In June 2012, the former Disability Policy and Research Working Group, representing inter‐governmental disability officials, offered a tender for an Audit of Disability Research in Australia. This report details the findings of and process for conducting this Audit.

Due to increased life expectancy, the number of older Australians with a long-term disability, such as intellectual disability is increasing. People with intellectual disability can be reluctant to leave their familiar work environment, and may find it hard to envisage life in retirement. Older people with an intellectual disability meet significant barriers to enjoying an...

Disabled Australian adolescents and young adults are more likely to experience social exclusion than their non-disabled peers. The gap between the two actually widened between 2001 and 2011. Social exclusion in adolescence leads to poor outcomes. It affects not only the health and wellbeing of the individual; it also impacts on their family and the...