Research Fellow
Overview
Michelle is a sociologist and lawyer: her research focuses on decision-making and the operation of law and regulation in practice for people with disabilities and other impairments to communication and capacity. She has research interests in the sociology of law, decision-making (supported and substituted), legal personhood, the UNCPRD, disability law, legal and administrative transition to adulthood, communication impairments, and profound intellectual disability. Her work examines decision-making in practice in a range of areas, including health and aged care, banking and finance, income support, and the NDIS. Michelle is trained in both qualitative and quantitative methods, and has extensive experience in research development, design, and practice, as well as health consumer research and co-design.
Michelle works on the MRFF funded project: Unspoken, Unheard, Unmet: Improving Access to Preventative Health Care through Better Conversations about Care. She leads the experience gathering stage of the project, the co-design elements of the work, and the development of guidelines about communication, decision-making, and aged care.
Michelle is also a consumer and disability advocate, with experience in strategic policy development, implementation, and evaluation, including the co-design of state level strategy for transition to adulthood health care, and on Australia’s National Living Evidence Taskforce for Covid-19 and Monkeypox. She is also the consumer board Chair of Child Unlimited, a consortium of researchers, clinicians, and consumers working towards best evidence-based practice in health care for children and young adults with chronic ill health and disabilities.
Qualifications
- Doctoral (Research) of Law, Queensland University of Technology
- Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Queensland University of Technology
- Bachelor of Law, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Sociology, The University of Queensland
Publications
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Journal Article: Announcement of doctoral theses
King, Michelle (2023). Announcement of doctoral theses. Disability & Society, 38 (10), 1976-1977. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2023.2269662
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, and King, Michelle (2023). A socio-legal exploration of the legal and administrative transition to adulthood of people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities in Australia. doi: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.239501
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Journal Article: Dedifferentiation and difference: people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
King, Michelle (2020). Dedifferentiation and difference: people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 45 (4), 320-325. doi: 10.3109/13668250.2020.1759246
Publications
Journal Article
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Announcement of doctoral theses
King, Michelle (2023). Announcement of doctoral theses. Disability & Society, 38 (10), 1976-1977. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2023.2269662
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King, Michelle (2020). Dedifferentiation and difference: people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 45 (4), 320-325. doi: 10.3109/13668250.2020.1759246
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Non-medical sex selection in Australia: public views and bioethical concerns
Taylor-Sands, Michelle, Smith, Malcolm K., Fraser, Harriet and King, Michelle (2018). Non-medical sex selection in Australia: public views and bioethical concerns. QUT Law Review, 18 (2), 44-76. doi: 10.5204/qutlr.v18i2.759
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Johnstone, Richard and King, Michelle (2008). A responsive sanction to promote systematic compliance? Enforceable undertakings in occupational health and safety regulation. Australian Journal of Labour Law, 21 (3), 280-315.
Other Outputs
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, and King, Michelle (2023). A socio-legal exploration of the legal and administrative transition to adulthood of people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities in Australia. doi: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.239501
