Publications of the Donald Beasley Institute

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If you wish to obtain a copy of any of these publications, please download and print the Donald Beasley Institute Publications Order Form (4 pages, 423 KB).

Some of these publications are:

ACC Report: Safe lives for people with intellectual disabilities.

Taking more control of my health - A health guide for women.

Who benefits from welfare guardianship?

Perilous Passage

Bullied and teased or just another kid?

Bullied and teased or just another kid? The social experiences of students with disabilities at school was recently written by our own Dr Jude MacArthur and her colleague Mike Gaffney, a researcher and project manager at the Children's Issues Centre at the University of Otago. The book was published by NZCER and copies can be ordered directly from them.

Newsletters

The Institute publishes a newsletter which is available free to anyone with an interest in disability research. If you would like to regularly receive our newsletter please contact the Information Officer, Krissy Wright.

December 2006 (6 pages, 184 KB)
February 2006 (8 pages, 593 KB)

National Health Committee Literature Reviews on Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Definitions of intellectual disability, Anne Bray, June 2003 (43 pages, 996 KB)
Demographics and characteristics of people with an intellectual disability, Anne Bray, June 2003 (32 pages, 965 KB)
Relationships and adults with an intellectual disability, Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, June 2003 (93 pages, 1117 KB)
Education for adults with an intellectual disability (including transition to adulthood), Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, June 2003 (68 pages, 1066 KB)
Income for adults with an intellectual disability, Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, June 2003 (61 pages, 1036 KB)
Support of daily living for adults with an intellectual disability, Jude MacArthur, June 2003 (87 pages, 1121 KB)
Effective communication for adults with an intellectual disability, Anne Bray, June 2003 (37 pages, 977 KB)
Community participation for adults with an intellectual disability, Anne Bray and Sue Gates, June 2003 (pages, 1011 KB)
Work for adults with an intellectual disability, Anne Bray, June 2003 (132 pages, 1235 KB)

Seminar Report

The Code and Protection of the Rights of Vulnerable Consumers in Disability Services, Seminar held at the Donald Beasley Institute, Dunedin, 16 May 2001 (11 pages, 81 KB)

Publications by Dr Anne Bray (29 October 1944 - 18 June 2008)

Anne Bray began her teaching career as a teaching fellow at Canterbury University in 1974 before being appointed to the position of lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Otago. In 1984 Anne was appointed as Assistant Director of the New Zealand Institute of Mental Retardation (now the Donald Beasley Institute) before being appointed Director in 1986. It is not possible to overestimate the extent to which Anne has influenced and impacted on disability policy, disability practice, or disability research in this country during her career. View the list of publications by Anne Bray.

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