For young people with cognitive disability who live in regional Australia, very little is known about what helps and what hinders belonging and connection in their communities. This research addressed this gap in our knowledge by working collaboratively with young people.

This paper draws from recent research about abuse and neglect and from national policy approaches in child protection and disability to better understand the causes, experience and responses to maltreatment of children and young people with disability.

Disability and Community Care Services, Department of Communities commissioned an evaluation of the outcomes, process and costs of the Self Directed Support pilot by a research team led by the Social Policy Research Centre. This final report provides findings about the outcomes for participants and their families, implementation of the pilot, the process and cost...

Providing findings about the outcomes for participants and their families, implementation of the pilot, and the process and cost analysis, this report also draws together implications for future development of similar programs. Disability and Community Care Services, Department of Communities has commissioned an evaluation of the outcomes, process and costs of the Self Directed Support...

Although the general community's perception of Deaf people is associated with disability, the Deaf community views itself as a language group. Nonetheless, the Deaf community is politically aligned with the disability community because of such a perspective, as well as disability-based legislation which potentially assures Deaf people of their human rights. In this paper Sally...