at Severe Levels
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
October 2016
The role of practice leadership in active support: impact of practice leaders’ presence...
International Journal of Developmental Disabilities
September 2016
Perspectives on Social Work in Australia from the Norma Parker Addresses and Key Papers...
Australian Social Work
September 2016
“I’ve never been a yes person”: Decision-making participation and self-conceptualizatio...
Disability and Rehabilitation
August 2016
A case study of an intentional friendship between a volunteer and adult with severe int...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
August 2016
Commentary by Christine Bigby on “Reducing the Inequality of Luck: Keynote Address at t...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
July 2016
Australian social work research on ageing and aged care: A scoping review
Journal of Social Work
June 2016
Supporting workers with disabilities: a scoping review of the role of human resource ma...
Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
May 2016
Supporting Students with Invisible Disabilities: A Scoping Review of Postsecondary Educ...
International Journal of Disability Development and Education
March 2016
Confidence of group home staff in supporting the health needs of older residents with i...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
January 2016
Intellectual Disability and Stigma
January 2016
Empowering People with Intellectual Disabilities to Challenge Stigma
January 2016
‘We Were More Radical back then’: Victoria's First Self-Advocacy Organisation for Peopl...
Health and History
January 2016
Mainstream, Inclusionary, and Convivial Places: Locating Encounters Between People with...
Geographical Review
December 2015
Social Work Research in the Child Protection Field in Australia
The British Journal of Social Work
December 2015
Self-Advocacy as a Means to Positive Identities for People with Intellectual Disability...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
October 2015
Becoming a decision-making supporter for someone with acquired cognitive disability fol...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
October 2015
Preparing Manuscripts that Report Qualitative Research: Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Il...
Australian Social Work
June 2015
A case study about the supported participation of older men with lifelong disability at...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
June 2015
Observing practice leadership in intellectual and developmental disability services
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
June 2015
Critical Realism in Social Work Research: Examining Participation of People with Intell...
Australian Social Work
May 2015
Paperwork in group homes for people with intellectual disability
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
April 2015
Reflections on being a first generation self-advocate: Belonging, social connections, a...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
April 2015
‘The biggest thing is trying to live for two people’: Spousal experiences of supporting...
Brain Injury
April 2015
“I won't be around forever”: Understanding the decision-making experiences of adults wi...
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
March 2015
Movement on Shifting Sands: Deinstitutionalisation and People with Intellectual Disabil...
Urban Policy and Research
February 2015
Mediating Community Participation: Practice of Support Workers in Initiating, Facilitat...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
January 2015
Factors that Underpin the Delivery of Effective Decision-making Support for People with...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
January 2015
Transition to retirement and participation in mainstream community groups using active ...
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
December 2014
“She's been involved in everything as far as I can see”: Supporting the active particip...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
November 2014
A systematic review of hospital experiences of people with intellectual disability
BMC Health Services Research
October 2014
Identifying Good Group Homes: Qualitative Indicators Using a Quality of Life Framework
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
October 2014
‘We Just Call Them People’: Positive Regard as a Dimension of Culture in Group Homes fo...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
October 2014
Sibling Roles in the Lives of Older Group Home Residents with Intellectual Disability: ...
Australian Social Work
September 2014
What are Victoria's Disability Service Standards Really Measuring?
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
July 2014
Is the National Disability Insurance Scheme Taking Account of People with Intellectual ...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
July 2014
Health issues of older people with intellectual disability in group homes
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
July 2014
Guide to Visiting and Good Group Homes, by Christine Bigby and Emma Bould
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
July 2014
Cycles of Adaptive Strategies Over the Life Course
Journal of Gerontological Social Work
June 2014
An Effective Program Design to Support Older Workers With Intellectual Disability to Pa...
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
June 2014
“I'm in their shoes”: Experiences of peer educators in sexuality and relationship educa...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
February 2014
Supported Decision Making: Understanding How its Conceptual Link to Legal Capacity is I...
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
January 2014
Editorial
Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
January 2014
Being Recognised and Becoming Known: Encounters between People with and without Intelle...
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
January 2014
Conceptualizing Inclusive Research with People with Intellectual Disability
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
December 2013
A Collaborative Group Method of Inclusive Research
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
December 2013
Mentors' experiences of using the Active Mentoring model to support older adults with i...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
September 2013
Residential aged care for people with intellectual disability: A matter of perspective
Australasian Journal on Ageing
July 2013
Ethical challenges in researching in group homes for people with severe learning diffic...
Disability & Society
June 2013
Taking each day as it comes: staff experiences of supporting people with Down syndrome ...
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
April 2013
Responsiveness to self-report questions about loneliness: a comparison of mainstream an...
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
March 2013
A National Disability Insurance Scheme—Challenges for Social Work
Australian Social Work
March 2013
‘I hope he dies before me’: unravelling the debates about ageing and people with intell...
March 2013
Whose decision is it anyway? How clinicians support decision-making participation after...
Disability and Rehabilitation
February 2013
‘Do You Think I’m Stupid?’: Urban Encounters between People with and without Intellectu...
Urban Studies
February 2013
Implementation of active support in Victoria, Australia: An exploratory study
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
January 2013
Maintaining Quality and Withstanding Challenges
Australian Social Work
December 2012
Uncovering Dimensions of Culture in Underperforming Group Homes for People with Severe ...
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
December 2012
A model of processes that underpin positive relationships for adults with severe intell...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
November 2012
The Toronto declaration on bridging knowledge, policy and practice in aging and disability
International Journal of Integrated Care
November 2012
Advancing a research agenda for bridging ageing and disability
International Journal of Integrated Care
November 2012
Social inclusion and people with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour: A s...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
September 2012
Norma Parker Addresses
Australian Social Work
September 2012
Remembering Jim Mansell
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
July 2012
Competencies of front-line managers in supported accommodation: Issues for practice and...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
May 2012
Experiences of supporting people with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease in aged car...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
January 2012
Social Interaction with Adults with Severe Intellectual Disability: Having Fun and Hang...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
January 2012
The Challenges and Benefits of Using Participant Observation to Understand the Social I...
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
December 2011
EDITORIAL
Australian Social Work
December 2011
Encounter as a dimension of social inclusion for people with intellectual disability: B...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
October 2011
Disconnected expectations: Staff, family, and supported employee perspectives about ret...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
August 2011
The Development and Utility of a Program Theory: Lessons from an Evaluation of a Repute...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
August 2011
Book Review: Group Homes for People with Intellectual Disabilities by Tim Clement and C...
Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
June 2011
Editorial Note
Australian Social Work
March 2011
Inclusion in political and public life: The experiences of people with intellectual dis...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
February 2011
Rankings, Ratings, and Reviews
Australian Social Work
December 2010
Social Work Practice and Intellectual Disability, Christine Bigby and Patsie Frawley, B...
The British Journal of Social Work
December 2010
Group Homes for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Encouraging Inclusion and Partic...
The British Journal of Social Work
October 2010
The pearl in the middle: A case study of social interactions in an individual with a se...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
September 2010
The potential for active mentoring to support the transition into retirement for older ...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
September 2010
Hospital experiences of older people with intellectual disability: Responses of group h...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
August 2010
Planning and decision making about the future care of older group home residents and tr...
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
June 2010
Reflections on doing inclusive research in the “Making Life Good in the Community” study
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
June 2010
Group homes for people with intellectual disabilities: encouraging inclusion and partic...
British Journal of Learning Disabilities
June 2010
Written out of History: Invisible Women in Intellectual Disability Social Work
Australian Social Work
March 2010
Social Work and Disability: An Uneasy Relationship
Australian Social Work
March 2010
A Five-Country Comparative Review of Accommodation Support Policies for Older People Wi...
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
March 2010
Aging . . . A Continuing Challenge
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
March 2010
Building Social Work Scholarship
Australian Social Work
December 2009
Diversity and Ageing
Australian Social Work
June 2009
“I Want to See the Queen”: Experiences of Service Use by Ageing People with an Intellec...
Australian Social Work
June 2009
Breaking Out of a Distinct Social Space: Reflections on Supporting Community Participat...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
May 2009
‘It's pretty hard with our ones, they can't talk, the more able bodied can participate’...
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
April 2009
Position statement on housing and support for people with severe or profound intellectu...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
March 2009
Maximizing community inclusion through mainstream communication services for adults wit...
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
January 2009
Corrigendum
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
January 2009
The Quality and Integrity of Australian Social Work
Australian Social Work
November 2008
Known well by no‐one: Trends in the informal social networks of middle‐aged and older p...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
June 2008
A survey of people with intellectual disabilities living in residential aged care facil...
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
May 2008
Research: Issues of active ageing: Perceptions of older people with lifelong intellectu...
Australasian Journal on Ageing
April 2008
Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
March 2008
Beset by obstacles: A review of Australian policy development to support ageing in plac...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
March 2008
Social Roles and Informal Support Networks in Mid Life and Beyond
February 2008
Reflecting on 60 Years ofAustralian Social Work
Australian Social Work
December 2007
Moving towards Midlife Care as Negotiated Family Business: Accounts of people with inte...
International Journal of Disability Development and Education
August 2007
Why are conferences “Sometimes about us, without us”?
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
December 2006
Tensions between institutional closure and deinstitutionalisation: what can be learned ...
Disability & Society
October 2006
Shifting Models of Welfare: Issues in Relocation from an Institution and the Organizati...
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
September 2006
When is a house a home?
International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation
August 2006
An International Call for Papers
Australian Social Work
June 2006
Positioning the Journal for the Next Decade
Australian Social Work
March 2006
A Tribute to Professor Norman Smith
Australian Social Work
December 2005
Comparative Program Options for Aging People with Intellectual Disabilities
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
June 2005
Book Reviews
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
June 2005
Another minority group: use of aged care day programs and community leisure services by...
Australasian Journal on Ageing
March 2005
Christine Bigby, Ageing with a Lifelong Disability: A Guide to Practice, Programme and ...
Ageing and Society
February 2005
Ageing with a lifelong disability: A guide to practice, program and policy issues for h...
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
January 2005
Evaluation of the Independent Review of a Major Life Decision Affecting People Who Have...
Psychiatry Psychology and Law
December 2004
Disability, Citizenship and Community Care. A Case for Welfare rights
Australian Social Work
September 2004
Comparison of specialist and mainstream programs for older carers of adults with intell...
Australian Social Work
September 2004
But why are these questions being asked?: a commentary on Emerson (2004)
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
September 2004
Retirement or just a change of pace: an Australian national survey of disability day se...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
September 2004
Evaluation of the Independent Review of a Major Life Decision Affecting People Who Have...
Psychiatry Psychology and Law
June 2004
Book Review
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
June 2004
Facilitating Transition
Journal of Gerontological Social Work
December 2002
Ageing people with a lifelong disability: challenges for the aged care and disability s...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
January 2002
Shifts in the model of service delivery in intellectual disability in Victoria
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
January 2001
Parental Substitutes
Journal of Gerontological Social Work
January 1998
Shifting responsibilities: The patterns of formal service use by older people with inte...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
January 1998
When Parents Relinquish Care: Informal Support Networks of Older People with Intellectu...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
December 1997
Later life for adults with intellectual disability: A time of opportunity and vulnerabi...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
January 1997
Transferring responsibility: The nature and effectiveness of parental planning for the ...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability
January 1996
Is there a hidden group of older people with intellectual disability and from whom are ...
Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities
January 1995
A demographic analysis of older people with intellectual disability registered with Com...
Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities
January 1994
Access and linkage: Two critical issues for older people with an intellectual disabilit...
Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities
January 1992
‘I Hope He Dies Before Me’
Issues in Researching the Ageing of People with Intellectual Disability
