Damian Mellifont
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3560822 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Damian Mellifont |
| PRENOMES | Damian |
| SOBRENOME | Mellifont |
| ASSINATURA | MELLIFONT D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7920-4641 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Disability leadership and the future of inclusive disaster risk reduction
This study examines a peer leadership approach by a disability representative organisation in Australia, designed to enhance individualised support for members and improve systemic advocacy efforts. Our research objective was to explore the structure, roles, leadership qualities, and benefits of disability-led peer support groups as part of a broader participatory action research program examining disability leadership and its application in Disa…
Payment of Participants with Disability in Research
Payment of people participating in research is a common practice in research. Research ethics guidelines often require additional scrutiny of payment practices and research practices more generally for groups identified as vulnerable, including people with disability. However, the existing guidelines are vague, and often conflict, meaning that it is difficult for researchers to determine what is appropriate in relation to the payment of participa…
A framework for disability lived expertise
This article introduces a framework for disability lived expertise, aiming to address the undervaluing of contributions from people with disability in crucial sectors such as policy, services, rehabilitation, education and research. It distinguishes between disability lived experience, which is the personal and individual experience of disability, and 'lived expertise', which builds on personal experience through critical reflection and engagemen…
Disability lived experience and expertise
While the inclusion of 'disability lived experience' is increasingly advocated for in research, policy and practice, its conceptualisation and application present significant challenges. This article, a collaborative effort by 16 individuals with diverse disabilities and expertise, critically examines the limitations inherent in the current usage. We argue that prevailing interpretations of 'lived experience' presume subjectivity and over-emphasi…
Disability Employment Policy in Australia
Australians with disability experience an unemployment rate twice that of people without disability, with little positive change in 20 years. Policy interventions during this time have made little progress in closing this gap. Aiming to identify possible evidence‐based opportunities to improve this pressing policy issue, our research found that deficit‐based attitudes and low community awareness of disability act as discriminatory barriers across…
A rapid review informing an assessment tool to support the inclusion of lived experience researchers in disability research
Appreciating that progress is being made in terms of valuing researchers with lived experience in research about disability, far more efforts are nonetheless needed to redress ableism and to further advance inclusion. Addressing this policy issue, this rapid review aims to inform researchers with disability and their genuine allies about: a) scholarly discussions concerning the inclusion of researchers with lived experience of disability in lived…
Ableist ivory towers
Barriers to applying to the NDIS for Australians with psychosocial disability
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to support Australians living with disability. However, public data evidence the low number of people with psychosocial disability in the Scheme. One reason for these low numbers is that many people with psychosocial disability have still not applied to receive NDIS support. The aim of this review was to analyse and synthesise previously reported barriers preventing people with psychoso…
The employment of people with lived experience of disability in Australian disability services
In Australia there is a significant gap in employment rates between people with disability and those without. This is in the context of general gaps in the disability sector workforce, which has been the subject of recent policy concern. Our study critically investigates (a) data on the employment of people with disability in Australian disability services; (b) data on disability awareness training in disability services; (c) these results in the…
Facilitators and Inhibitors of Mental Discrimination in the Workplace
Discrimination can closely follow disclosure of neurodivergence in the workplace. This traditional review of the literature therefore aims to (a) critically explore factors that facilitate and inhibit mental discrimination in workplace environments, and (b) produce an evidence-based, anti-discrimination guide supporting neurodivergent employees. Applying content analysis to 64 scholarly articles retrieved from Scopus, ProQuest Central and PsycINF…
Last Bastion Nevermore! A Qualitative Exploration of the Australian Government’s Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan from the Perspective of Lessening Mental Stigma and Sanism in …
The need to advance mental health through greater levels of social and economic inclusion represents a pressing policy issue. Within Australia, this policy focus has been progressed at a national level. This exploratory study aims to critically investigate The Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan in terms of its potential to help reduce mental stigma and discrimination within Australian workplaces. Qualitative content analysis…
Non-disabled Space Invaders! A Study Critically Exploring the Scholarly Reporting of Research Attributes for Persons With and Without Disability
Social justice requires that the “nothing about us without us” disability inclusion mantra not be rejected or watered down in knowledge production activities. Appreciating the need for a greater representation of disability in these activities, this investigative study aims to (a) determine if there is a statistically significant difference in the median research attribute reporting scores between articles whose content refers to the term “resear…
The ableism elephant in the academy
The academy should be a welcoming environment for people with disability. Across Australia, however, there is a current shortage of programmes supporting people with disability to develop their careers as researchers. This article critically investigates current practice and experiences concerning universities and the employment and career development of people with disability as advised by the literature, and how this practice aligns with the li…
Laying or delaying the groundwork? A critical framing analysis of Australia’s National Disability Strategy from an implementation planning perspective
National disability strategy implementation is challenging. Competing needs and interests of government and different stakeholders mean that implementation is rarely straightforward. This study undertakes a critical framing analysis of publically available responses to the draft implementation plan for Australia’s National Disability Strategy (2010–2014) provided by five peak disability organisations. We seek to understand the frames that peak bo…
The ableism elephant in the academy
The academy should be a welcoming environment for people with disability. Across Australia, however, there is a current shortage of programmes supporting people with disability to develop their careers as researchers. This article critically investigates current practice and experiences concerning universities and the employment and career development of people with disability as advised by the literature, and how this practice aligns with the li…
Laying or delaying the groundwork? A critical framing analysis of Australia’s National Disability Strategy from an implementation planning perspective
National disability strategy implementation is challenging. Competing needs and interests of government and different stakeholders mean that implementation is rarely straightforward. This study undertakes a critical framing analysis of publically available responses to the draft implementation plan for Australia’s National Disability Strategy (2010–2014) provided by five peak disability organisations. We seek to understand the frames that peak bo…
The employment of people with lived experience of disability in Australian disability services
In Australia there is a significant gap in employment rates between people with disability and those without. This is in the context of general gaps in the disability sector workforce, which has been the subject of recent policy concern. Our study critically investigates (a) data on the employment of people with disability in Australian disability services; (b) data on disability awareness training in disability services; (c) these results in the…
Laying or delaying the groundwork? A critical framing analysis of Australia’s National Disability Strategy from an implementation planning perspective
National disability strategy implementation is challenging. Competing needs and interests of government and different stakeholders mean that implementation is rarely straightforward. This study undertakes a critical framing analysis of publically available responses to the draft implementation plan for Australia’s National Disability Strategy (2010–2014) provided by five peak disability organisations. We seek to understand the frames that peak bo…
The ableism elephant in the academy
The academy should be a welcoming environment for people with disability. Across Australia, however, there is a current shortage of programmes supporting people with disability to develop their careers as researchers. This article critically investigates current practice and experiences concerning universities and the employment and career development of people with disability as advised by the literature, and how this practice aligns with the li…
Last Bastion Nevermore! A Qualitative Exploration of the Australian Government’s Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan from the Perspective of Lessening Mental Stigma and Sanism in …
The need to advance mental health through greater levels of social and economic inclusion represents a pressing policy issue. Within Australia, this policy focus has been progressed at a national level. This exploratory study aims to critically investigate The Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan in terms of its potential to help reduce mental stigma and discrimination within Australian workplaces. Qualitative content analysis…
Non-disabled Space Invaders! A Study Critically Exploring the Scholarly Reporting of Research Attributes for Persons With and Without Disability
Social justice requires that the “nothing about us without us” disability inclusion mantra not be rejected or watered down in knowledge production activities. Appreciating the need for a greater representation of disability in these activities, this investigative study aims to (a) determine if there is a statistically significant difference in the median research attribute reporting scores between articles whose content refers to the term “resear…
Facilitators and Inhibitors of Mental Discrimination in the Workplace
Discrimination can closely follow disclosure of neurodivergence in the workplace. This traditional review of the literature therefore aims to (a) critically explore factors that facilitate and inhibit mental discrimination in workplace environments, and (b) produce an evidence-based, anti-discrimination guide supporting neurodivergent employees. Applying content analysis to 64 scholarly articles retrieved from Scopus, ProQuest Central and PsycINF…
A rapid review informing an assessment tool to support the inclusion of lived experience researchers in disability research
Appreciating that progress is being made in terms of valuing researchers with lived experience in research about disability, far more efforts are nonetheless needed to redress ableism and to further advance inclusion. Addressing this policy issue, this rapid review aims to inform researchers with disability and their genuine allies about: a) scholarly discussions concerning the inclusion of researchers with lived experience of disability in lived…
Ableist ivory towers
Barriers to applying to the NDIS for Australians with psychosocial disability
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to support Australians living with disability. However, public data evidence the low number of people with psychosocial disability in the Scheme. One reason for these low numbers is that many people with psychosocial disability have still not applied to receive NDIS support. The aim of this review was to analyse and synthesise previously reported barriers preventing people with psychoso…
The employment of people with lived experience of disability in Australian disability services
In Australia there is a significant gap in employment rates between people with disability and those without. This is in the context of general gaps in the disability sector workforce, which has been the subject of recent policy concern. Our study critically investigates (a) data on the employment of people with disability in Australian disability services; (b) data on disability awareness training in disability services; (c) these results in the…
Payment of Participants with Disability in Research
Payment of people participating in research is a common practice in research. Research ethics guidelines often require additional scrutiny of payment practices and research practices more generally for groups identified as vulnerable, including people with disability. However, the existing guidelines are vague, and often conflict, meaning that it is difficult for researchers to determine what is appropriate in relation to the payment of participa…
A framework for disability lived expertise
This article introduces a framework for disability lived expertise, aiming to address the undervaluing of contributions from people with disability in crucial sectors such as policy, services, rehabilitation, education and research. It distinguishes between disability lived experience, which is the personal and individual experience of disability, and 'lived expertise', which builds on personal experience through critical reflection and engagemen…
Disability lived experience and expertise
While the inclusion of 'disability lived experience' is increasingly advocated for in research, policy and practice, its conceptualisation and application present significant challenges. This article, a collaborative effort by 16 individuals with diverse disabilities and expertise, critically examines the limitations inherent in the current usage. We argue that prevailing interpretations of 'lived experience' presume subjectivity and over-emphasi…
Disability Employment Policy in Australia
Australians with disability experience an unemployment rate twice that of people without disability, with little positive change in 20 years. Policy interventions during this time have made little progress in closing this gap. Aiming to identify possible evidence‐based opportunities to improve this pressing policy issue, our research found that deficit‐based attitudes and low community awareness of disability act as discriminatory barriers across…
Disability leadership and the future of inclusive disaster risk reduction
This study examines a peer leadership approach by a disability representative organisation in Australia, designed to enhance individualised support for members and improve systemic advocacy efforts. Our research objective was to explore the structure, roles, leadership qualities, and benefits of disability-led peer support groups as part of a broader participatory action research program examining disability leadership and its application in Disa…
Psychology (10 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (6 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · Inclusion (mineral (5 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (5 obras) · Disability Education and Employment (4 obras) · Psychiatry (4 obras)