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National Disability Data Asset

DA Disability Advisory Council
Thursday 1st January, 1970
Data provides useful information for designing supports and services that meet the situations, needs and goals of people with disability. However datasets are largely disconnected. The National Disability Data Asset
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New data reports show impact NDIS is having on young Australians

Mirage News
Monday 28th September, 2020
New data released has revealed the significant impact the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is having on young Australians with disability and their families.
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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Shining a light on Social Transformation

Rosemary Kayess and Therese Sands
University of NSW Social Policy Research Centre
Friday 18th September, 2020
This report was commissioned by the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. It investigates the early rights movement of people with disability, which “exposed
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Supporting people with cognitive disabilities to access supported decision making in contracts for goods and services

DARU
Wednesday 29th July, 2020
This was the second session of the Advocacy Sector Conversations forum held on Zoom webinar for the first time, on 29 July 2020 (due to COVID-19 event restrictions not allowing
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“Left out and locked down” The experiences of people with disability and their families during COVID19

Every Australian Counts
Thursday 20th August, 2020
More than 700 people with disability and their families filled out the survey that asked about your experiences during the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. What impact did the
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More than isolated: the experience of children and young people with disability and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic

Helen Dickinson, Sophie Yates
Children and Young People with Disability Australia
Friday 29th May, 2020
The main message of this report is that urgent action is needed to attend to the many inequities that people with disability and their families and carers face on a
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Disability support services: services provided under the National Disability Agreement 2018–19

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Friday 22nd May, 2020
In 2018–19, about 230,000 people used disability support services funded under the National Disability Agreement (NDA). Of these, 68% used the Australian Government’s open employment services. During the year, about
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Experiences Of People With Disability During COVID-19: Survey Results

People with Disability Australia
Friday 5th June, 2020
Australians with disability represent some of the most excluded of all Australians in relation to the impacts of coronavirus. At the same time, many people with disability are particularly at
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Australian Disability Intermediaries Sector Report

Disability Intermediaries Australia
Thursday 30th April, 2020
This inaugural flagship report for the Intermediaries Sector exposes challenges within the operating and policy environment and features the results from the inaugural Intermediary Sector Survey which 461 intermediary service
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Barriers and exclusions: The support needs of newly arrived refugees with a disability

Refugee Council of Australia
Tuesday 19th February, 2019

For a multitude of reasons, people from refugee backgrounds are more likely to have a disability than other populations. Up until 2012, people with disabilities or with serious health concerns…

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Review of the National Advocacy Program – Consultation Report

Department of Social Services (DSS)
Wednesday 9th August, 2017
This report summarises the responses received to the Discussion Paper, meetings with stakeholders by phone, in small groups and in large forums, and relevant research and review findings. It describes
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Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2015  

Australian Bureau of Statistics
Tuesday 18th October, 2016

This publication presents information from the 2015 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC). It follows the release of the First Results in April 2016, which are also included in…

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