Resources

Links to External Policy Documents and Reports

Below are links to reports and resources from other organisations and research bodies.  Please note that these links go to external websites not owned by AFDO, and as such, some of these websites may not be accessible.

Abuse and Violence against people with disability

• AIHW Report:Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia: continuing the national story, June 2019
• AHRC Report: A Future Without Violence: Quality, safeguarding and oversight to prevent and address violence against people with disability in institutional settings, June 2018
• NSW Ombudsman Report on abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults in NSW – the need for action, (PDF only) November 2018
• NSW Ombudsman Report: This report is about the deaths between 2014-2017 of 494 people with disability who lived in residential care. The report identifies a range of actions by disability providers and health services that are required to reduce preventable deaths, (PDF only) August 2018
• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Experiences of Violence and Personal Safety of People with Disability, 2016

Disability

• AIHW Report: Disability Support Services – Services provided under the National Disability Agreement 2017 – 2018, May 2019
• VCOSS Report & Factsheets: Empowered Lives, Securing Change for Victorians with Disability, Sept 2018
• University of Sydney, Audit of Disability Research in Australia, Update Report, 2017

Disability Support Pension (DSP)

• Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) Report on the audit of the Disability Support Pension, Sept 2018
• NSSRN, Disability Support Pension (DSP) Project: A snapshot of DSP client experiences of claims and assessments since the 2015 changes, Jan 2018
• NSSRN Member Survey – Client experiences of claiming for Disability Support Pension, (PDF only) Jan 2018
• ANAO Audit Report, Qualifying for the Disability Support Pension, Jan 2016
• DSS Data on Disability Support Pension 2016, 2016
• Commonwealth Ombudsman, Accessibility of Disability Support Pension for remote Indigenous Australians, Dec 2016
• National Welfare Rights Network, Living on the Disability Support Pension, 2014
• Australian Government, Advisory Committee Final Report – Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-Related Impairment for Disability Support Pension, 2011
• Australian Government, Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Recipients. The Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Recipients reports contain information on recipients by age, gender, geographic state, country of birth, marital status, home ownership, medical condition, earnings, rate and duration.
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2013
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2012
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2011
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2010
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2009
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2008
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2007
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2006
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2005
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2004
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2003
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2002
  • Characteristics of Disability Support Pension Customers, June 2001

Education

• Not even remotely fair: Experiences of students with disability during COVID-19, 2020
• Monash University – Improving educational outcomes for children with disability in Victoria, (PDF only) June 2018

Housing

• Mind Australia Report exploring the links between housing, homelessness and mental health, “Trajectories: the interplay between mental health and housing pathways”, May 2019
• AHURI Report, Understanding Specialist Disability Accommodation funding, March 2019
• Summer Foundation Report, Specialist Disability Accommodation – Supply in Australia is a report on new supply and potential undersupply of Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) across Australia, March 2019
• AHURI Report: Housing, homelessness and mental health: towards systems change, Nov 2018
• AHURI Report, Housing and Indigenous disability: lived experiences of housing and community infrastructure, June 2017

Indigenous

• Under-reporting of hearing impairment in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, Sep 2020
• Western Sydney University, ‘At what cost?’ Indigenous Australians’ experiences of applying for the Disability Support Pension (DSP), Nov 2018
• KPMG, Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project Impact Assessment, Nov 2018
• AHURI Report, Housing and Indigenous disability: lived experiences of housing and community infrastructure, June 2017
• Commonwealth Ombudsman, Accessibility of Disability Support Pension for remote Indigenous Australians, Dec 2016

Justice

• He’s Never Coming Back” People with Disabilities Dying in Western Australia’s Prisons, Sep 2020
• Law Council or Australia – The Justice Project: a national, comprehensive review into the state of access to justice in Australia for people experiencing significant disadvantage,  Link to disability section of report, August 2018
• KPMG, Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project Impact Assessment, Nov 2018
• Australian Government Report,Disability Support Pension – Historical and projected trends, Feb 2018
• Mental Health Commission NSW, Towards a just system – Mental illness and cognitive impairment in the criminal justice system, July 2017

LGBTI

• Report on the everyday experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people living with disability, July 2018

Mental Health

• Recommendations from the National Roundtable on the Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disability, 2018  Easy Read Version
• Mental Health Australia NDIS Psychosocial Pathway Project Report, May 2018
• SANE – Understanding how best to respond to the needs of Australians living with personality disorder, 2018

Mobility – Scooters and Wheelchairs

• Senate Report: Need for regulation of mobility scooters, also known as motorised wheelchairs, September 2018

National Disability Agreement (NDA)

• AIHW, Disability support services: services provided under the National Disability Agreement 2017–18, May 2019
• Productivity Commission,Review of the National Disability Agreement, Feb 2019

NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme)

• Implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the provision of disability services in New South Wales, December 2018
• Mental Health Australia NDIS Psychosocial Pathway Project Report, May 2018
• Down Syndrome 2018 national survey by Down Syndrome Australia (DSA),  2018
• Qld Audit Office: Access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme for people with impaired decision-making capacity, 2018

Public Transport – Accessibility

• Accessible Public Transport Report: This report was produced by the Disability Resources Centre (DRC) following consultation with people with a disability about their experiences using Public Transport like trains, trams, buses and taxis, November 2018

Research (Inclusive Research)

• DOING RESEARCH INCLUSIVELY: Guidelines for Co-Producing Research with People with Disability

Refugees with Disability

• Refugee Council of Australia, Barriers and exclusions: The support needs of newly arrived refugees with a disability, Feb 2019

Telecommunications – Accessibility

• Thanks a Bundle Report: This report provides guidance for phone and internet companies to improve support and access to online telecommunications products for consumers with cognitive disabilities, 2018

United Nations

• UN Report on Disability and Sustainable Development Goals, December 2018

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