Prof. Torbjörn Falkmer

School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work

Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI)

Faculty of Health Sciences

Curtin University, AUSTRALIA

Professor, Senior Research Fellow

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1999 Ph.D., medicine at Linköping Medical Faculty, Faculty of Health Sciences Linköping University, Sweden

1992 M.Sc., health care science

1984 B.Sc., Occupational therapy

Publications(Selected)

1. D'Arcy, E., Black, M. H., Hayden-Evans, M., et al. (2026). Safe transportation of children with disabilities and medical conditions in motor vehicles in Australia: A follow-up survey of experiences and perspectives of health professionals and organisations. Journal of Road Safety, 37(1), 1–12.
2. Karaba Bäckström, M., Eggink, I., Falkmer, T., & Orban, K. (2026). The Sensory Processing Measure, Second Edition, Adolescent Self-Report Form; Swedish translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and establishment of reliability and face validity. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 40(1), 29–50.
3. Black, M. H., Falkmer, T., Hayden-Evans, M., et al. (2024). Safe transportation of children with disabilities and medical conditions in motor vehicles: Experiences and perspectives of Australian health professionals and organisations. Journal of Road Safety, 35(1), 15–26.
4. Black, M. H., Hayden-Evans, M., McGarry, S., et al. (2023). Safe transport of children with disabilities and medical conditions: Caregiver experiences. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 30(8), 1383–1393.
5. Black, M. H., Scott, M., Baker-Young, E., et al. (2023). Preventing suicide in post-secondary students: A scoping review of suicide prevention programs. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 32(5), 735–771.
6. Karaba Bäckström, M., Luiz Moura de Castro, A., Eakman, A. M., et al. (2023). Occupational therapy gender imbalance; revisiting a lingering issue. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 30(7), 1113–1121.
7. Smith, H., Black, M. H., Thompson, C., et al. (2023). Exploration of caregiver experiences of reported first signs of autism. Child: Care, Health and Development, 49(5), 879–888.
8. McAuliffe, T., Cordier, R., Chen, Y. W., et al. (2022). In-the-moment experiences of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder: A comparison by household status and region of residence. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(4), 558–572.
9. Scott, M., Falkmer, M., Kuzminski, R., et al. (2022). Process evaluation of an autism-specific workplace tool for employers. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 29(8), 686–698.
10. Taylor, S., Elliott, C., McLean, B., et al. (2022). Construct validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the Wrist Position Sense Test for use in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 69(5), 637–646.
11. Kranz, C., Lee, K., Jadhav, P., et al. (2021). Kinematic and perceptual responses in heavy lifting and pulling: Are there differences between males and females?. Applied Ergonomics, 90, Article 103274.
12. Rezae, M., McMeekin, D., Tan, T., et al. (2021). Public transport planning tool for users on the autism spectrum: From concept to prototype. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 16(2), 177–187.
13. Thompson, C., Milbourn, B., Taylor, J. L., et al. (2021). Experiences of parents of specialist peer mentored autistic university students. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 24(6), 368–378.
14. Vaz, S., Thomson, A., Cuomo, B., et al. (2021). Co-occurring intellectual disability and autism: Associations with stress, coping, time use, and quality of life in caregivers. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 84, Article 101765.
15. Zhou, H., Sun, Q. C., Blane, A., et al. (2021). Investigating on-road lane maintenance and speed regulation in post-stroke driving: A pilot case-control study. Geriatrics, 6(1), Article 16.
16. Black, M. H., Mahdi, S., Milbourn, B., et al. (2020). Multi-informant international perspectives on the facilitators and barriers to employment for autistic adults. Autism Research, 13(7), 1195–1214.
17. Downie, A., Chamberlain, A., Kuzminski, R., et al. (2020). Road vehicle transportation of children with physical and behavioral disabilities: A literature review. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 27(5), 309–322.
18. Lim, Y. H., Lee, H. C., Falkmer, T., et al. (2020). Effect of visual information on postural control in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(9), 3320–3325.
19. Parsons, D., Cordier, R., Lee, H., et al. (2020). Stress, coping, and quality of life in families with a child with ASD living regionally. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(2), 546–558.
20. Thompson, C., McDonald, J., Kidd, T., et al. (2020). “I don’t want to be a patient”: Peer mentoring partnership fosters communication for autistic university students. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 27(8), 625–640.

Profile Details
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WOS ResearcherID: COF-5299-2022