Disability Events
Disability Inclusive Research Collaboration Conference (DIRCC), Research Rights: Disability Inclusion Change
13th -14th June at The University of Sydney: The conference aims to bring together people with disability, researchers, policy makers, activists, and people working in the broader disability sector to discuss and promote inclusive and participatory research. In doing so, it aims to demonstrate how research designs, practices and methodologies can be inclusive and driven by people with disability for people with disability. In the spirit of the goals of the conference, speakers and workshops presenters, both Australian and international, are researchers with a disability or researchers undertaking inclusive research with people with disability where people with disability are actively involved in research design and implementation.
The conference is being organised by a group which includes organisations of and for people with disability, and universities and their research centres. These include the NSW Council on Intellectual Disability, People with Disability Australia Inc., Women with Disabilities Australia, the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, People with Disabilities Western Australia, the University of NSW, the Social Policy Research Centre, Griffith University and the University of Sydney through the Centre for Disability Studies. DIRCC Flyer (PDF) (151 Kb)
Public Lecture Following Inclusive Research Workshop
Monday 26th March - Professor Kelly Johnson, Professor Jan Walmsley and members of the Inclusive Research Network presents a workshop entitled: People with Intellectual Disabilities Conductiong Research: New Directions for Inclusive Research (PDF) (3 Mb)
SPRC Disability Research Program Training Meetings
Room 119, John Goodsell Building, Mondays 25 July and 19 September, 2011
Monday 25 July - Disability inclusive research reading and discussion, Christine Bigby and Patsie Frawley. 2010. "Reflections on doing inclusive research in the “Making Life Good in the Community” study." Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability 35:53-61.
Monday 19 September (UNSW Staff only) - Accessible formats and Easy English design for research methodology, Ariella Meltzer
Tuesday 8 November - Karen Fisher and Christiane Purcal ( Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW) present a seminar entitled, 'Australian community attitudes to people with disabilities - scoping project'
Other Events
Community Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Research Network Forum
“Research and evaluation in the Community Managed Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Sector”
Platform 10, Conference Centre, Level 10, 1 Lawson Square, Redfern
Wednesday 24 August, 2011
MHCC and NADA would like to invite you to participate in the launch and inaugural forum of the Community Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Research Network.
This is an important chapter in both sector’s development. The Research Network’s activities will provide a platform for the exchange of ideas, sharing of resources, building research skills and to support and foster collaborations that will contribute to research output, strategic goals and better outcomes for consumers, their families and carers. Included in the Network’s future activities will be a seed funding scheme to encourage research and evaluation by the community MHDA sector. More information (PDF) (387 Kb)
Disability Inclusive Evaluation Workshop 4.30-5.30 Thursday 1 September
Australasian Evaluation Society 2011 International Conference Sydney
Full program (PDF)and Registration
Disability inclusive evaluation practice influencing policy
K.R. Fisher; P. O’Brien; S. Robinson; R. Kayess; R. Strike; M. Knox; M. Rivas; C. Campbell-McLean
University of New South Wales; Griffith University, Brisbane; NSW Council for Intellectual Disability; Centre for Disability Studies, Sydney
Disability inclusive research uses methods where people with disabilities and their allies have control over the research process and outcomes and it prioritises their voices in the research processes. It is an approach expected in disability policy research the UK but only recently adopted by some Australian evaluators.
This session uses inclusive practice to stimulate understanding and strategies to develop disability policy inclusive research practices in Australia, with the goal of improving the influence of disability research processes and findings on disability policy change. The interactive session with people with disabilities and other people involved in disability policy inclusive research is an opportunity to demonstrate the methodological benefits of these practices to the session participants.
The session will begin with a brief introduction from the organisers to explain disability inclusive research and how the session will be run. Four groups of people who have participated in disability inclusive research projects will then be at information stalls around the room for the audience to move between to discuss how people with disabilities have participated in researches as advisers, co-researchers, lead researchers and disseminators of findings influencing policy and practice. Projects will include life story work; national surveys; mixed method researches; and use of photovoice.
The session will then move back to a wrap up discussion led by the organisers to address the following goals: 1. What needs to change? Questions and challenges of inclusive research from the information stalls. 2. How can we achieve inclusive research practice in Australia? Identifying what needs to happen to encourage disability inclusive research practice. 3. Strategy for action? Implications for policy and practice will be developed into a set of action steps for improving disability policy research (30 minutes).
