Guiding principles

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These principles draw on the human rights framework articulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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NDRP is committed to research which recognises the whole life experience and contexts in which people are born, grow, live, work, age and die, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of their daily life. We recognise and acknowledge that people with disability come from many different backgrounds and communities and represent the rich diversity of human experiences and perspectives.

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The NDRP also acknowledges that some people with disability face barriers in communicating their goals and aspirations and making decisions. This may include people with cognitive disability, young children, or others with episodic disability such as mental illness. In these circumstances the NDRP acknowledges the role that family, caregivers, allies or supporters may play in supporting decision making and facilitating expression of preference and will.

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The NDRP also acknowledges that many people with disability identify with multiple marginalised groups and may experience intersectional disadvantage because of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual preference, age and location. When people with disability experience intersectional disadvantage there are even fewer opportunities to access to services, ordinary community activities, decision making or political and economic participation.

 

NDRP principles:

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Deliver high quality, collaborative research

• Become a world-leading driver of disability research that builds an evidence base

• Advance disability research in Australia by delivering on the national disability research agenda

• Draw on expertise across Australia through collaborative research teams

• Australian policy to be informed by research and evidence 

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Recognise the knowledge of people with disability in research

• Inclusive research done by and with people with disability who hold genuine decision-making power

• Genuine, paid for, co-design with people with disability 

• Research that addresses the priorities of people with disability

• Research that specifically addresses people with disability who:
  o    require support to express their will and preference, and to implement their decisions 
  o    experience intersectional disadvantage

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Value all forms of knowledge 

• Recognise and value the knowledge that people with disability contribute to research based on their lived experience

• Respect for different sources and forms of knowledge

• Make knowledge accessible to the community in a range of formats 

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Build research capacity

• Build effective, system-wide disability research capacity

• Create career pathways and targeted support for researchers with disability 

• Build capacity of the disability sector to create and use knowledge