NDA Conference 2018 - Achieving Better Outcomes for Persons with a Disability

Achieving Better Outcomes for Persons with a Disability: using data as a tool to guide policy and practice.

The National Disability Authority’s Annual Conference 2018 was an opportunity to share valuable Irish and international experience in successfully transferring the knowledge gained via modern data analysis methods to the informing and implementation of practical policies that benefit persons with disabilities.

The presentations are available below.  If you require the content of the presentations in an accessible format please send an email to nda@nda.ie with “Conference 2018 Presentations” in the subject line.

Presentations

• The role of IGEES in bringing data analysis together across Government

Jasmina Behan/Chris Boyle

Irish Government Economic & Evaluation Service, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

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• An Indicator Set for Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures

Dr. Claire Finn, Head of Research & Evaluation/Nicola Tickner, Statistician

Department of Children & Youth Affairs

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• Data sources on disability

Eoin Whelan, Social Policy Analysis

Central Statistics Office

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• Assistive Technology: Norwegian experience

Ola Nyland

Department for Assistive Technology, Norway

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• Targeting Frailty to Prevent Disability: Insights from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

Dr. Aisling O'Halloran, Senior Research Fellow with TILDA

Trinity College

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• The development of the Danish Gold Indictors and how they have been used to promote the rights set out in the UNCRPD

Nikolaj Nielsen, Team Leader Disability

Danish Institute for Human Rights

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