Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)
Alternative labels
Culturally and linguistically diverse
Non-English speaking background
NESB
Report
Still outside the tent: cultural diversity and disability in a time of reform – a rapid review of evidence
This review examines the goals and vision of the National Disability Strategy with a particular focus on people with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Report
The children’s report
In this integrated report, the views of children and young people across Australia sit in close association with the contributions of 93 non-government organisations (NGOs) and subject matter experts committed to improving the protection, promotion and fulfilment of the rights of all children and young people in Australia.
Report
Service responses for people with disabilities from refugee backgrounds in northern Melbourne
The Victorian government funded the Victorian Refugee Health Network to complete a needs assessment of the responsiveness of the disability and refugee health service system in northern Melbourne. This report details the outcomes of the needs assessment and makes recommendations for service and policy changes and future activities to improve service responsiveness.
Journal article
Estranged but not strangers: challenging organisational norms of access for people with disability and people from a NES
This research investigates the reasons why clients are estranged from their organisation when they expect to be the focus of communication attention. It investigates an organisations’ ability to establish the conditions necessary for inclusion of the organisation’s publics who identify with disability and who come from a non-English speaking background (NESB) to understand why estrangement...
Journal article
Navigating “mixedness”: the information behaviours and experiences of biracial youth in Australia
In the current racial climate of Australia, biracial Australians are left to choose between two or more identities on how to behave in attempts to fit binary racial groups and expectations. In an effort to understand the lived experience of biracial youth in Australia, this paper presents data from interviews with Asian biracial youth from...