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About Trevor Parmenter

Professor Emeritus Trevor R. Parmenter AM, PhD FACE FAAIDD FIASSIDD FASID. He held the Foundation Chair of Developmental Disability Studies in the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney (!997-2010). He is Honorary Professor in the Schools of Education and Social Work and Health Sciences at the University of Sydney; and Adjunct Professor in the School of Rural Medicine, University of New England. He held the conjoint position of the Director of the Centre for Disability Studies at the Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney. Former positions include Professorial Fellow and Director of the Unit for Community Integration Studies at Macquarie University; prior to which he held teaching and administrative positions in the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. He is a Past President of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD).