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The MDI is now officially nine months old, having been launched on 28 May 2018 to a full house. As we start to think about the year coming up, we wanted to share with our community a review of our first year, and some of the plans for 2019.

This seminar will tease out the potential of co-authoring, the circulation of power in co-research, and the importance of responsive social theory to incubate co-research. The lecture will consider co-research as a quintessential posthuman practice.

This two-day event will feature a series of short workshops with practical applications for health professionals and a special community forum on engaging consumers in technology development. Day 2 features a full-day seminar with an exciting line up of multidisciplinary speakers.

Prominent UK campaigners George Julian and Chris Hatton on why there are still so many preventable deaths among people with learning difficulties, and what needs to change

An opportunity for Australia and India to bat for the same team arose last week at the University of Melbourne when a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed during a visit from Mr Ram Nath Kovind, President of the Republic of India.

Improving the health and lives of Australians with intellectual disability was the topic for discussion at the Dying for Change public seminar and roundtable hosted by the Melbourne Disability Institute on Monday 12 November.

Professor Anne Kavanagh presented the 10th Southgate Institute Oration in Adelaide on 25 October 2018.

Self-assessment in creative therapy programs by participants with intellectual disability.

Dying for Change - What will it take to improve the health and lives of Australians with intellectual disability?

Professor Anne Kavanagh and consumer researcher Vasiliky Kasidis talk about research on discrimination, bullying and community attitudes.

Underspending could reach $5bn by end of financial year, economist Bruce Bonyhady says

Professor Anne Kavanagh has been appointed to the Academy of the Social Sciences (ASSA) in recognition of her distinguished achievements in the social sciences.

This submission is in response to the Productivity Commission Issues Paper on the National Disability Agreement (NDA). The primary focus of this submission is on the architecture of the new NDA, and its relationship to the other Intergovernmental Agreements on Federal Financial Relations, rather than its very detailed contents and performance indicators.

We were honoured to host leading disability expert Professor Tom Shakespeare in July 2018.

Professor Anne Kavanagh presented the keynote at DARU's Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference in Melbourne on 14 September 2018.

Half of the poorer mental health we see in teenagers with a disability is due to bullying, our new research shows.

Disability doesn’t discriminate, and some of the best support services were created by business leaders with a strong personal reason to get involved. Now the National Disability Insurance Scheme is following their lead.

The course is designed for people with disabilities, current or prospective support workers, and anyone else who’s interested in disability support and how the support worker role has evolved in the UK and other parts of the world.

Australia can do better for people with disability as poor access to housing, education and transport prevents them from flourishing, says a visiting UK disability expert.

The Melbourne Disability Institute (MDI) was launched on 28 May 2018 at the University of Melbourne.

Professor Anne Kavanagh has been appointed to the National Disability Insurance Scheme Independent Advisory Council.

Perspectives from the sector on what the Melbourne Disability Institute could do.

The Melbourne Disability Institute was pleased to support a visit to Melbourne by Ms Shakuntala Doley Gamlin, Secretary of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) in the Indian Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

The former chair of the agency running the National Disability Insurance Scheme has urged the Government and Opposition to legislate a designated fund that fully finances the NDIS, rather than relying on yearly allocations.

The University of Melbourne is pleased to announce the establishment of the Melbourne Disability Institute, a major investment in disability research and engagement with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of people with disability, their families and carers.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme is a game changer, but the challenge is to make it work across people’s life course, from education and housing, to social participation and employment

Australia urgently needs consensus on the funding of the NDIS which builds trust in the disability sector, confidence in the Australian community and sustainability of the NDIS, writes Bruce Bonyhady.

Half a million Australians will benefit from the National Disability Insurance Scheme, but how are teething problems being managed, and is the pace of rollout sustainable?

Professor Anne Kavanagh has been appointed to the position of Chair in Disability and Health, the first for an Australian university.