'Nothing About Us Without Us': exploring benefits and challenges of peer support for people with disability in peer support organisations - protocol paper for a qualitative coproduction project.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

One in six people live with disability in Australia with higher levels of disability of people from diverse communities, such as those with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. In Australia, CALD refers to people from diverse ethnicity and cultures, nationalities, societal structures and religions that may or may not speak a language other than English. This study employs researchers with lived experience of disability and peer support to study the impact of peer support for people with disability, including people from CALD backgrounds, in two peer-led organisations in New South Wales (NSW) Australia.

Methods and analysis

This study uses participatory action research and inclusive research design with researchers with lived experience, havi

SUBMITTER: Duong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10882202 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature