Experiences of Families with Children with Disabilities in China. The project contributes to safeguarding Australia by understanding our region through the opportunity to demonstrate Australia's engagement in research to benefit China, with which it is establishing strong links in social, economic and cultural interests. Research expertise about Australia's child disability policies is relevant to China's social policy development. It contributes to national understanding of East Asian child dis ....Experiences of Families with Children with Disabilities in China. The project contributes to safeguarding Australia by understanding our region through the opportunity to demonstrate Australia's engagement in research to benefit China, with which it is establishing strong links in social, economic and cultural interests. Research expertise about Australia's child disability policies is relevant to China's social policy development. It contributes to national understanding of East Asian child disability policies, including partnership approaches to social support between government, nongovernment and communities, also developing in Australia. The project strengthens connections between Australian researchers and policy-makers, Plan International (China and Australia) and China Disabled Persons Federation.Read moreRead less
(Dis)abling Reports: Mapping uptake, progress and outcomes of police reports of sexual assault made by those with cognitive impairment. This project examines reporting outcomes of police reports of sexual assault by people with a cognitive impairment. This group are more vulnerable to sexual offences yet less likely to have the report progress completely through the investigative pathways of the police. There exist no studies identifying the decision making police use when determining the progr ....(Dis)abling Reports: Mapping uptake, progress and outcomes of police reports of sexual assault made by those with cognitive impairment. This project examines reporting outcomes of police reports of sexual assault by people with a cognitive impairment. This group are more vulnerable to sexual offences yet less likely to have the report progress completely through the investigative pathways of the police. There exist no studies identifying the decision making police use when determining the progress of reports. Decisions as to whether a report proceeds or exits the justice system are documented and contained in a restricted police data system. Analysing this data will generate a framework around the decision making applied and map the progress and exit stages of these reports.Read moreRead less