Disability inclusive evaluation Karen Fisher, Sally Robinson, Rosemary Kayess, Patricia O'Brien, Robert Strike, Carolyn Campbell-McLean, Minerva Rivas, Aine Healy, Fiona McKenzie Australasian Evaluation Society Conference, Sydney, 1 Sept 2011

Outline Introduction – why inclusive evaluation Information stalls – what is inclusive evaluation and research Contributing to theory and practice – how can we do it better Disability evaluation special interest group Contacts

What do we mean by ‘inclusive’ evaluation? Evaluation methodologies, strategies, tools which include people with disability in partnership – where they have a meaningful role in determining:  The way evaluations are structured/developed  The methods which underpin evaluations  The people who are included (and excluded) from consultation and engagement, and how they are engaged  How data is analysed, and who analyses it  What happens with evaluation data and reports

Why disability inclusive evaluation?  Value of lived experience  Access to participants and to information  Quality and range of information  Accessible information  Opening up research and evaluation to more people  Changing perspectives – the service sector; policy makers; lives lived  Proving you can do it

Information stalls – inclusive practice Move as a group around 4 information stalls stopping for up to 10 minutes to discuss ways of using inclusive evaluation and research skills  Evaluation of the Attendant Care project – Carolyn Campbell McLean & Karen Fisher  Privileging the role of people with disability in evaluations of private residential services reform – Sally Robinson  The involvement of people with disabilities as evaluators of residential care: A European perspective – Patricia O’Brien & Minerva Rivas  Leadership in policy by people with intellectual disability – Fiona McKenzie & Aine Healy

How can we do inclusive evaluation better? Background context and development activities  National Disability Agenda principle on inclusive practice  Workshop at Centre for Disability Studies March 2011  Walking the talk, Australian Social Policy Conference, July 2011  Disability Studies Conference Australia June 2012  Disability inclusive research theory workshop and papers 2012

How can we do inclusive evaluation better? What needs to change  Views from the information stalls  Questions and challenges of inclusive evaluation How can we improve inclusive practice  What can you do next  What support do you need Implications for policy and practice  What strategies do we need to improve Australian practice AES disability special interest group?  Interest in coordinating information about good practice

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