Each month the Centre for Disability Research and Policy (CDRP) and the Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) host online seminars to showcase disability research translation from our members and collaborators.
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The Aboriginal Sign Language Forum has proudly been held at the University of Sydney since 2023. Continuing the forum in October 2026, this will be an opportunity to engage deaf people, interpreters and hearing researchers in discussions about showcasing and understanding the emergence of Blak Auslan in a safe space. Program and registration coming soon!
In 2023, together with the Disability At Work Network, we invited artists with lived experience of disability to express their hopes and dreams through their artwork, and enter in the running for a selection of jury-awarded prizes. After the success of that event, we ran the competition again in 2025 with the theme Change and Hope.
This unique showcase unveils dreams of the future – personal, universal, challenging, and inspiring – as envisioned by artists whose perspectives have been shaped by their lived experiences of disability.
Our Centre's researchers are at the forefront of systemic change as editors and authors of landmark publication, A Research Agenda for Lived Experience and Disability Policy. The book shares perspectives on embedding lived experience at the heart of policymaking, with particular emphasis on creating more inclusive, equitable, and responsive systems, and illustrates that policy is more effective and impactful when informed by those directly affected. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who worked towards this publication, as you accelerate the shift towards evidence informed, person centred, and inclusive approaches to disability policy.
Get a copy of the book here: Lived Experience of Disability: Disability Research and Australian Disability Policy.
Following the announced cuts to the NDIA's social and community budget, members of CDRP have been active in national conversations concerning the future of the NDIS and its recipients. One such action includes a formal written submission to the Inquiry into the Integrity of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, authored by Prof Jen Smith-Merry, Dr Joel Hollier, and Dr Ivy Yen. You can download and read the submission by clicking on the link below:
Submission: Inquiry into the Integrity of the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Building on the success of Indigenous Disability Studies, this handbook aims to further expand global conversations on disability by centring Indigenous knowledge, awareness, cultural practices, and lived experience.
We seek chapter contributions that will advance the disability and Indigenous understandings of disabilities from a global representation but also how disability has been interpreted through various pivotal points in our past.
Your participation is vital to shaping a comprehensive and meaningful collection. For further details and to guide your contribution, please see here: Call for Contributions: Global Indigenous Disability Knowledge Systems
Or you can contact the editors directly:
Thank you to everyone who was able join us for the 2026 Disability Leadership Forum at the University of Sydney on the 12th of February.
We were grateful to bring together people with disability, collaborators, researchers, practitioners and allies to explore what disability leadership means across sectors, and how we can strengthen it in practice.
You can find video recordings of the full forum online, available in four parts here: Disability Leadership Forum 2026 Recordings
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