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The Melbourne Disability Institute is building a collaborative and inclusive interdisciplinary disability research agenda at the University of Melbourne.

Melbourne, Victoria
Joined March 2018
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Melbourne Disability Institute
7 months
Better late than never (or so they say!) MDI has joined LinkedIn and Facebook :) Come find us and say hello! See you over there!
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Melbourne Disability Institute
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RT @nceidh: Our 2025 Innovation Seed Funding Grants are now open! Find out more and apply at We are looking for pro….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
6 months
RT @nceidh: If you are an experienced community engagement processional with experience working with people with disability and a passion f….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
6 months
RT @nceidh: Fantastic new opportunity at the Centre - please share @CIDvoice @DownSyndromeAu @FPDNAus @QDNltd @….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
Congrats @_Yi_Yang and @gdisney_melb on your piece in @ConversationEDU This important research highlights the need for concerted, coordinated action across metropolitan, regional and rural Australia to prevent more unnecessary deaths.
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
RT @nceidh: Applications to the @nhmrc 2024 Improving Health Outcomes of People with Intellectual Disability Grant Opportunity are open unt….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
RT @gdisney_melb: - Poverty, poor housing and discrimination lead to these diseases, and these are the conditions that people with disabili….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
📢Very important new research from @unimelb's Dr @_yi_yang, Peter Summers, @ZoeAitken11 @Kavanagh_AM @gdisney_melb looking at mortality inequalities between people with and without disability. Targeted interventions and policy reforms are needed now.
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
RT @PowerToPersuade: Access regulation – Radical antitheses: on #IDPWD2024@raelene_west⁩ ⁦@mdi_unimelb⁩ points out that much of the built….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
RT @NossalInstitute: #PeopleWithDisabilities face disadvantage & inequity. With the help of our experts we reflect on the challenges and op….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
This week, we’re excited to join in various events & conversations to mark @idpwd. We invite you to join in the activities happening around the @unimelb campus and check out some of the disability research projects with big impact available on Pursuit.
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
Few tickets left!! Join us tomorrow for an engaging discussion at the Ableist Cities Symposium, supported by the @unimelb Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. This free one-day event will explore solutions required for inclusive development.
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
RT @nceidh: We will have Innovation Seed Funding Grants available in the new year. The grants are for health and disability organisations t….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
RT @NossalInstitute: Ableism is a barrier to health systems responsiveness to #PeopleWithDisabilities. #ProfSumitKane & #DrThiVinhNguyen pr….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
RT @nceidh: We are looking for a Lived Experience Inclusion Advisors to join our team. We have made an Easy Read job description. Go to ht….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
RT @inclusionoz: You might have heard about Foundational Supports for people with disability. These are specific supports available outside….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
8 months
RT @nceidh: Join us for a webinar to learn how GeneEQUAL builds more inclusive and respectful health care and education. Find out more and….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
9 months
RT @3DN_UNSW: We have started a new project about the health inequalities experienced by people with intellectual disability. People with i….
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Melbourne Disability Institute
9 months
📢The team working on the Review of Best Practice in Early Childhood Intervention is holding an info session to provide an update on what they've heard from families & to talk about what's next. If you have questions or want to find out more, register!
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Melbourne Disability Institute
9 months
Although there are ~4.4 million people in Australia with a disability, seeing people with disability on tv and in film still seems rare. The Disability Dialogue is hosting a free discussion about how disability shows up – or doesn’t – on the big screen.
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