Monthly seminars
These seminars are hosted monthly by the Centre for Disability Research and Policy (CDRP) and the Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) to showcase disability research translation from our members and collaborators.
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The 2025 National Dual Sensory Impairment-Deafblindness Conference
Join us on the 27th and 28th of November for a two-day lived experience led conference, directly informed by the insights of people living with combined sight and hearing loss.
The 2025 Amateur Art Competition is a platform that illuminates the talents of artists with disabilities, this year through the theme of Change and Hope.
This unique showcase aspires to unveil dreams of the future – personal or universal, challenging or inspiring – as envisioned by artists whose perspectives have been shaped by their lived experiences of disability.
In 2023, we invited artists with lived experience of disability to show through their art, their dreams, hope and achievement while reflecting on their lived experience.
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2023 First Jury Prize: Exhale by Tayla Richardson
This video shows a lit candle in a glass container at the bottom center, with a dark background. Above the candle, there is white text that reads: "Find a corner without sharp edges." The video shows the artist walking in the dark through several rooms holding the lit candle and reciting a poem.
Professors Jennifer Smith-Merry, Damian Mellifont, Justin Scanlan, and Nicola Hancock's review of academic research on organisation kindness was recently explored in an article by The Conversation. The researchers review, published in June 2025, asks what are the barriers, enablers, and outcomes for clients and stakeholders in relation to compassion and kindness displayed by organisations. The Conversation article can be read here, and the full research article publication can be found here.
In March, we had the privilege to receive a visit from Canadian Indigenous Scholar John T. Ward. John has over 20 years of experience conducting research on disability and accessibility while working in the space of disability inclusion. We had the pleasure to partner with our friends at the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, to organise the official Australian launch of the book John T. Ward edited: Indigenous Disability Studies (Routledge, 2024). At the end of his Australian stay, we invited John T. Ward to join a discussion with Professor John Gilroy and Professor Jakelin Troy, to reflect on their experience of indigeneity and disability. Take the time to listen to this insightful discussion.
Professor John Gilroy will lead a team of Aboriginal researchers on a research project that aims to identify ways to make the disability services sector an attractive occupation for the recruitment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Associate Professor Sophie Lewis has received funding under the Australian Research Council's (ARC) prestigious Linkage Project grant to examine, from multiple perspectives, how young people and their families navigate the social, educational and financial aspects of growing up while living with a chronic condition.
University of Sydney researchers debut short film made for - and by - people with disability to encourage cervical cancer screening.
Research from the University of Sydney finds almost a quarter of Australian disability services do not employ any people with disability, and 20 percent employ less than three people with disability.
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