Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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SUBMISSION ON THE NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME BILL 2012 TO THE SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES ON COMMUNITY AFFAIRS JANUARY 2013
Published 2013-01-01The NDIS is an important and needed reform to Australia’s disability system. There is much of merit in the NDIS Bill. Its implementation poses some challenges, to ensure a clear, sustainable and rights-based system, resulting ...Open AccessOther -
Submission to the Productivity Commission on Disability Care and Support 11 May 2011
Published 2011-05-01The authors of this submission welcome the Productivity Commission (PC) Draft Report and many of the key features of the proposed NDIS including: • the proposal for a scheme to provide long term care and support on an ...Open AccessOther -
Estimated Prevalence and Living Circumstances of Parents with Intellectual Disability In Australia from Selected National Surveys
Published 2014-07-01Analysis of SDAC 2009 data identified an estimated 0.41% of Australian parents had intellectual disability. This equates to an estimated 17,000 parents with intellectual disability residing in private dwellings in Australia. ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Technical Report 2, 2014: The Number and Characteristics of Parents with Intellectual Disability from Centrelink Income Support Administrative Data
Published 2014-10-01This report reports the situation of parents with intellectual disability compared to parents with other disabilities and non-disabled parents in a national administrative data set. Compared with other Australian parents, ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Parents with Intellectual Disability in a Population Context
Published 2015-02-26Parenting by people with intellectual disability continues to confront societal sensibilities. On the one hand, parents with intellectual disability engage in the valued social role of raising children; on the other, their ...Open AccessArticle