I am a person with disability – How can I get involved?

You can use the information and consent form to decide if you want to get involved. Consent means agreeing to get involved.

There are 2 ways you can get involved:

1. Use the ‘Share your experience’ online form

   • you can do this at a time that suits you
   • you can take the time you need to complete the form
   • you can submit text, audio, video or images
   • you won’t receive a payment for doing this.

   Complete the ‘Share your experience’ online form here.

   More information about the questions in the online form is in these documents:

   • Easy Read ‘Share your experience’ Guide (PDF)
   • Text-only ‘Share your experience’ Guide (Word)

2. Take part in a group interview

   • this will be online for about 2 hours at a set time
   • you can bring a support person with you
   • we can also provide supports such as an Auslan interpreter
   • we will provide a $145 pre-paid credit card for your time.

Find out more about having your time and work recognised in Fact Sheet 4 of the ‘Toolkit for engaging people with disability in evaluation’.

To let us know you are interested please use the registration form for group interviews.

We need up to 270 people to take part in the group interviews.

• If lots of people tell us that they want to take part in a group interview, we will choose people from different states and territories.
• If you can’t take part in a group interview, you can still use the ‘Share your experience’ online form.

Adjustments and supports for focus groups

We can support different communication needs in consultations, and arrange accommodations so you can take part in a way that works for you.

This may include:

• Auslan interprers
• Captioning or live transcription
• plain English or Easy Read information
• support to use communication devices
• support to take part online, by phone, or with a support person.

Support for people with disability making a submission

You can ask an organisation to support you and others to complete the ‘Share your experience’ online form together. We can pay the organisation for up to 2 hours of their time to support a group of people to complete the form.

For more information, visit our page for disabled people’s organisations, disability representative organisations or advocacy organisations.

Other consultations

We will have targeted consultations with people with disability and family members from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse communities and people with specific communication needs.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are welcome in all consultations. Our project partner Keogh Bay will also lead face to face consultations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in:

• Inner-city Sydney and western Sydney (NSW)
• Perth (WA)
• Wheatbelt (WA)
• Alice Springs (NT)
• Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) lands (SA)
• Hobart and surrounding areas (TAS)
• Launceston and surrounding areas (TAS)
• Logan (QLD)

Contact us at [email protected] or 0483 699 258 if you would like to be part of Keogh Bay’s consultation.

Culturally and linguistically diverse communities

People from culturally and linguistically diverse communities are welcome in all consultations. Our project partner Ethnolink will lead in-language online focus groups with people with disability who speak:

• Italian
• Arabic
• Greek
• Mandarin
• Vietnamese
• Cantonese
• Spanish
• Assyrian
• Nepali
• Dari

You can register your interest to take part in an in-language group.

Communication needs

We are also working with other organisations to host group interviews for people with specific communication needs.

What if I need support?

Some people may find talking about their experiences or hearing about other’s experiences upsetting or distressing.

There are also places you can make a complaint about service or report abuse.

You can find a range of information and support services on our website.