Report
Employment and mental health of people with disability: summary of research findings from the CRE-DH
This research review comprehensively examines and summarises the findings of research on employment and mental health among people with disability and generates a series of policy recommendations.
Technical report
Improving Disability Employment Study (IDES): methods of data collection and characteristics of study sample
The Improving Disability Employment Study (IDES) is the first longitudinal survey to investigate perspectives on barriers and facilitators to work for Australians with disability accessing the Disability Employment Services (DES) program. The aim of this paper is to describe the survey development and data collection methods, as well as key learnings to improve future research.
Systematic review
Evidence review: strategies to increase employment and economic participation for people with a cognitive disability
Commissioned by the National Disability Insurance Agency this research was undertaken to discover what helps people with autism, intellectual disability and psychosocial disabilities find and keep a job.
Report
Disability support workers: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and communication needs
Between March and April 2021, researchers from the University of Melbourne and UNSW Canberra conducted an online survey of over 350 disability support workers (DSWs) about their opinions and needs surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine. This report outlines the survey findings.
Report
Disability support workers: the forgotten workforce during COVID-19
This research report describes the findings from a national survey of 357 disability support workers (DSWs) conducted online between May and June 2020.