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Living with Disability Research Centre

Owning Institution:
Report

Violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of LGBTQA+ people with disability: a secondary analysis of data from two national surveys


This report, commissioned by the Disability Royal Commission, finds that LGBTQA+ people with disability experience higher rates of violence and abuse due to their gender or sexual orientation.
Journal article

Governing for quality and safety: a new province for boards of Australian aged care and disability support providers?

This article addresses the question of to what extent changes in legislation and regulatory standards in aged care and disability create new expectations of these boards and directors.
Journal article

Threats to valuing diverse voices in public debates about disability. A case study from social media

This study aimed to highlight the threats that use of social media poses to valuing diverse voices and different kinds of expertise about disability in public debates by exploring how disability advocates responded on social media to the evidence presented by researchers to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with...
Report

Considering human rights in decision making: evaluation of the introduction of structured-decision making framework in the Public Trustee Queensland


Since the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, significant change has occurred in the provision of decision-making support for people with cognitive disabilities. This report evaluates the introduction of a Structured Decision-Making Framework by the Public Trustee Queensland (QPT) to reorient their practice to reflect this human rights legislative imperative.
Journal article

Parental strategies that support adults with intellectual disabilities to explore decision preferences, constraints and consequences

This study is part of a program of research about the experiences of receiving decision support by adults with cognitive disabilities and of supporters in giving support.

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