Our work

QDN’s activities, programs, and projects bring together Queenslanders with disability to forge relationships, build knowledge, lead change, and influence policy to build a more inclusive Queensland. We work with different parts of the community to achieve our goals.

Systemic advocacy is at the heart of our work. We focus on the issues that are important to people with disability and work together to drive policy and systems change.

We lead work and collaborate with organisations and universities on projects that are important to our members and connect to our vision and mission.

Peer support

QDN Emerging Leaders Program

QDN’s Emerging Leaders program is dedicated to fostering the leadership skills of people with disability, empowering them to lead and influence positive change in their lives and communities.

Peer Support Groups

We believe leadership by and for people with disability should be transformational. We acknowledge the importance and the power of Peer Leadership in making change happen by people with disability, for people with disability.

Peer Leadership

Projects

Empower Project

As part of hosting the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Queensland Government has committed to engaging another 110,000 people with a disability in sport by 2032. The Empower project will play an important role in this.

All Abilities JobMatch Project

The All Abilities JobMatch Project is providing opportunities for community services organisations to confidently recruit, support and retain people with disability at all levels.

Inclusion Matters

Join us at QDN’s Inclusion Matters Forum to explore how inclusive communities are built, lived, and strengthened – by everyone. Inclusion Matters forums, hosted by local QDN Peer Leaders showcase what real inclusion looks like across the seven outcome areas of Australia’s Disability Strategy.

Bright Sparks

The Bright Sparks project is back for 2025 with new opportunities to support people with disability. This initiative focuses on empowering people with disability to become confident energy consumers.

QDeNgage

We work with organisations to help make services, products and workplaces more accessible and inclusive for everyone. Many businesses and government entities want to know how to be more inclusive of customers and employees with disability so they can deliver quality, accessible services and products.

QDeNgage connects organisations with specialist consultants who bring professional expertise and lived experience of disability to provide practical business solutions. Our consultants are QDN members who are engaged by organisations to develop strategies and implement plans to create a culture of inclusivity.

Our services include:

Disability inclusion reviews
Customer consultation and focus groups
Product and experience testing
Disability Awareness and Inclusion Training
Policy development
Disability action plans
Service design.

If you are interested in making your organisation more accessible and inclusive, or you’d like to bring your experience to our team of consultants, get in touch to find out more.

Services for Organisations

Specialist expertise to evaluate, plan, design, and deliver accessibility and inclusion.

Become a QDeNgage Consultant

We are looking for Queenslanders with a disability to join our team of consultants.

Frequently asked questions

Questions and answers to frequently asked questions.

Resources

All resources and videos.

Looking for a past project?

We have been focussed on disability rights and advocacy for more than 25 years.

As a vibrant group of influencers, decision-makers, spokespeople, consultants, group members and peer leaders, we are focussed on making change happen and we have worked on a wide range of projects over this time.

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