Lived experience
Alternative labels
Living experience
Description
Lived experience refers to a representation of the experiences and choices of a given person, and the knowledge that they gain from these experiences and choices. [Wikipedia]
Report
What's important to us in health research? Establishing national health research priorities through a co-design process
This report describes a co-design process, involving interviews and art-based research, to find out what health issues matter most to people with intellectual disability in Australia. The findings are intended to help guide which health research topics should be prioritised in the future.
Report
‘We’re talking about stopping violence before it begins’: supporting quality engagement with children
This third and final report from the Supporting Quality Engagement with Children consultation project focused on the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032, in particular prevention and early intervention. It shares the views of over 300 children and young people across all Australian jurisdictions. The report contains eight recommendations.
Video
Lunch & learn: Preparing young people with disability for work
Fewer than half of all disabled young people are employed and the unemployment rate for young people with disability is more than double the rate for young people without disability. This webinar explores what young people with disability want from work and how employers can support them to achieve these goals.
Report
First Nations & intellectual disability inclusive research report
This report provides insights into conducting research around intellectual disability with First Nations people in ways that are culturally safe and appropriate. It highlights the difference between First Nations and white and Western approaches to intellectual disability, and the need to have First Nations people and communities involved as researchers and stakeholders at every point.
Report
On our own terms: emerging insights report. Systems change through lived experience leadership
This report describes in-depth conversations with lived experience and community leaders across Australia, as part of a national project exploring lived experience leadership. The report discusses how lived experience leadership is practised and what it might take to better support and scaffold this work.