DrMargaret Spencer
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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- Senior LecturerFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Disability and Parenting
Disability, sexuality and reproductive rights;
Pathways to parenthood and parenting with intellectual disabilities,
Social support networks of parents with intellectual disabilities
Children whose parents have intellectual disabilities
Parents with intellectual disabilities & the Child Protection & Out of Home Care Systems
Pathways to parenthood and parenting with intellectual disability in Asia/Pacific
Adult Guardianship
Inclusive and participatory practices
Elder Abuse
Social work education
Inclusive pedagogy and assessment practices
International students’ learning experience
International field placements
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTTowards Formal-Sector Employment for People with Disability in Timor-LesteAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Sep 2025People funded by this grant:
- Bulkeley K,
- Spencer M,
- Ford M,
- Ramia G
- GRANTInvestigating new strategies for active ageing among diasporas: Working with Tamil communities to tell their stories and investigating Tamil Wikipedia as a platform for cultural resilience, active ageing and the intergenerational transfer of knowledge.Office of Global Engagement1 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- Banu Soletti A,
- Kandasamy N,
- McCreery C,
- Spencer M,
- Raju S
- GRANTSupporting the woman, supporting the mother: Examining the interface between the NDIS and family support services for mothers with intellectual disability in New South WalesDepartment of Social Services1 Aug 2021People funded by this grant:
- Hindmarsh G,
- Wedgwood NN,
- Collings S,
- Spencer M
- GRANTToward access and equity: Improving clinical assessment of parenting capacity for the Children's Court of NSWNSW Department of Communities and Justice1 Jan 2021People funded by this grant:
- Spencer M,
- Collings S
- GRANTDisability Awareness; co-created with students content to enhance engagementDVC Education1 Jan 2020People funded by this grant:
- Villeneuve M,
- Spandagou I,
- Zanuttini J,
- Spencer M,
- Evans D
- GRANTKeeping kids connected to culture: Policies and practices in out-of-home care in Australia and TaiwanOffice of Global Engagement1 Jan 2020People funded by this grant:
- Chen Y-W,
- Luu B,
- Conley Wright A,
- Terare M,
- Teyra C
- GRANTIntercountry adoption of Taiwanese-born children by Australian families: Perspectives of adoptees, adoptive families, birth families and professionalsOffice of Global Engagement1 Jul 2017People funded by this grant:
- Conley Wright A,
- Chen Y-W,
- Spencer M,
- Van Wichelen S