This paper describes a co-designed project that models the impact of hypothetical policy interventions on mental health inequities experienced by people with disability. It argues achieving more equitable solutions requires adopting a human-rights informed framework and working in partnership with the people most impacted by inequities and government representatives tasked with developing policy responses.

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.