Disability employment
Alternative labels
Inclusive employment
Guide
Neurodivergence and the workplace: reducing unconscious bias in the recruitment process
This guide explains neurodivergence and its value to businesses, and highlights how unconscious bias can hinder recruitment. It offers 8 practical tips to help employers create fairer, more inclusive hiring processes.
Journal article
The influence of the National Disability Insurance Scheme on Customised Employment practice in Australia
Customised Employment is a developing employment model that helps people with disability access meaningful work, but current evidence remains limited and mostly descriptive. Although the NDIS supports its use and early findings show promise, Customised Employment has not yet met evidence‑based practice standards. The NDIS provides some support for its implementation but further research funding...
Evaluation
Road to employment: final evaluation report
Australians with disability of all ages experience barriers to finding and staying in work. This project works with employers, schools, students and families to change employment expectations of people with disability.
Evaluation
Evaluation of the Australian Human Rights Commission ‘IncludeAbility’ Project 2020-2023
The evaluation outlines the achievements of the IncludeAbility disability employment project, highlighting the success of its pilot programs and presenting key findings. The data reveals that overcoming persistent barriers to disability employment requires long-term, organisation-wide support beyond high-level inclusion policies, with coordinated strategies to assist both employers and employees concluding with strategic insights to guide...
Report
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability: final report
The Disability Royal Commission has made 222 recommendations on how to improve laws, policies, structures and practices to ensure a more inclusive and just society that supports the independence of people with disability and their right to live free from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.