People with intellectual disability experience poorer health outcomes than the wider community and often face barriers when accessing healthcare.
Through the Driving Change project, VALID asked people with intellectual disability, families, carers and health professionals one important question:
What can the Victorian Government do to make health better?
The answers have shaped a series of recommendations to improve healthcare for people with intellectual disability in Victoria. By bringing together the voices of people with lived experience, Driving Change aims to help create a fairer, more inclusive and accessible health system.
Explore the Easy Read reports and the full report below.
Easy Read reports
- About Driving Change
- Recommendation 1 – Train hospital staff about disability
- Recommendation 2 – Set up outpatient clinics
- Recommendation 3 – Hire more Disability Liaison Officers
- More ideas for better health
Full Report
Read the full report shared with the Victorian Government and other decision-makers.
Project funding
Driving Change was funded by the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health. The project concluded in June 2026.