Disability in rural Australia

This report investigates the lived experiences of Aboriginal people with disabilities living in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia, covered by the local government shires of Broome and Derby–West Kimberley. The major population centres in the West Kimberley are the towns of Broome, Derby and Fitzroy Crossing.

Output(s)

'Hard yakka': living with a disability in the West Kimberley

Type

Final report

Authors

Soldatic, Karen, Spurway, Kim, Meekosha, Helen

Publisher

University of New South Wales

Publication date

Not listed.

Rights notice

Photos: © Karen Soldatic, 2014

File

view.pdf

Link

https://researchdirect.westernsydney.edu.au/islandora/object/uws%3A36866#:~:tex…

Project information

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Community / Language group(s)

Project contact(s)

Dr Karen Soldatic

k.soldatic@westernsydney.edu.au

Researcher(s)

Dr Karen Soldatic
Dr Kim Spurway
Associate Professor Helen Meekosha

Supporting partner(s)

Complete

Yes

Start date

2011

End date2017

Topic(s)

Closing the Gap focus

Funder(s)

Organisation(s)

Indigenous involvement

Indigenous involvement notes

This report focuses on the in-depth qualitative interviews conducted with Aboriginal people with disabilities residing in the West Kimberley...The interview incorporated into this report are from the three major towns in the region: Broome, Derby and Fitzroy Crossing. While most of the adult participants self-identified as having a disability and of being of Aboriginal descent, some participants were parents of a child (including adult children) with a disability who were actively involved in the day-to-day provision of support and/or care.

Disability in rural Australia

Output(s)

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