Alexandra Devine

'That was all over the shop': Exploring the COVID-19 response in disability residential settings

Ashley McAllister, Helen Dickinson, Marie Huska, Alexandra Devine, Stefanie Dimov, Anne Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2023  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

People with disability are an ‘at-risk’ group in a pandemic context for various clinical and structural reasons. However, in the e..

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..

Do Area-Level Environmental Factors Influence Employment for People with Disability? A Scoping Review

Nicola Fortune, Bernadette Curryer, Hannah Badland, Jennifer Smith-Merry, Alexandra Devine, Roger J Stancliffe, Eric Emerson, Gwynnyth Llewellyn

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Employment is an important social determinant of health and wellbeing. People with disability experience labour market disadvantag..

'Nearly gave up on it to be honest': Utilisation of individualised budgets by people with psychosocial disability within Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme

Alexandra Devine, Helen Dickinson, Mediya Rangi, Marie Huska, George Disney, Yi Yang, Jody Barney, Anne Kavanagh, Bruce Bonyhady, Kirsten Deane, Ashley McAllister

Journal article  |  2022  |  SOCIAL POLICY & ADMINISTRATION

Utilisation of budgets provides important insights into the effectiveness of individualised funding schemes. Significant under-uti..

On the outside looking in: a phenomenological study of the lived experience of Australian adults with a disorder of the corpus callosum

Maree Maxfield, Monica S Cooper, Anne Kavanagh, Alexandra Devine, Liz Gill Atkinson

Journal article  |  2021  |  ORPHANET JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES

BACKGROUND: While classified as a rare condition, a congenital disorder of the corpus callosum (DCC) is one of the most commonly i..

Australia's Disability Employment Services Program: Participant Perspectives on Factors Influencing Access to Work

Alexandra Devine, Marissa Shields, Stefanie Dimov, Helen Dickinson, Cathy Vaughan, Rebecca Bentley, Anthony D LaMontagne, Anne Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Disability employment programs play a key role in supporting people with disability to overcome barriers to finding and maintainin..

Vocational Interventions to Improve Employment Participation of People with Psychosocial Disability, Autism and/or Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review

Isabelle Weld-Blundell, Marissa Shields, Alexandra Devine, Helen Dickinson, Anne Kavanagh, Claudia Marck

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Objective: To systematically review interventions aimed at improving employment participation of people with psychosocial disabili..

Disability and work in a health and economic crisis: Mitigating the risk of long-term labour market exclusion for Australians with disability through policy coordination

Sue Olney, Alexandra Devine, Pan Karanikolas, Stefanie Dimov, Jennifer Malbon, Georgia Katsikis

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Labour markets around the world are experiencing extraordinary disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. The gap in the employment ..

Enabling Action: Reflections upon Inclusive Participatory Research on Health with Women with Disabilities in the Philippines

Catherine Vaughan, Elizabeth Gill-Atkinson, Alexandra Devine, Jerome Zayas, Raquel Ignacio, Joy Garcia, Krissy Bisda, Joy Salgado, M Jesusa Marco

Journal article  |  2020  |  American Journal of Community Psychology

People with disabilities experience health disparities arising from social, environmental, and system‐level factors. Evidence from..

Submission to the Victorian Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact of remote learning on families of students with disability in Victoria

Manjula Manjula, Fleur Smith, Lana Logam, Catherine Smith, Alexandra Devine, Lisa Gibbs, Matthew Harrison

Report  |  2020

This submission forwards the case that more systematic responses and supports are required for families, carers and students with ..