Roger Stancliffe

Professor Roger Stancliffe, FAAIDD FIASSIDD, is Professor Emeritus of Intellectual Disability at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health. He holds a BSc (Hons, University Medal) in Psychology from the University of Newcastle, Australia, an MA (Hons), and a PhD in Special Education from Macquarie University. Stancliffe was appointed Professor of Intellectual Disability at the University of Sydney Faculty of Health Sciences in October 2007 and awarded Emeritus Professor status effective January 2020. His career features a multi-decade collaboration with the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration, advancing research in disability studies.

Stancliffe’s research focuses on developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, assessment, inclusion, disability studies, inclusive education, staffing, autism spectrum disorders, community living, participation, quality of life, retirement transitions, and end-of-life care for people with intellectual disability. He has led major projects on retirement and end-of-life issues for adults with intellectual disability. With 251 publications and over 8,100 citations, prominent works include “Loneliness and Living Arrangements” (2007), “Factors associated with meeting physical activity guidelines by adults with intellectual disability” (2017), “Knowing, planning for and fearing death: Do adults with intellectual disability understand death?” (2016), “Childhood and Adulthood Predictors of Community Participation by Autistic Adults With and Without Intellectual Disability” (2024), and “Trends in Privacy of Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Before and After the Home and Community-Based Services Final Rule” (2024). He has presented at intellectual disability conferences on five continents and served as editor of the Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability. Honors include the 2011 AAIDD Research Award, Fellowship of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FAAIDD), and Fellow of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FIASSIDD).

Professional Email: roger.stancliffe@sydney.edu.au