The National Disability Data Asset Council is a group of people who make sure the Data Asset in being used in the right way.

In this document, we call this group the Council.

The Council held a meeting on 30 July 2024.

During this meeting, the Council talked about disability indicators.

Disability indicators are types of information about disability in the Data Asset.

For example:

• how many people have a disability
• what disabilities people have.

The Council talked about the advice they heard from experts about disability indicators.

They also talked about advice from the Disability Indicators Panel.

A panel is a group of people that talk about important ideas.

The Disability Indicators Panel:

• includes people with disability
• gives advice about disability indicators.

The first disability indicators the Council looked at were about people with disability who receive government payments or services.

The Council agreed for these disability indicators to be part of the Data Asset.

The Council also agreed that the Data Asset will need to include other people with disability in the future.

The Council talked about creating accessible information that will:

• explain the disability indicators
• be on the Data Asset website.

When information is accessible, it is easy to:

• find and use
• understand.

They talked about how the information will be available in:

• Easy Read
• Auslan.

The Council will hold their next meeting in August 2024.

At this meeting, the Council will talk about:

• ways the community can have their say on the Data Asset

• how researchers will need to share their research with the community.