Centre for Disability Research and Policy: Recent submissions
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Expectations and Reality: The Lived Experiences of Australians with Psychosocial Disability Within the NDIS
Published 2026While Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was founded on principles of choice and control, for people with significant mental health challenges (what the NDIS calls ‘psychosocial disability’) these ...Open AccessArticle -
Disparities in access to health and support services for people with disability in Australia: a scoping review of the structural social determinants
Published 2026Background Systemic inequities in health and social services exacerbate barriers for disadvantaged groups within the disability community, leading to poorer health outcomes and diminished quality of life. We aimed to ...Open AccessArticle -
Implementing community-based psychosocial interventions for adults with severe mental illness in high-income countries: a rapid scoping review
Published 2026Psychosocial interventions support functional recovery and social integration for people with severe mental illness (SMI); however, their implementation remains fragmented and inconsistent. This rapid scoping review maps ...Open AccessArticle -
ARC Industry Laureate Fellowship project newsletter
Published 2025The five-year Australian Research Council (ARC) Industry Laureate Fellowship project, led by Professor Jennifer Smith-Merry, continues to make strong progress toward improving outcomes for people with psychosocial disability ...Open AccessNewsletter -
The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia’s Print‐Media Discourse
Published 2025This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support ...Open AccessArticle