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The principal authors of the User Guide were Ros Madden, Samantha Bricknell, Catherine Sykes and Louise York.
Contributors to Section 10:
Louise York, Chrysanthe Psychogios and Ros Madden (Section 10.1)
Jemma Skeat, Alison Perry, Carolyn Unsworth, Meg Morris, Stephen Duckett, Karen Dodd and Nicholas Taylor (Section 10.2)
Sean Tweedy (Section 10.3)
John Walsh (Section 10.4)
Linda Worrall (Section 10.5)
Helen Leonard and Seonaid Leonard (Section 10.6)
Trevor Parmenter, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Jeff Chan and Vivienne Riches (Section 10.7)
Peteris Darzins (Section 10.8)
Gary Slade and Anne Sanders (Section 10.9).
The authors of the User Guide wish to extend their gratitude to the following:
Richard Madden, Director of AIHW and Head of the Australian WHO Collaborating Centre for WHO-FIC
Bedirhan Ustun and his team at WHO
Many colleagues in WHO Collaborating Centres around the world
Members of the Disability Data Reference and Advisory Group (DDRAG): 1996-2000, whose objectives were:
To promote the consistency, quality and relevance
of disability data
definitions and collections in Australia at both state and Commonwealth
levels
To promote the effectiveness of Australia's participation in the revision of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH), and to ensure, as far as possible, that Australian views shape the revision such that the ICIDH becomes a useful and accepted tool in the Australian context.
DDRAG members over this period were:
National Caucus of Disability Consumer Organisations Maureen McGrotty, Dianne Temby, Mark Pattison, Gerry Brophy ACROD Helen McAuley FECCA Khim Win May National Ethnic Disability Alliance Ian Hetherington, Lou-Ann Lind Carers Australia Irene Gibbons, Linda Hanson Expert in Indigenous disability Esther Illin Australian Bureau of Statistics Jennie Widowson, Elvie Yates, Carolyn Brown, Elisabeth Davis, Ken Black Department of Family and Community Services Trevor Hughes, Rob Van Dyk, Myee Michael, Carl Princehorn, Suzan Woodward Department of Health and Aged Care Wilawan Kanjanapan Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs/Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs David Goodbody, Jay Potterton, Michael Agostino, Diane Peacock Centrelink Otik Uhlik, Kerrie Cummins Department of Employment, Workplace Relations, and Small Business Jan Arthur, Nieamh Chestnutt HSH Angela Hewson Disability Services Sub-Committee/National Disability Administrators Karl Mortimer, Sharyn Campbell, Alan Dernee, Glenn Foard, David Caudrey Expert Maree Dyson Expert John Walsh Expert John Taplin Expert Lyn McKenzie Expert Billy Jolley AIHW Chair Ching Choi AIHW Secretariat Catherine Sykes, Ros Madden, Tracie Hogan
the consistency, quality and relevance of disability data definitions;
the consistency, quality and relevance of disability data collections in government, non-government and corporate sectors;
the effectiveness of Australia's implementation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), so that the ICF becomes the accepted standard classification in Australian human services, including disability, health, housing and community services fields.
ACAIDD members were/are:
Australian Federation of Disability Consumers Maureen McGrotty, Gerry Brophy Carers Australia Alice-Anne Macnaught ACROD Sean Regan National Ethnic Disability Alliance Sandy Santmyers Australian Bureau of Statistics Alan Mackay, Joanne Hillerman, Ken Black Department of Family and Community Services Janet Pitman Centrelink Peter Fisher, Otik Uhlik, Gail Gardener Department of Health and Ageing Gary Sutton National Indigenous Disability Network Esther Illin National Disability Administrators Glenn Foard, Julian Cornelius Expert (ACAIDD Chair) Trevor Parmenter Expert Maree Dyson Expert John Walsh Expert Lisa McGlynn AIHW (ACAIDD Deputy Chair) Diane Gibson, Ching Choi AIHW Trish Ryan, Catherine Sykes AIHW (ACAIDD Secretariat) Ros Madden, Samantha Bricknell
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