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Overview

Roy McConkey is affiliated with the University of Ulster in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on social sciences and psychology, with significant work in clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Additional subfields include sociology and political science, education, and safety research.

The main topics of Roy McConkey's research work emphasize family and disability support, autism spectrum disorder, inclusion and disability in education and sport, disability rights and representation, infant development and preterm care, child development and digital technology, and adolescent and pediatric healthcare.

Frequent publication venues for Roy McConkey include:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Preprints.org
  • Children
  • Brain Sciences
  • Sport in Society

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Roy McConkey are:

  • The rise in the numbers of pupils identified by schools with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): a comparison of the four countries in the United Kingdom (2020, Support for Learning)
  • Promoting the Social Inclusion of Children with ASD: A Family-Centred Intervention (2020, Brain Sciences)

Frequent co-authors include Sayyed Ali Samadi, Lindsay DuBois, Amy Shellard, Paul Slater, and Anne Doyle, with collaboration counts ranging from three to twelve joint works.

Best Publications

  • The impact on mothers of bringing up a child with intellectual disabilities: a cross-cultural study.

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  • A national study of the prevalence of autism among five-year-old children in Iran

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  • Examining the support needs of ageing family carers in developing future plans for a relative with an intellectual disability

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  • Autism in Developing Countries: Lessons from Iran

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  • Screening for Autism in Iranian Preschoolers: Contrasting M-CHAT and a Scale Developed in Iran

    Sayyed Ali Samadi;Roy McConkey

  • Reducing the barriers to relationships and sexuality education for persons with intellectual disabilities.

    Attracta Lafferty;Roy McConkey;Audrey Simpson

  • The perceptions and experiences of Taiwanese parents who have children with intellectual disability.

    Meiying Chang;Roy McConkey

  • Preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders: the impact on families and the supports available to them

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  • Family Voices: Life for Family Carers of People with Intellectual Disabilities in Ireland

    Darren D. Chadwick;Hasheem Mannan;Edurne Garcia Iriarte;Roy McConkey

  • Fair shares? Supporting families caring for adult persons with intellectual disabilities.

    Roy McConkey

  • Intellectual disability in Africa: implications for research and service development

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  • Parental wellbeing of Iranian families with children who have developmental disabilities.

    Sayyed Ali Samadi;Roy McConkey;Brendan Bunting

  • Adult persons with intellectual disabilities on the island of Ireland

    Roy McConkey;Fiona Mulvany;Steve Barron

  • Enhancing parental well-being and coping through a family-centred short course for Iranian parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder

    Sayyed Ali Samadi;Roy McConkey;Greg Kelly

  • The impact on Iranian mothers and fathers who have children with an autism spectrum disorder.

    S. A. Samadi;R. McConkey

  • Staff communication with people with intellectual disabilities: the impact of a work-based training programme.

    Margaret Purcell;Roy McConkey;Irene Morris

  • Beyond friendship: the nature and meaning of close personal relationshipsas perceived by people with learning disabilities

    Attracta Lafferty;Roy McConkey;Laurence Taggart

  • Obesity and overweight in intellectual and non-intellectually disabled children.

    Eamonn Slevin;Maria Truesdale-Kennedy;Roy McConkey;Barbara Livingstone

  • Caring for Adults with Intellectual Disability: The Perspectives of Family Carers in South Africa.

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  • Education for life

    Roy McConkey

  • Matching short break services for children with learning disabilities to family needs and preferences

    Roy McConkey;Louise Adams

  • Staff Perceptions of the Communicative Competence of Adult Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

    Margaret Purcell;Irene Morris;Roy McConkey

  • Using personal goal setting to promote the social inclusion of people with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation.

    Roy McConkey;Suzanne Collins

  • Identifying the key concerns of Irish persons with intellectual disability.

    Edurne García Iriarte;Patricia O'Brien;Roy McConkey;Marie Wolfe

  • Views of People with Intellectual Disabilities of Their Present and Future Living Arrangements

    Roy McConkey;Margaret Sowney;Victoria Milligan;Owen Barr

  • Employment Aspirations of People with Learning Disabilities Attending Day Centres

    Roy McConkey;Felice Mezza

  • The utility of the Gilliam autism rating scale for identifying Iranian children with autism

    Sayyed Ali Samadi;Roy McConkey

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendan Bunting
Brendan Bunting University of Ulster
Mark Shevlin
Mark Shevlin University of Ulster
Orla McBride
Orla McBride University of Ulster
Jacqui Rodgers
Jacqui Rodgers Newcastle University
Eric Emerson
Eric Emerson Lancaster University
David John Felce
David John Felce Cardiff University
Malcolm MacLachlan
Malcolm MacLachlan National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Angela Hassiotis
Angela Hassiotis University College London

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