The Centre is working to strengthen research that improves healthcare for people with intellectual disability.
Research is essential to understanding health needs, finding what works, and creating better systems and services.
We want to improve research by:
- getting more people with intellectual disability involved in research in universities
- making ethics processes more open and fairer
- making sure there is appropriate funding and time for research to be inclusive of people with intellectual disability
- improving how research, universities, health and disability sectors work together
- better systems for using data across health and disability.
Our Strategy to Strengthen Research is guided by the principles of the National Disability Research Partnership.
Our better research and data work
An Audit of Intellectual Disability Health Research Funding in Australia
This audit provides a comprehensive overview of intellectual disability health research funding in Australia between 2019 and 2024.
What's Important to Us in Health Research? Establishing National Health Research Priorities Through a Co-Design Process
This report presents a brand-new way of doing health research in Australia.
A Framework for Translating Health Research into Meaningful Benefits for People with Intellectual Disability
A framework for translational health research for and with people with intellectual disability.
First Nations and Intellectual Disability Inclusive Research Report: Lessons Learned
This report explores what was understood by culturally safe and inclusive research and provides learning to support the development of culturally safe, inclusive research training.
Better research and data projects
