The importance of gender and socio-economic disadvantage for the mental health of people living with disabilities. The twenty per cent of Australians reporting a disability are more likely to live in disadvantaged circumstances such as inadequate housing, unemployment, and lower levels of education all of which may contribute to poor mental health. Yet there has not been research on the mental health of people with disabilities. This means that disability services and advocacy groups, which deal ....The importance of gender and socio-economic disadvantage for the mental health of people living with disabilities. The twenty per cent of Australians reporting a disability are more likely to live in disadvantaged circumstances such as inadequate housing, unemployment, and lower levels of education all of which may contribute to poor mental health. Yet there has not been research on the mental health of people with disabilities. This means that disability services and advocacy groups, which deal daily with the lived experiences of disadvantage and poor mental health in people with disabilities, do not have evidence to support policy and service sector reform. This project will provide this critical evidence as well as build research capacity in disability-related research and lead to better monitoring of disability-related health inequities.Read moreRead less
Discriminatory acts and young adults with disabilities in public places. Young Australians with disabilities face pervasive disadvantages and institutional discrimination in many areas of life excluding them from social and economic participation. This project builds on this knowledge to investigate the inter-personal discrimination young people with disabilities experience in public and the impact of this discrimination on their social, economic, cultural and emotional lives. The potential outc ....Discriminatory acts and young adults with disabilities in public places. Young Australians with disabilities face pervasive disadvantages and institutional discrimination in many areas of life excluding them from social and economic participation. This project builds on this knowledge to investigate the inter-personal discrimination young people with disabilities experience in public and the impact of this discrimination on their social, economic, cultural and emotional lives. The potential outcome of this project will be a better understanding of the range and impact of actions and behaviours that young people with disabilities experience as discriminatory, violent or unsafe in public in Australia today.Read moreRead less
Recovery and wellbeing following stroke in Southeast Asia: ethnicity, affordances and the impact of community level factors. Globally, stroke is a significant contributor to burden of disease and, in developing countries, is a leading cause of death. Little has been documented about how patients in these contexts ‘do’ in terms of wellbeing, quality of life, and physical and psychosocial functioning after stroke. Recovery is assumed to follow a predictable trajectory, determined by stroke severit ....Recovery and wellbeing following stroke in Southeast Asia: ethnicity, affordances and the impact of community level factors. Globally, stroke is a significant contributor to burden of disease and, in developing countries, is a leading cause of death. Little has been documented about how patients in these contexts ‘do’ in terms of wellbeing, quality of life, and physical and psychosocial functioning after stroke. Recovery is assumed to follow a predictable trajectory, determined by stroke severity, type and location. This does not take into account contextual factors, which profoundly shape how people adapt following, recover from and live with a catastrophic illness. This ethnographic research elucidates the ways in which contextual affordances (perceived opportunities that can shape action) shape recovery and quality of life following stroke.Read moreRead less