Disability employment services
Guide
Working together: improving school to work transitions for students with disability
This guide identifies best practices for collaboration that support smoother transitions from school to work for students with disability. It shows how the Ticket to Work model strengthens school to work transitions for young people with disability by fostering partnerships between schools, families, employers, disability services and community organisations.
Report
Fostering employment for people with intellectual disability: the evidence to date
This report brings together evidence to guide Inclusion Australia’s Everyone Can Work website, outlining research on factors that influence employment outcomes for people with intellectual disability. It summarises key influences, effective support programs, and outcomes in open employment. Overall, the research highlights clear mechanisms and individualised supports that help people with intellectual disability gain meaningful...
Guide
Guide for employment professionals: Supporting employment in adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
This guide, produced by CanFASD in Canada, is for individuals and agencies working with clients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). It is for use by employment professionals to guide their work as they assist clients in preparing for, obtaining and maintaining employment. The guide is based on current literature, interviews, as well as survey...
Journal article
Transitioning Australian Disability Enterprises to open employment community hubs using the Australian legislative framework
This article examines the transformation of Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs) into inclusive, community-based employment hubs. The purpose is to explore how policy frameworks such as the Disability Services Act (1986), the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) can support this transition toward open employment...
Report
Tell them they're dreaming: work, education and young people with mental illness in Australia
This report examines the employment and welfare system in relation to young people with mental illness and education and employment. It makes a number of recommendations which the authors hope will allow people at the outset of a mental illness to not lose their dreams of the future.