Report

Diversity, dignity, equity and best practice: a framework for supported decision-making

This research aims to understand the significance of supported decision-making to the lives of people with cognitive disabilities, identify its essential elements common to anyone with cognitive disabilities in any context, and locate key implementation issues.
Report

Violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of LGBTQA+ people with disability: a secondary analysis of data from two national surveys

This report, commissioned by the Disability Royal Commission, finds that LGBTQA+ people with disability experience higher rates of violence and abuse due to their gender or sexual orientation.
Report

Considering human rights in decision making: evaluation of the introduction of structured-decision making framework in the Public Trustee Queensland

Since the 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, significant change has occurred in the provision of decision-making support for people with cognitive disabilities. This report evaluates the introduction of a Structured Decision-Making Framework by the Public Trustee Queensland (QPT) to...
Journal article

Parental strategies that support adults with intellectual disabilities to explore decision preferences, constraints and consequences

This study is part of a program of research about the experiences of receiving decision support by adults with cognitive disabilities and of supporters in giving support.
Journal article

Patterns of group home culture in organisations supporting people with intellectual disabilities: a cross-sectional study

Organisational culture in group homes for people with intellectual disabilities has been identified as an influence on service delivery and staff behaviour. The aim of this research was to examine patterns of culture across group homes in disability organisations.