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Melbourne Disability Institute
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Survey Report
Survey on people with disability in community housing
This survey report examines community housing providers' practices, challenges, and capacity‑building needs for housing people with disability. It covers general community tenancies and Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), and presents recommendations identifying priority areas for policy improvement.
Report
Meaningful work for people with intellectual disabilities
Despite decades of reforms and targeted initiatives, people with intellectual disabilities continue to experience barriers to securing and sustaining employment, particularly in the open or 'mainstream' labour market. This report focuses on the concept of meaningful employment which shifts attention away from the formal characteristics of a workplace as either mainstream or non-mainstream, instead asking...
Report
Review of best practice in early childhood intervention
This report outlines the findings of an independent review of best practice in early childhood intervention (ECI), undertaken as part of the implementation of Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031. It makes recommendations in relation to the aims, form, underpinning principles and content of a best practice framework for the delivery of ECI in Australia.
Discussion paper
Review of best practice in early childhood intervention: summary paper
As part of a review of best practice in early childhood intervention to help practitioners, professionals and families ensure all children with developmental concerns have the best possible start in life, this paper provides a summary and analysis of the implications generated in consultations to date.
Report
Where is the risk and what is the risk?
This report seeks to examine the role of Community Visitors in being able to undertake adequate safeguarding in the diversified and privatised service landscape of the NDIS. It examines 'grey-zone' sites - those sites where there is ambiguity about whether Community Visitors have the statutory authority to visit. As well as considering the impact of...