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  • A milestone moment for disability-led research

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    Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister, Australian Federal Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), stands with Dr Kelsey Chapman in front of a National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP) pull-up banner at the event. Senator McAllister, a white woman with a blonde bob haircut, wears a black business suit with a pink geometric-patterned blouse. Dr Chapman wears a blue suit with a white blouse and has her hair pulled back into a ponytail.Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister, Australian Federal Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) with Dr Kelsey Chapman We extend our sincere thanks to the National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP) for its leadership and investment in Citizen Research Essentials: A Short Course, launched today alongside the next NDRP Research Funding Round. This initiative represents a significant advancement in research by and with people with disability.

    We also acknowledge and thank Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister, Australian Federal Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), for announcing the course and for her continued support of disability-led research.

    Representing Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability and The Dignity Project, Dr Kelsey Chapman (Research Fellow and Dignity Project Lead) and Rebekah Barker (Community and Citizen Engagement Manager) attended the launch, marking a year of collaboration with citizen co-designers and people with disability.

    We extend our sincere thanks to Prof. Elizabeth Kendall AM GAICD (Director, Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability), and to the Centre for Collaborative Educational Excellence, Griffith University, for their leadership and support of this work, including:

    Learning Design
    • Jenny Campagnolo and Renee Denham, Lead Learning and Teaching Designers

    Contributors
    • Rae Jobst, Learning & Teaching Designer
    • Mark Lawson, Learning Media Designer

    Co-designed with people with disability, Citizen Research Essentials reinforces a core principle we stand by: lived experience is expertise. Through the NDRP, 150 sponsored places are available.


    📣 Expressions of interest are now open

    🔗 Register or learn more:
    https://inclusivefutures.griffith.edu.au/citizen-researcher-essentials-a-short-course

    Project Lead and Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability Research Fellow at Griffith University, Dr Kelsey Chapman, stands at a podium addressing the audience during the launch event.Dr Kelsey Chapman



  • Queensland Disability Reforms: Working with the community

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    Queensland is shaping an inclusive future for people with disability through co-design and you can be involved and have your voice heard. Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN), in partnership with the Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety, is running the forums across Queensland as well as online.

    The Queensland Disability Reform Community Forums are now open for registration right across Queensland.

    Hear what people have said in earlier forums and how it is informing reform work. Everyone with an interest in or connection to disability is welcome to attend.

    For more information and to register for a forum please visit
    https://qdn.org.au/community-forums/

    Further details, including dates and locations, can be found here and have also included summary of locations below.

    Townsville Community Forum
    Date: Monday 19 May
    Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
    Location: Mercure Townsville - 166 Woolcock Street, Currajong QLD
    Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-forum-townsville

    Longreach Community Forum
    Date: Tuesday 20 May
    Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
    Location: Longreach Civic and Cultural Centre, 96a Eagle Street, Longreach Queensland 4730
    Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-forum-longreach

    Online Community Forum #1
    Date: Monday 26 May
    Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
    Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-forum-online-1

    Mt Isa Community Forum
    Date: Tuesday 27 May
    Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
    Location: Terrace Gardens Function Centre, 4 Duchess Rd, Mt Isa
    Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-forum-mt-isa

    Brisbane Community Forum
    Date: Tuesday 3 June
    Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
    Location: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, cnr Glenelg and Merivale Sts South Bank QLD
    Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-forum-brisbane

    Online Community Forum #2
    Date: Wednesday 4 June
    Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm
    Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-forum-online-2

    Hervey Bay Community Forum
    Date: Thursday 5 June
    Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
    Location: Hervey Bay Community Centre, 22 Charles Street, Pialba Queensland 4655
    Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-forum-hervey-bay

    Gympie Community Forum
    Date: Friday 6 June
    Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm
    Location: Gympie Community Place, 18 Excelsior Road, Gympie Queensland 4570
    Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-forum-gympie

    Sunshine Coast Community Forum
    Date: Friday 13 June
    Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
    Location: The Events Centre, 20 Minchinton Street, Caloundra Queensland 4551
    Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/community-forum-sunshine-coast


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  • Griffith Design Café is revolutionising access through co-design

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    Transforming Lives through Co-Design: Griffith University's Inclusive Futures initiative brings together a diverse alliance of designers, engineers, occupational therapists, and individuals with disability. The success of the Disability Design Café pilot project has led to the integration of its co-design blueprint into a course for design students. Our collaborative designs will soon be accessible to the public, promoting inclusivity and innovation. Join us in reimagining disability design and breaking barriers.

    Read the story in full on the Griffith News: https://news.griffith.edu.au/2023/11/28/griffith-design-cafe-is-revolutionising-access-through-co-design/

    Visit the Design Hub: https://inclusivefutures.griffith.edu.au/hub-page/design-hub

    Find out more or get involved, by emailing Matt McShane: m.mcshane@griffith.edu.au

    A montage of colour photos from the Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability Design Cafe Pilot program, with Photo 1 (top left) showing the guest speakers including Matt McShane, a wheelchair user, paralympian and program lead on the far right, Photo 2 (top right) attendees sitting in groups around a large table participating in co-design activities, Photo 3 (bottom) all attendees assembled outside Griffith University ADaPT building on the Gold Coast, all smiling together for a group photo.

    A montage of colour images from our Design Cafe Pilot held at Griffith University in the ADaPT building, Gold Coast. Image 1: Researcher Sam Canning notes down on butchers paper ideas devised by the group, 2: A participant shares his ideas for co-design, 3: The Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability Team Jo Kek-Pamenter, Maretta Mann, Bek Barker together with Design Cafe Lead Matt McShane, a Paralympic basketball and wheelchair user, 4: Participants sit at a table brainstorming ideas, 5: Matt McShane addresses the Design Cafe cohort, 6: Members of the ADaPT engineering team standing and smiling for the camera.