Keith McVilly

Assistance Dogs for People with Younger (Early)-Onset Dementia: The Family Carer's Experience.

Genée Marks, Keith R McVilly

Journal article  |  2023  |  Animals (Basel)

There is growing evidence for trained assistance dogs promoting the health, wellbeing, and quality of life of people in a variety ..

Echolalia as defined by parent communication partners.

Eli G Cohn, Keith R McVilly, Matthew J Harrison

Journal article  |  2023  |  Autism Dev Lang Impair

BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS: Echolalia, the repetition of previous speech, is highly prevalent in Autism. Research into echolalia has his..

Cognitive and Psychological Impacts of Congenital Corpus Callosum Disorders in Adults: A Scoping Review

M Maxfield, K McVilly, A Devine, H Jordan

Journal article  |  2023  |  Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Objectives: Support for adults with congenital corpus callosum disorders (CCDs) is impeded by poor understanding of the impacts of..

Realising economic and social rights for children with communication and swallowing disability: Sustainable Development Goals 1, 8 and 10

Stephanie Weir, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Tricia Eadie, Keith McVilly

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

PURPOSE: This commentary describes the economic disempowerment of children with communication and/or swallowing disability and out..

Short report: Gendered workplace social interaction processes in autism

Susan M Hayward, Mark A Stokes, Keith R McVilly

Journal article  |  2022  |  RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

BACKGROUND: Navigating workplace social interactions can be stressful for autistic people and be experienced differently by gender..

Repeating purposefully: Empowering educators with functional communication models of echolalia in Autism

Eli G Cohn, Keith R McVilly, Matthew J Harrison, Lillian N Stiegler

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUTISM & DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Echolalia, the repetition of speech, is highly prevalent in school aged children with Autism. Prior research ..

The Future of Disability Research in Australia: Protocol for a Multiphase Research Agenda-Setting Study

Jennifer Smith-Merry, Mary-Ann O'donovan, Angela Dew, Bronwyn Hemsley, Christine Imms, Gemma Carey, Simon Darcy, Kathy Ellem, Gisselle Gallego, John Gilroy, Adam Guastella, Manjula Marella, Keith McVilly, Jenny Plumb

Journal article  |  2022  |  JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS

BACKGROUND: For people with disabilities to live a good life, it is essential that funded research in health and social care addre..

Identifying and responding to young people with cognitive disability and neurodiversity in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand youth justice systems

K McVilly, M McCarthy, A Day, A Birgden, C Malvaso

Journal article  |  2022  |  Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Many young people in the criminal justice systems of both Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand will have cognitive disabilities and ..

Identifying important persons in the promotion of positive behaviour support (PBS) in disability services: A social network analysis

Brent A Hayward, Lisa McKay-Brown, Shiralee Poed, Keith McVilly

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY

Background: Little is known about networks for positive behaviour support (PBS) in disability services. This study explores a PBS ..

Introducing positive behaviour support (PBS) into disability services for successful adoption: A synthesised systematic review

Brent A Hayward, Shiralee Poed, Lisa McKay-Brown, Keith R McVilly

Journal article  |  2021  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES

Positive behaviour support is used by staff to help people with different disabilities, but we do not know what helps staff to kee..