This report provides a comprehensive national overview of children and young people with disability in Australia aged 0–25. It draws on publicly available data to bring together evidence on demographics, early childhood, education, employment, health and wellbeing, housing and transport, income and finance, NDIS supports, safety and justice, and social and community participation nationwide contexts.

Social and public health research should involve the people it will affect. This article finds that while engagement with disabled young people in research is getting better, the reporting of their involvement is not. Essential reporting criteria are proposed to promote research quality by fostering accountability and reproducibility.

This is an impact evaluation report outlining the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH) research findings and activities, with messages for action to improve the social and health outcomes for people with disability.

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.

Employment for people with disability have numerous social, health and economic benefits including greater likelihood of secure housing, reduced poverty, social inclusion as well as better physical and mental health. This report provides new insights regarding the barriers and facilitators of gaining and maintaining employment for jobseekers using disability employment services in Australia.