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Between March and April 2021, researchers from the University of Melbourne and UNSW Canberra conducted an online survey of over 350 disability support workers (DSWs) about their opinions and needs surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine. This report outlines the survey findings.

Report

Disability support workers: the forgotten workforce during COVID-19

2 Aug 2020

Anne Kavanagh,

Stefanie Dimov,

Marissa Shields,

Ashley McAllister,

Helen Dickinson,

Mellissa Kavenagh

University of Melbourne

This research report describes the findings from a national survey of 357 disability support workers (DSWs) conducted online between May and June 2020.

Systematic review

Evidence review: strategies to increase employment and economic participation for people with a cognitive disability

1 Aug 2021

Anne Kavanagh,

Diane Brown,

Helen Dickinson,

Shelley Mallett,

Claudia Marck,

Isabelle Weld-Blundell ,

Marissa Shields,

Laura Davy

National Disability Insurance Agency,

University of Melbourne,

Brotherhood of St Laurence,

University of New South Wales

Commissioned by the National Disability Insurance Agency this research was undertaken to discover what helps people with autism, intellectual disability and psychosocial disabilities find and keep a job.

Technical report

Improving Disability Employment Study (IDES): methods of data collection and characteristics of study sample

29 Sep 2022

Stefanie Dimov,

Alexandra Devine,

Marissa Shields,

Anthony LaMontagne,

Catherine Vaughan,

Rebecca Bentley,

Helen Dickinson,

Anne Kavanagh

Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health,

University of Melbourne

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...