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Melbourne Disability Institute
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Disability and screen work in Australia: report for industry
The findings of this research reflect the need to build greater understanding, transparency and accountability in order to fully include disabled workers in the Australian screen industry.
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The impact of remote learning on students with disability during the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
Significant challenges for school systems around the world rapidly came into focus as the global COVID-19 pandemic materialised in early 2020. This study examines the impact of remote learning on families of students with disabilities in Victoria during 2020 and 2021.
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The Tier 2 tipping point: access to support for working-age Australians with disability without individual NDIS funding
This report presents findings from research conducted by the Melbourne Disability Institute, in partnership with the Brotherhood of St. Laurence and Baptcare, in 2021. The research aims to build understanding of how working-age Australians with disability, without individual funding from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), are finding and using any support and services they...
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Commonwealth study into NDIS Plan Utilisation: synthesis report
In 2020 the Department of Social Services commissioned a project to better understand the relationship between participants’ plans and the supports they wish to purchase and why participants might not use all the funds allocated in their NDIS plan. This report synthesises three related national studies.
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NDIS Plan Utilisation Project: describing, understanding and explaining inequalities in plan utilisation
This report discusses a project with two aims: to quantify inequalities in NDIS utilisation and to assess whether exemplar scenarios can close these inequalities.