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People with disabilities are more likely than others to face disadvantage. They are more likely to be poor, and they are more likely to be unemployed. This is why the Australian government has tried to reduce inequality faced by people with disabilities. Australia developed the Disability Discrimination Act in 1992. In 2008 Australia ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In 2013 Australia launched the National Disability Insurance Scheme. A Fair Go? Measuring Australia's progress in reducing the disadvantage for adults with disabilities 2001-2016 was written by Professor Eric Emerson with contributions from Professor Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Professor Roger Stancliffe, Dr Hannah Badland, Professor Anne Kavanagh, Dr George Disney and Dr Qingsheng Zhou, from the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH). The report contributes to earlier evidence reported in A Fair Go? Inequality, Wellbeing and Australian adults with disabilities 2001-2015. This report uses unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The HILDA Survey was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute). The findings in this report are those of the authors and do not represent the views of either the DSS or the Melbourne Institute. The Australian government has made several commitments to reduce the extent of discrimination and disadvantage experienced by people with disabilities. • In 1992 Australia enacted the Disability Discrimination Act; • In 2008 Australia ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). In doing so, Australia entered in to an international obligation to progressively realise the rights of people with disabilities and eliminate disability discrimination in all areas of life; • In 2011 Australia published its National Disability Strategy to achieve 'an inclusive Australian society that enables people with disability to fulfil their potential as equal citizens'.4 • In 2013 Australia launched its National Disability Insurance Scheme. There is, however, no formally agreed mechanism for monitoring the extent to which Australia is making progress in reducing the discrimination and disadvantage experienced by people with disabilities. The Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH) is hosted by the University of Melbourne and is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Related media Is life improving for people with disabilities ? 11 February 2019 Is life getting better or worse for people with disabilities? 5 February 2019 www.credh.org.au

AbstractTo examine geographic variation in labour force participation rate (LFPR) of working‐age people with disability in Australia and associated factors. This study uses Australian Census 2016 data at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) and engages multiple linear regression to explore the relationship between the dependent variable,= LFPR of people with disability, and diverse independent variables that reflect collective characteristics of people with disability and their non‐disabled peers within SA2. While LFPRs for people with disability varied greatly by SA2, people with disability had considerably lower LFPR than their non‐disabled peers in all areas. The LFPRs tended to be higher in SA2s with higher percentages of people with disability who had completed year 12 or gained post‐school education, with higher household income, and where a higher proportion of people with disability mainly spoke English at home. These results indicate that where people live matters. Geographic variation in LFPR for people with disability is associated with geographic variation in their educational attainment and other social and community characteristics of the areas in which they live. This study contributes towards gaining a more sophisticated and nuanced understanding of the factors that influence LFPR of people with disability in relation to their local community environment.

The Disability and Wellbeing Monitoring Framework Technical Report documents the development of a comprehensive Monitoring Framework and Indicators to measure and track inequalities between people with and without disability in relation to exposure to well-established social determinants of health and wellbeing. It was developed by researchers at the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH), with input from the Partner Advisory Group and an Expert Panel of Advice comprising people with lived experience of disability, to ensure that the Monitoring Framework and Indicators comprehensively capture the health, social, economic and wellbeing issues that are important and meaningful to people with disability. Two complementary suites of indicators have been developed to sit within the structure of the Monitoring Framework: Person indicators These will be used to report national baseline data on exposure to social determinants of health and wellbeing for people with and without disability, and to track change over time, including changes in absolute and relative inequalities. Area indicators These will be used to explore socio-spatial patterning of social determinants of health and wellbeing, and investigate the contribution of area-level variables in the relationship between disability, health and the social determinants of health and wellbeing. Key next steps for this work include reporting national data for the person indicators and area indicators. Analyses using the indicator data will be conducted to identify possible intervention points to address socially-produced inequalities between people with and without disability. The CRE-DH also aims to work with governments and statutory agencies responsible for data collection and reporting to address data gaps and limitations that have been identified through this work. It is anticipated that the Monitoring Framework will be embraced by a diversity of stakeholders in the disability sector and beyond as a valuable tool to inform public discussion and effective policy responses. We will continue to actively engage with stakeholders, including people with disability and their representative organisations, to further develop and disseminate this work. Further detail is provided in the Appendices. www.credh.org.au