Development Agenda. Expert advice is provided to the Disability Policy and Research Working Group by the National Disability Research and Development Steering Committee, which includes representatives from government, academia, service providers and the community. This Agenda has been developed following extensive engagement with a wide of stakeholders. Consultation processes were held across the nation during August and September 2010. Each State and Territory government (except the Northern Territory) invited representatives of people with disability, academics, service providers, peak organisations and government agencies, to a where discussion was “roundtable” facilitated and opinions sought on disability research principles, directions and priorities. A total of 180 people participated in the local roundtables. Participants of the State and Territory events were then selected to attend a national roundtable held on 9 December 2010. Fifty-seven people attended the national event which built on the local roundtable discussions by refining and further identifying the components of a research and development agenda. Detailed input was also obtained through two questionnaires distributed prior to and following the national roundtable. Finally, feedback was sought from roundtable participants and a range of stakeholders on a draft version and incorporated into this final
Development Agenda. Expert advice is provided to the Disability Policy and Research Working Group by the National Disability Research and Development Steering Committee, which includes representatives from government, academia, service providers and the community. This Agenda has been developed following extensive engagement with a wide of stakeholders. Consultation processes were held across the nation during August and September 2010. Each State and Territory government (except the Northern Territory) invited representatives of people with disability, academics, service providers, peak organisations and government agencies, to a “roundtable” where discussion was facilitated and opinions sought on disability research principles, directions and priorities. A total of 180 people participated in the local roundtables. Participants of the State and Territory events were then selected to attend a national roundtable held on 9 December 2010. Fifty-seven people attended the national event which built on the local roundtable discussions by refining and further identifying the components of a research and development agenda. Detailed input was also obtained through two questionnaires distributed prior to and following the national roundtable. Finally, feedback was sought from roundtable participants and a range of stakeholders on a draft version and incorporated into this final
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