News & Events
Urgent calls for action to protect people with a disability during coronavirus pandemic
Time for a targeted response to COVID-19 for people with disability and the disability service sector.
Easy Read Information on COVID-19
Quick links to some resources about COVID-19 for people with disability.
The Disability Pay Gap
George Disney leads a data visualisation project comparing the average earnings for people with a disability to those without
Haptic Pathways: braille graffiti walls, sensory spaces in the city!
Haptic Pathways reimagines the suburban street with diverse sensory experiences that explicitly include urban residents and visitors of all mobilities and neurodiversities.
Aboriginal voices and the disability Royal Commission
John Gilroy in The Conversation, 27 May 2019
Why housing is a major public health issue for people with disabilities
Zoe Aitken in Pursuit on 13 May 2019
Panel discussion: Zoe Aitken, Rebecca Bentley, Joseph Connellan, Oliver Hunter
Precariously placed: Housing, Health and Disability, 13 May 2019
Changing the story on disability and unemployment
Allison Milner on Radio National – Life Matters, April 2019
Are we taking care of our carers?
Allison Milner’s new study on the mental health of aged care and disability support workers, in Pursuit March 2019
Is life improving for people with disabilities?
Eric Emerson, Nicola Fortune & George Disney write in Pursuit, February 2019
George Julian and Chris Hatton - Podcast
Intellectual disabilities and the fight for justice on Eavesdrop on Experts, Nov 2018
Video of Southgate Oration - Anne Kavanagh
A public health perspective on disability
A summary of the inclusive Melbourne study
| Jerome Rachele and Celia Green on the success of the project |
Best Publication Award 2018
Zoe Aitken received the award for her disability and mental health paper in the IJE.
Podcast
One in Five
This podcast is about some of the issues that people with disability face in terms of finding work and suitable housing, navigating the legal system and early intervention initiatives.
Community Attitudes towards Disability: Findings from our National Survey
Interview with Anne Kavanagh and Vas Kasidis for Croakey
Event: What does it mean to have choice and control?
Tom Shakespeare & Sue Salthouse at Sydney Ideas, July 2018
New Course: Introduction to the NDIS at RMIT
Designed for support workers, teachers, educators, youth workers, counsellors, nurses, health care and HR professionals.
Event: Tom Shakespeare on 'Empowering people with disabilities without exploiting support workers'
Free public lecture in Melbourne, 12 July 2018
Why all jobs aren't equal
Allison Milner and Stefanie Dimov discuss the issue of job quality in Pursuit, February 2017
Addressing disadvantage through the workplace
Anne Kavanagh in The Conversation, December 2017
News
Disability, Discrimination and Health
Lauren Krnjacki and Anne Kavanagh in Croakey
Taking the pulse of the NDIS
Helen Dickinson and Bruce Bonyhady on The Policy Shop Podcast
Unemployed Australians with disability face high levels of discrimination
Lauren Krnjacki and Anne Kavanagh in Pro Bono, November 2017
The issue of equity vs efficiency in the NDIS
Gemma Carey in Pro Bono News, November 2017
Video
Highlights from our Launch, June 2017
Watch Emily Dash, Carly Findlay and Alastair McEwin discuss what health and well-being means to them
News
NDIS hiccups are expected, as with any large-scale social reform
Helen Dickinson in The Conversation
News
Ministerial appointment to NDIS Independent Advisory Council
Professor Anne Kavanagh has been appointed to the NDIS Independent Advisory Council.
Professor Anne Kavanagh has been appointed to the NDIS Independent Advisory Council.
News
Meet our Partner Advisory Group
Keran Howe, Ngila Bevan, Mark Cooper-Stanbury, Justine Boland, Angela Healy
Professor Tom Shakespeare in Australia
Recap on his talks, media appearances and interviews from July 2018
Congratulations Hannah Badland
Thinker in Residence at the Australian Health Promotion Association 2018.
