Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) introduced psychosocial recovery coaching as a ‘recovery oriented’ support for people with psychosocial disability in responsiveness to challenges in accessing these supports. This paper examines the outcomes of psychosocial recovery coaching and suggests future iterations of NDIS psychosocial supports should align with personal recovery outcomes.

People with intellectual disability are underrepresented in employment across all sectors, including the public service. This project examined how the NSW government might increase employment of people with intellectual disability. This report identifies evidence-based strategies to address the barriers identified and recommends two approaches to explicitly create employment pathways.

The Directing Change Scholarship program was a three-year program aimed at increasing representation of people with disability on boards through mentoring, networking and education. This evaluation found the program was successful in its aims and offered a range of benefits for program participants, including scholars, mentors and partner organisations.

This evaluation assessed the impact of a program aiming to place jobseekers with disability into roles by focusing on building employer confidence and capability. It found the program exceeded its original goals and a focus on the employer environment first was key to its success.

This video recording is of an event exploring how research led by and with people with disability can be mobilised to influence real change in policy and practice. Key themes include how research leads to impact, best practice in sharing research accessibly and meaningfully, and collaboration between researchers, policymakers, advocates and service providers.