Lorna Hallahan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6026378 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorna Hallahan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorna |
| FAMILY NAME | Hallahan |
| SIGNATURE | HALLAHAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flinders University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5580-5469 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A framework for disability lived expertise
This article introduces a framework for disability lived expertise, aiming to address the undervaluing of contributions from people with disability in crucial sectors such as policy, services, rehabilitation, education and research. It distinguishes between disability lived experience, which is the personal and individual experience of disability, and 'lived expertise', which builds on personal experience through critical reflection and engagemen…
Disability lived experience and expertise: Recognising the expert contributions of people with disability
While the inclusion of 'disability lived experience' is increasingly advocated for in research, policy and practice, its conceptualisation and application present significant challenges. This article, a collaborative effort by 16 individuals with diverse disabilities and expertise, critically examines the limitations inherent in the current usage. We argue that prevailing interpretations of 'lived experience' presume subjectivity and over-emphasi…
Every voice counts: Exploring communication accessible research methods
Despite a proliferation of qualitative research methods and the advancement of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), people with Complex Communication (Access) Needs (CCAN) are often absent from sociological study cohorts. Proxy interviewing is common but it leaves viewpoints to be shaped by others. Herein the purpose of the study was to develop and test new methods of data collection that would improve access to research participatio…
Social Work Registration: Another Opportunity for Discussion
The Social Workers Registration Bill 2018 is before the Parliament of South Australia. It makes provision to establish a social worker registration board with powers to investigate complaints and enforce penalties for breach of competency and ethical standards. This paper presents an argument for the national registration of social workers; and in addition, outlines key considerations for thinking about risk, protection, safeguarding, and impleme…
Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
Restoring Connections: Social Workers' Practice Wisdom towards Achieving Social Justice
‘Restoring Connections’ was an action-research study that examined social work practice by focusing upon resilience and reconciliation with people who have experienced traumatic loss arising from social injustice or institutional abuse. The project examines the ways in which social workers can foster links and restore connections between the experiences of people's private experience of loss with public and structural issues. This research served…
Disability policy in Australia: A triumph of the scriptio inferior on impotence and neediness
From the time that development of a National Disability Insurance Scheme arrived on the agenda of the Australian Labor Government's 2008 Ideas Summit, the lives of disabled Australian citizens have been widely discussed, consulted on, planned for and acted on. This discourse analysis (Fairclough 2003; 2010) critiques the ways in which disabled lives have been framed in these high profile policy debates, with detailed focus on two key policy docum…
Inside Kew Cottages
The Hillside of Sadness: Kew Cottages from Erection to Demolition. Website concept: Corinne Manning, Lee-Ann Monk, Cameron Rose, Kerrie Soraghan. Design and Development: Cameron Rose and Amber Benjafield. Content Development: Corinne Manning and Lee-Ann Monk. Exhibition website: http://www.kewcottageshistory.com.au
Legitimising Social Work Disability Policy Practice: Pain or Praxis
This paper examines the policy practice of a social worker academic with lived experience of disability. The author illustrates her reflections through an exploration of national consultations that contributed to the development of a National Disability Strategy. Policy is presented as a discursive practice built on an intersubjective framework for interpreting disability experience. Social work's unofficial mantra is that we work from private pa…
Fun Days Out: Normalising social experiences for refugee children
A program called Fun Days Out which offers normalising social experiences for refugee children is presented and reviewed. The evidence for a recreational approach to recovery from trauma through community integration for refugee children in South Australia is examined, focusing on the literature about traumatised children, resilience, community development and relevant social work theory. The article concludes that the program foundations and ope…
Every voice counts: Exploring communication accessible research methods
Despite a proliferation of qualitative research methods and the advancement of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), people with Complex Communication (Access) Needs (CCAN) are often absent from sociological study cohorts. Proxy interviewing is common but it leaves viewpoints to be shaped by others. Herein the purpose of the study was to develop and test new methods of data collection that would improve access to research participatio…
Legitimising Social Work Disability Policy Practice: Pain or Praxis
This paper examines the policy practice of a social worker academic with lived experience of disability. The author illustrates her reflections through an exploration of national consultations that contributed to the development of a National Disability Strategy. Policy is presented as a discursive practice built on an intersubjective framework for interpreting disability experience. Social work's unofficial mantra is that we work from private pa…
Social Work Registration: Another Opportunity for Discussion
The Social Workers Registration Bill 2018 is before the Parliament of South Australia. It makes provision to establish a social worker registration board with powers to investigate complaints and enforce penalties for breach of competency and ethical standards. This paper presents an argument for the national registration of social workers; and in addition, outlines key considerations for thinking about risk, protection, safeguarding, and impleme…
Restoring Connections: Social Workers' Practice Wisdom towards Achieving Social Justice
‘Restoring Connections’ was an action-research study that examined social work practice by focusing upon resilience and reconciliation with people who have experienced traumatic loss arising from social injustice or institutional abuse. The project examines the ways in which social workers can foster links and restore connections between the experiences of people's private experience of loss with public and structural issues. This research served…
Disability policy in Australia: A triumph of the scriptio inferior on impotence and neediness
From the time that development of a National Disability Insurance Scheme arrived on the agenda of the Australian Labor Government's 2008 Ideas Summit, the lives of disabled Australian citizens have been widely discussed, consulted on, planned for and acted on. This discourse analysis (Fairclough 2003; 2010) critiques the ways in which disabled lives have been framed in these high profile policy debates, with detailed focus on two key policy docum…
Fun Days Out: Normalising social experiences for refugee children
A program called Fun Days Out which offers normalising social experiences for refugee children is presented and reviewed. The evidence for a recreational approach to recovery from trauma through community integration for refugee children in South Australia is examined, focusing on the literature about traumatised children, resilience, community development and relevant social work theory. The article concludes that the program foundations and ope…
Inside Kew Cottages
The Hillside of Sadness: Kew Cottages from Erection to Demolition. Website concept: Corinne Manning, Lee-Ann Monk, Cameron Rose, Kerrie Soraghan. Design and Development: Cameron Rose and Amber Benjafield. Content Development: Corinne Manning and Lee-Ann Monk. Exhibition website: http://www.kewcottageshistory.com.au
Fun Days Out: Normalising social experiences for refugee children
A program called Fun Days Out which offers normalising social experiences for refugee children is presented and reviewed. The evidence for a recreational approach to recovery from trauma through community integration for refugee children in South Australia is examined, focusing on the literature about traumatised children, resilience, community development and relevant social work theory. The article concludes that the program foundations and ope…
Inside Kew Cottages
The Hillside of Sadness: Kew Cottages from Erection to Demolition. Website concept: Corinne Manning, Lee-Ann Monk, Cameron Rose, Kerrie Soraghan. Design and Development: Cameron Rose and Amber Benjafield. Content Development: Corinne Manning and Lee-Ann Monk. Exhibition website: http://www.kewcottageshistory.com.au
Legitimising Social Work Disability Policy Practice: Pain or Praxis
This paper examines the policy practice of a social worker academic with lived experience of disability. The author illustrates her reflections through an exploration of national consultations that contributed to the development of a National Disability Strategy. Policy is presented as a discursive practice built on an intersubjective framework for interpreting disability experience. Social work's unofficial mantra is that we work from private pa…
Disability policy in Australia: A triumph of the scriptio inferior on impotence and neediness
From the time that development of a National Disability Insurance Scheme arrived on the agenda of the Australian Labor Government's 2008 Ideas Summit, the lives of disabled Australian citizens have been widely discussed, consulted on, planned for and acted on. This discourse analysis (Fairclough 2003; 2010) critiques the ways in which disabled lives have been framed in these high profile policy debates, with detailed focus on two key policy docum…
Restoring Connections: Social Workers' Practice Wisdom towards Achieving Social Justice
‘Restoring Connections’ was an action-research study that examined social work practice by focusing upon resilience and reconciliation with people who have experienced traumatic loss arising from social injustice or institutional abuse. The project examines the ways in which social workers can foster links and restore connections between the experiences of people's private experience of loss with public and structural issues. This research served…
Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
Social Work Registration: Another Opportunity for Discussion
The Social Workers Registration Bill 2018 is before the Parliament of South Australia. It makes provision to establish a social worker registration board with powers to investigate complaints and enforce penalties for breach of competency and ethical standards. This paper presents an argument for the national registration of social workers; and in addition, outlines key considerations for thinking about risk, protection, safeguarding, and impleme…
Every voice counts: Exploring communication accessible research methods
Despite a proliferation of qualitative research methods and the advancement of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), people with Complex Communication (Access) Needs (CCAN) are often absent from sociological study cohorts. Proxy interviewing is common but it leaves viewpoints to be shaped by others. Herein the purpose of the study was to develop and test new methods of data collection that would improve access to research participatio…
A framework for disability lived expertise
This article introduces a framework for disability lived expertise, aiming to address the undervaluing of contributions from people with disability in crucial sectors such as policy, services, rehabilitation, education and research. It distinguishes between disability lived experience, which is the personal and individual experience of disability, and 'lived expertise', which builds on personal experience through critical reflection and engagemen…
Disability lived experience and expertise: Recognising the expert contributions of people with disability
While the inclusion of 'disability lived experience' is increasingly advocated for in research, policy and practice, its conceptualisation and application present significant challenges. This article, a collaborative effort by 16 individuals with diverse disabilities and expertise, critically examines the limitations inherent in the current usage. We argue that prevailing interpretations of 'lived experience' presume subjectivity and over-emphasi…
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (3 works) · Disability studies (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)