Lisa Stafford
Biographic Data
| ID | 3591173 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa Stafford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Stafford |
| SIGNATURE | STAFFORD L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3439-9972 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Advancing Dementia-Friendly Communities Through Dialogical Community Development
A dementia-friendly community (DFC) is a place where people living with dementia (PLWD) and family carers' rights are supported and communities value their input. Many developed countries have social policies to address the discrimination and stigma faced by PLWD and to support their interest in continuing to live in their homes and communities. This exploratory, micro-ethnographic case study research examined micro-processes in two committees es…
Disabled and academic
Universities are celebrated as bastions of teaching, knowledge and research excellence, but they can pose risks to staff psychosocial safety and wellbeing. In Australia and elsewhere, we are increasingly told that universities ‘are in crisis’. But what does this crisis look like, particularly for those already sitting on its margins? In this collaborative autoethnography, we explore the experiences of those working in academia as lecturers and re…
The Art of Using Inclusive Community Chats with an Adaptive World Café Approach to Explore the Meaning of Inclusive Communities
Background: Knowledge of place-based communities and the lived experiences of diverse citizens such as disabled people are key to making more inclusive sustainable communities. Yet many voices in public planning and community engagement, such as people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, children and young people, are often not heard. Method: Bringing people together requires an artful approach that amplifies diverse voices and stories whil…
Co-Creating Authentic VR Stories with Young Adults with Disabilities
Background: The use of creative methods, including immersive digital media such as virtual reality (VR), has grown in popularity over the past decade. At the same time, the power of co-creation within transformative research has also strengthened. Together, co-creation and digital immersive methods offer the potential for the intended audience, including decision-makers, to deeply engage with the information communicated through focused immersion…
How Practice-Oriented Research Is Essential for Transformation
Practice-oriented or practice-based research is growing in popularity in the social, built environment and health fields for its important role in driving transformative changes at policy, programme/service and practice levels. As planning is a practice with performative characteristics occurring in a socio-political-legal context, practice-oriented research has been utilised to inform and help shape change. However, to be truly effective, practi…
Right-to-place and disability justice
Being in place is a political statement of rights, citizenship, and spatial justice. In this article, we argue the existential-political connection between place and disability justice is critical to progressing the inclusive communities and cities agenda and Sustainable Development Goal 11 – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. This is illustrated through our place-based participatory research with 97 peo…
A disability-led disability inclusion strategy for the higher education sector
The makings of disability-inclusive sustainable communities
The right to inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable suburbs is an aim of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, with a particular focus on addressing race, disability, class, gender and age inequality and injustice by the year 2030. Despite supranational interest in creating inclusive sustainable cities and communities, we still know little about what this means for disabled people1. In this article, we address this gap ––…
Dementia Friendly Communities
I have mentally cancelled a lot of trips”
Transport disadvantage continues to be experienced by disabled people of all ages. While barriers to transport have been documented, less is known about the impact and consequences of not being able to make trips because of these barriers. In this article, we share what trips are not being made and their impact on the everyday lives of 30 disabled people,1 half of which are disabled young people, from lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia. Our qualitativ…
Disability Justice and Urban Planning
Frontline Workers’ Challenges in Hearing Children’s Voices in Family Support Services
Research into children’s voices continues to receive significant attention due to the limited progress made around the world in meeting Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: the right to be heard and participate in decision making. However, there is a paucity of research providing insights into children’s voices in family support services linked with the child protection system. This paper contributes new understandings into th…
Influences on children's voices in family support services
Australia's 2017 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recommended to organizations that children should participate in decisions affecting their lives as a safety standard. While a substantial body of research about children's voices in statutory or out‐of‐home care now exists, there remains a paucity of research into children's voices in family support services delivered by nongovernment organizations. This is desp…
The Role of Social Infrastructure in Achieving Inclusive Liveable Communities
What makes liveable communities inclusive is an important question for planning research, policy and practice, yet one that has not received significant attention. This article explores this question through the lived experiences of two spatially marginalised groups – people with disabilities and seniors. Using the photovoice technique, the findings visually and textually demonstrate the importance of universally accessible social infrastructure …
Bounded at the driveway’s edge
Research has shown the neighbourhood as an influential environment concerning children’s independent mobility and activity participation. However, its influence on the everyday experiences of children with disabilities is not well understood. This article addresses this gap by studying the accounts of ten nine-12 year olds from south-east Queensland, Australia, who have diverse mobility impairments. This phenomenological study reveals mobility is…
Interpretative accounts of work capacity assessment policy for young adults with disabilities
Young adults with disabilities are a specific target of the welfare-to-work policy introduced by many OECD countries over the past decade. The implementation of these policies is a significant concern for service delivery organisations and advocates in Australia and internationally due to complex intersecting structural barriers that persist for many young adults with disabilities. A particular focus of this article is work capacity assessments. …
What about my voice’
Children with diverse physical, communication and/or cognitive impairments are often overlooked as active research participants. This paper challenges and lays bare norms and constructs, such as ableism and adultism, which lead to children with disabilities being left out or researched by-proxy. Additionally, the paper contests these constructs through discussing and presenting participant-centred research methods that seeks to enable children’s …
Journeys to play
Making playspaces inclusive has predominately focused on internal design, addressing factors that constrain play experiences within these spaces for children with diverse impairments and their families. Less attention, however, has been paid to the journey to the site and how that may influence the decision to visit these environments. This paper contributes to this area by discussing the experiences of 10 children with diverse mobility impairmen…
Exploring Bodies in Time and Space
While the body, time and space are fundamental to human experience, comparatively little attention has been given to the connections between them. Here scholars from a wide range of disciplines explore important themes of embodied life in time and space across cultures, activities and bodymind states. Motivated by a common desire to deepen and extend our comprehension of these phenomena and the connections and conversations between them, this boo…
International Agency Assistance to Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1970‐1984
International donor agencies are said to account for some 10% of public expenditures in education in the Third World and 5% in Latin America and the Caribbean (Arnove, 1982; Coombs, 1968, 1985). Although aid to education forms but a small percentage of technical assistance loans, its impact on policy making in the region is significant. This impact derives from the relation between educational assistance and the total package, as well as the role…
What about my voice’
Children with diverse physical, communication and/or cognitive impairments are often overlooked as active research participants. This paper challenges and lays bare norms and constructs, such as ableism and adultism, which lead to children with disabilities being left out or researched by-proxy. Additionally, the paper contests these constructs through discussing and presenting participant-centred research methods that seeks to enable children’s …
Frontline Workers’ Challenges in Hearing Children’s Voices in Family Support Services
Research into children’s voices continues to receive significant attention due to the limited progress made around the world in meeting Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: the right to be heard and participate in decision making. However, there is a paucity of research providing insights into children’s voices in family support services linked with the child protection system. This paper contributes new understandings into th…
Influences on children's voices in family support services
Australia's 2017 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recommended to organizations that children should participate in decisions affecting their lives as a safety standard. While a substantial body of research about children's voices in statutory or out‐of‐home care now exists, there remains a paucity of research into children's voices in family support services delivered by nongovernment organizations. This is desp…
Bounded at the driveway’s edge
Research has shown the neighbourhood as an influential environment concerning children’s independent mobility and activity participation. However, its influence on the everyday experiences of children with disabilities is not well understood. This article addresses this gap by studying the accounts of ten nine-12 year olds from south-east Queensland, Australia, who have diverse mobility impairments. This phenomenological study reveals mobility is…
Interpretative accounts of work capacity assessment policy for young adults with disabilities
Young adults with disabilities are a specific target of the welfare-to-work policy introduced by many OECD countries over the past decade. The implementation of these policies is a significant concern for service delivery organisations and advocates in Australia and internationally due to complex intersecting structural barriers that persist for many young adults with disabilities. A particular focus of this article is work capacity assessments. …
Journeys to play
Making playspaces inclusive has predominately focused on internal design, addressing factors that constrain play experiences within these spaces for children with diverse impairments and their families. Less attention, however, has been paid to the journey to the site and how that may influence the decision to visit these environments. This paper contributes to this area by discussing the experiences of 10 children with diverse mobility impairmen…
International Agency Assistance to Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1970‐1984
International donor agencies are said to account for some 10% of public expenditures in education in the Third World and 5% in Latin America and the Caribbean (Arnove, 1982; Coombs, 1968, 1985). Although aid to education forms but a small percentage of technical assistance loans, its impact on policy making in the region is significant. This impact derives from the relation between educational assistance and the total package, as well as the role…
The makings of disability-inclusive sustainable communities
The right to inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable suburbs is an aim of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, with a particular focus on addressing race, disability, class, gender and age inequality and injustice by the year 2030. Despite supranational interest in creating inclusive sustainable cities and communities, we still know little about what this means for disabled people1. In this article, we address this gap ––…
Dementia Friendly Communities
I have mentally cancelled a lot of trips”
Transport disadvantage continues to be experienced by disabled people of all ages. While barriers to transport have been documented, less is known about the impact and consequences of not being able to make trips because of these barriers. In this article, we share what trips are not being made and their impact on the everyday lives of 30 disabled people,1 half of which are disabled young people, from lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia. Our qualitativ…
Exploring Bodies in Time and Space
While the body, time and space are fundamental to human experience, comparatively little attention has been given to the connections between them. Here scholars from a wide range of disciplines explore important themes of embodied life in time and space across cultures, activities and bodymind states. Motivated by a common desire to deepen and extend our comprehension of these phenomena and the connections and conversations between them, this boo…
International Agency Assistance to Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1970‐1984
International donor agencies are said to account for some 10% of public expenditures in education in the Third World and 5% in Latin America and the Caribbean (Arnove, 1982; Coombs, 1968, 1985). Although aid to education forms but a small percentage of technical assistance loans, its impact on policy making in the region is significant. This impact derives from the relation between educational assistance and the total package, as well as the role…
Exploring Bodies in Time and Space
While the body, time and space are fundamental to human experience, comparatively little attention has been given to the connections between them. Here scholars from a wide range of disciplines explore important themes of embodied life in time and space across cultures, activities and bodymind states. Motivated by a common desire to deepen and extend our comprehension of these phenomena and the connections and conversations between them, this boo…
What about my voice’
Children with diverse physical, communication and/or cognitive impairments are often overlooked as active research participants. This paper challenges and lays bare norms and constructs, such as ableism and adultism, which lead to children with disabilities being left out or researched by-proxy. Additionally, the paper contests these constructs through discussing and presenting participant-centred research methods that seeks to enable children’s …
Journeys to play
Making playspaces inclusive has predominately focused on internal design, addressing factors that constrain play experiences within these spaces for children with diverse impairments and their families. Less attention, however, has been paid to the journey to the site and how that may influence the decision to visit these environments. This paper contributes to this area by discussing the experiences of 10 children with diverse mobility impairmen…
The Role of Social Infrastructure in Achieving Inclusive Liveable Communities
What makes liveable communities inclusive is an important question for planning research, policy and practice, yet one that has not received significant attention. This article explores this question through the lived experiences of two spatially marginalised groups – people with disabilities and seniors. Using the photovoice technique, the findings visually and textually demonstrate the importance of universally accessible social infrastructure …
Bounded at the driveway’s edge
Research has shown the neighbourhood as an influential environment concerning children’s independent mobility and activity participation. However, its influence on the everyday experiences of children with disabilities is not well understood. This article addresses this gap by studying the accounts of ten nine-12 year olds from south-east Queensland, Australia, who have diverse mobility impairments. This phenomenological study reveals mobility is…
Interpretative accounts of work capacity assessment policy for young adults with disabilities
Young adults with disabilities are a specific target of the welfare-to-work policy introduced by many OECD countries over the past decade. The implementation of these policies is a significant concern for service delivery organisations and advocates in Australia and internationally due to complex intersecting structural barriers that persist for many young adults with disabilities. A particular focus of this article is work capacity assessments. …
Influences on children's voices in family support services
Australia's 2017 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recommended to organizations that children should participate in decisions affecting their lives as a safety standard. While a substantial body of research about children's voices in statutory or out‐of‐home care now exists, there remains a paucity of research into children's voices in family support services delivered by nongovernment organizations. This is desp…
Frontline Workers’ Challenges in Hearing Children’s Voices in Family Support Services
Research into children’s voices continues to receive significant attention due to the limited progress made around the world in meeting Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: the right to be heard and participate in decision making. However, there is a paucity of research providing insights into children’s voices in family support services linked with the child protection system. This paper contributes new understandings into th…
Disability Justice and Urban Planning
I have mentally cancelled a lot of trips”
Transport disadvantage continues to be experienced by disabled people of all ages. While barriers to transport have been documented, less is known about the impact and consequences of not being able to make trips because of these barriers. In this article, we share what trips are not being made and their impact on the everyday lives of 30 disabled people,1 half of which are disabled young people, from lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia. Our qualitativ…
The makings of disability-inclusive sustainable communities
The right to inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable suburbs is an aim of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, with a particular focus on addressing race, disability, class, gender and age inequality and injustice by the year 2030. Despite supranational interest in creating inclusive sustainable cities and communities, we still know little about what this means for disabled people1. In this article, we address this gap ––…
Dementia Friendly Communities
A disability-led disability inclusion strategy for the higher education sector
Advancing Dementia-Friendly Communities Through Dialogical Community Development
A dementia-friendly community (DFC) is a place where people living with dementia (PLWD) and family carers' rights are supported and communities value their input. Many developed countries have social policies to address the discrimination and stigma faced by PLWD and to support their interest in continuing to live in their homes and communities. This exploratory, micro-ethnographic case study research examined micro-processes in two committees es…
Disabled and academic
Universities are celebrated as bastions of teaching, knowledge and research excellence, but they can pose risks to staff psychosocial safety and wellbeing. In Australia and elsewhere, we are increasingly told that universities ‘are in crisis’. But what does this crisis look like, particularly for those already sitting on its margins? In this collaborative autoethnography, we explore the experiences of those working in academia as lecturers and re…
The Art of Using Inclusive Community Chats with an Adaptive World Café Approach to Explore the Meaning of Inclusive Communities
Background: Knowledge of place-based communities and the lived experiences of diverse citizens such as disabled people are key to making more inclusive sustainable communities. Yet many voices in public planning and community engagement, such as people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, children and young people, are often not heard. Method: Bringing people together requires an artful approach that amplifies diverse voices and stories whil…
Co-Creating Authentic VR Stories with Young Adults with Disabilities
Background: The use of creative methods, including immersive digital media such as virtual reality (VR), has grown in popularity over the past decade. At the same time, the power of co-creation within transformative research has also strengthened. Together, co-creation and digital immersive methods offer the potential for the intended audience, including decision-makers, to deeply engage with the information communicated through focused immersion…
How Practice-Oriented Research Is Essential for Transformation
Practice-oriented or practice-based research is growing in popularity in the social, built environment and health fields for its important role in driving transformative changes at policy, programme/service and practice levels. As planning is a practice with performative characteristics occurring in a socio-political-legal context, practice-oriented research has been utilised to inform and help shape change. However, to be truly effective, practi…
Right-to-place and disability justice
Being in place is a political statement of rights, citizenship, and spatial justice. In this article, we argue the existential-political connection between place and disability justice is critical to progressing the inclusive communities and cities agenda and Sustainable Development Goal 11 – Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. This is illustrated through our place-based participatory research with 97 peo…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (5 works) · Business (4 works)