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| PANDDA 2025 Selected Conference Video Presentations


Dr Virginia Howie, Registered Nurse, PhD and Tessa Howie, Self-advocate

A novel approach to pain control for people with intellectual developmental disability

Wendy Bruce, Bachelor of Social Science and Executive Director, Fragile X Association of Australia

Nicolette Farquhar Registered Nurse, Specialist Intellectual Disability Nurse (research) and Ruby De Greef, Research Assistant

Bridge to Better Health: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial for Capacity Building in Intellectual Disability Health for General Practice

Esther Conway, Registered Nurse, Clinical Governance and Practice and Shivani Nath, Social Worker, Behaviour Support Practitioner and Practice Lead, Achieve Australia

Registered Nurse Development Program (RNDP) at Achieve Australia

Michelle Templeton, Registered Nurse and Senior Disability Nurse Consultant and Courtney McFarlane Registered Nurse and Disability Liaison Officer

Case Presentation – Nursing with a Disability Lens: Trauma-Informed Disability Care in Practice

INVITED SPEAKER

Michelle King, Sociologist, Lawyer; Parent, Supporter, Advocate; and Research Fellow, Queensland Aphasia Research Centre, University of Queensland

Cheryll Apostol, Registered Nurse and Emma Keegan, Registered Nurse, Achieve Australia

Shaping Support – The Visibility and Influence of Registered Nurses in Disability Nursing and NDIS

Dr Laurel Mimmo PhD, Master of Public Health/Master of Health Leadership, Registered Nurse

Capturing meaningful patient experiences children and young people with intellectual disability using inclusive research

Professor Nathan Wilson

Reflecting on Disability Services in Latvia: Context and Quality

INVITED SPEAKERS

Natalie Gentile and Lisa Gyselman, Registered Nurses, Children’s Nursing Queensland, Specialists in Paediatrics and Stomal Therapy

Jim Blair, United Kingdom, Consultant Nurse, Learning Disabilities, West London NHS Trust; Associate Professor, Intellectual Disabilities, Kingston University and St George’s University of London; Disability Advisor, World Health Organization

Macey Barratt, Registered Nurse, Lecturer, PhD candidate

Creating an accessible psychotropic medicine leaflet through a co-design approach with people with intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities

Jodie Thompson, Bachelor of Nursing, Clinical Nurse Consultant

The importance of Independent Nursing Assessments in advocating for appropriate supports funded by the NDIS

INVITED SPEAKER

Patrick Tyrell, Father and Advocate

Patrick shares his family’s journey of care and advocacy

Dr Natasha Jojo, PhD in Nursing

Enhancing Disability Nursing Practice in Australia: Addressing Educational Preparedness

Elisha Deegan, Registered Nurse, PhD candidate

Obstacles and Aspirations for Improving Delivery of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to Wheelchair Users: A Qualitative Study