About the National Disability Data Asset

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The National Disability Data Asset brings together data about all Australians.

In this document, we call it ‘the Data Asset’.

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When we talk about data, we mean:

  • facts
  • information
  • records.

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The Data Asset brings together data that has already been collected.

This means it doesn’t collect data.

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The data won’t include personal information, like names.

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We won’t use the data to decide if a person can get government supports.

For example, NDIS.

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It will show information about programs and services that people use.

For example:

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  • community supports

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  • education

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  • health care services.

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Researchers will be able to compare information about people with disability to people without disability.

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This research helps us find out what needs to work better for people with disability.

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This research will help us better support:

  • people with disability
  • their families and carers.