Seed Funding Projects 2022

Characterising the hidden population of people with disability in Australia, who are not NDIS participants, using the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP)

Through data linkages, this project aims to identify the population of people with disability who are not NDIS participants within SDAC and the Census and compare how their support needs and demographics differ from NDIS participants.

Early Childhood Intervention and the NDIS: examining inequality in access, plan allocation and use in the early childhood period

This project will look at data for children (under 6) who use the NDIS funded Early Childhood program and examine whether there are social inequities in who is eligible, the type of support received and whether there are inequities in timely access to supports and spending of NDIS plans.

Creative Development for Accessible City Computer Game

This project will develop a proof of concept city-building computer game focused on accessible city design.

Community Visitor Schemes within the NDIS and OPCAT landscapes in safeguarding the rights of Australians with disability

This study examines the ongoing role of Community Visitor schemes across Australia in safeguarding people with disability, following changes brought by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Am I speaking to a human?: Voice, choice and the role of technology companies in designing accessible virtual assistants

This project investigates how people with disabilities use virtual voice assistants, and related technologies (eg Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, Google Duplex) in their daily lives.

COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy Project

Using ABS survey data and administrative disability data, the project team will investigate the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations, access to treatment, and serious outcomes and deaths from COVID-19 among people with disability compared to the general population.

A National Summit and Research agenda supporting voting by people with cognitive disability

This project seeks to build on and scale up the ICanVote project nationally to address the democratic deficit experienced by people with cognitive disability across Australia.

Towards developing innovative evaluation approaches to measure the public health impact of social enterprises

This project seeks to understand whether and how current approaches in the evaluation of social enterprises conceptualise and measure their public health impact, with a specific focus on people with disability.