External links

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

• 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, November 2018
• National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline data – January to June 2018
• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Experiences of Violence and Personal Safety of People with Disability, 2016

Deaths of people with disability in residential care

• 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, August 2018

Disability

• VCOSS Report & Factsheets: Empowered Lives, Securing Change for Victorians with Disability, Sept 2018

Disability Support Pension (DSP)

• Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) Report on the audit of the Disability Support Pension, Sept 2018

Education

• Monash University – Improving educational outcomes for children with disability in Victoria, June 2018

Justice

• 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

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

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

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