Other Resources
This page compiles a range of other resources produced by our academics.
This website outlines the history of Kew Cottages in the context of changing social ideas about intellectual disability in Australia and worldwide.
This website is a companion to Corinne Manning Bye-Bye Charlie: Stories from the Vanishing World of Kew Cottages, NewSouth Press, Sydney, 2008 and Lee-Ann Monk & David Henderson with Christine Bigby, Richard Broome and Katie Holmes, Failed Ambitions. Kew Cottages and Changing Ideas of Intellectual Disabilities, Monash University Press, Clayton, 2023.
This guide, first developed in 2016, explores how the research evidence tells us makes a difference in group homes, and to the lives of people who live in them.
The accompanying practice guides are intended for families or carers assessing a group home for someone with an intellectual disability, and for professionals wanting to know what needs to be in place to provide good quality of life for people with intellectual disability in a group home.
This resource is based upon a webinar feliverd by Dr. Nicola Grove in 2019.
It explores how so-called “small stories” are now regarded as critical in building a sense of personal identity, relationships and communities, but are under-represented in research in intellectual disability.
It then illustrates some of the mechanisms whereby the exchange of stories helps to break down barriers and stigma in the lives of people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities.