Publications
Disability Studies and Research Institute Publications
New Reports
Australian Disability Enterprises: Sector Profile
The Australian Fair Pay Commission commissioned the Disability Studies and Research Centre (with People With Disability, Australia) to conduct research on the employment experience and work-related circumstances of people with disability working in Disability Enterprises (Download the full profile report here)
More reports are available on the Reports Page
Book Chapters
Cathi Albertyn and Beth Goldlbatt, (2008) ‘Towards a substantive right to equality’ in S Woolman and M Bishop (eds.), Constitutional Conversations, Pretoria University Law Press: Pretoria, 231-254
Kayess, R and French, P. (2008), ‘Deadly currents beneath calm waters: persons with disability and the right to life in Australia’, in Clements L. and Read, J (eds) Disabled People and the Right to Life: The Protection and Violation of Disabled People’s Most Basic Human Rights, Oxford, Routledge, 57-84.
Journal Articles
Kristy Muir, Karen R. Fisher, David Abello, and Ann Dadich, (forthcoming), ‘’I didn’t just like sittin’ around all day’: facilitating social and community participation among people with mental illness and high levels of psychiatric disability’, Journal of Social Policy.
Beth Goldblatt (2009), ‘Gender, Rights and the Disability Grant in South Africa’, Development Southern Africa 26:3, 369-382.
Ann Dadich and Kristy Muir (2009), ‘Tricks of the trade in community mental health research: Working with mental health services and clients’, Evaluation & the Health Professions, 32, 38-58.
Rosemary Kayess, (2009), ‘The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Why it is needed. Disability Disadvantage and Development in the Pacific and Asia. Development Bulletin. Special Issue No. 73 April 2009. Development Studies Network. ANU.
Rosemary Kayess and Phillip French (2008), ‘Out of darkness into light? Introducing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’, Human Rights Law Review, 8:1, Oxford University Press.
Submissions
The Disability Studies and Research Centre authored submissions in response to:
AusAID: Disability Strategy for Australia's Aid Program (PDF) (68 Kb)
The Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs' consultation paper on the National Disability Strategy (PDF) (57 Kb)
Disability Studies and Research Institute Publications
Michael Bleasdale, Supporting the housing of people with complex needs, AHURI Final Report No. 104, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, UNSW-UWS Research Centre September 2007, Download (PDF) (413 Kb).
Michael Bleasdale, Supporting the housing of people with complex needs, for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, UNSW/UWS AHURI Research Centre, May 2006, AHURI Positioning Paper No. 89, Download (PDF) (2 Mb).
Michael Bleasdale, Supporting the housing of people with complex needs, AHURI Research & Policy Bulletin (no. 90), Download (PDF) (166 Kb).
Sally Robinson, Kathryn Knight (DSaRI) and Lel D'aegher (NTK), Equity of Access to HACC Services for Residents of Licensed Boarding Houses, Final Report, Prepared for the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, Metro South West Region, August 2005, Download (PDF) (169 Kb).
Sally Robinson and Jan Dyke, Walking the Talk A framework for effective engagement with people with disability, families and people who support them, for Disability Services Queensland, 2005, Download (PDF) (97 Kb).
Sally Robinson, Identifying gaps in individual advocacy across Queensland in the Disability Advocacy Program, Final Report, For Disability Services Queensland, May 2005, Download (PDF) (283 Kb).
Sally Robinson and Jan Dyke, Bringing life to legislation: Building a strong legislative framework for and with people with disability, Submission to the Hon Warren Pitt, Member for Communities, Disability Services and Seniors, regarding legislative changes to the Queensland Disability Services Act (1992), October 2004, Download (PDF) (679 Kb).
