Session 14: Disability research and policy: What does the next decade look like?
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Boulevard 2
| Friday, July 25, 2025 |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
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This session explores key issues, challenges, and opportunities related to disability research and policy over the next decade, including reform of the NDIS and broader disability supports, inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream schooling, the rise of the neurodiversity movement, demands for research and policy to be disability-led, and the advent of the National Disability Data Asset and National Disability Research Partnership.
Speakers:
Professor Jennifer Smith-Merry, The University of Sydney, Research Fellow – Life Course Centre
Dr Elizabeth Stratton, The University of Sydney, Research Fellow – Life Course Centre
Chair:
Dr Martin O’Flaherty, The University of Queensland
Speakers:
Professor Jennifer Smith-Merry, The University of Sydney, Research Fellow – Life Course Centre
Dr Elizabeth Stratton, The University of Sydney, Research Fellow – Life Course Centre
Chair:
Dr Martin O’Flaherty, The University of Queensland
