Nous boasts some of the leading thinkers on disability reform in Australia
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In 2021, Nous Principal Claire McCullagh and former Principal Mhairi Cowden co-edited The National Disability Insurance Scheme: An Australian Public Policy Experiment. Written outside of Nous and published by Palgrave Macmillan, the book has become a cornerstone text for scholars and public policy professionals wishing to understand the NDIS, how it was designed, and lessons learned through its introduction and roll-out. With a deep commitment to lived experience principles, it highlights people with disability through a collection of personal stories from participants in the NDIS and their families.
Claire McCullagh
The National Disability Insurance Scheme: An Australian Public Policy Experiment.
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“This book deals with the development of a critical piece of social infrastructure for Australians with disabilities and our families, probably as critical as the Australian universal health care system. It is a thorough and rigorous examination of the scheme’s formation and development, including a range of different academic voices.”
Graeme Innes AM
Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner, 2005–14
