Disability Support at Australian Disability Network

Australian Network on Disability is a national member-based, for-purpose organisation. We empower our network of member organisations to be disability confident by providing expertise, tools, knowledge, and  resources to welcome and include employees and customers with  disability into their organisation. 

Our purpose is to build employer capability and be the  employer voice to government, industry,  and community to achieve the inclusion of  people with disability. 

We’re constantly coming up with new and innovative ways to increase diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We work closely with businesses and government on projects that shape the future of access and inclusion in Australia.

Australian Disability Network has come a long way in the two decades since it was incorporated. The group’s first objective was to create 500 jobs for people with disability, something considered a stretch at the time.  Australian Disability Network now has over 440 member organisations that together employ over 2 million Australians.

Our Stepping Into Internship and PACE Mentoring programs continued to attract strong demand with 21% of our members hosting an intern with disability, 313 internships completed and 361 PACE mentoring matches with a jobseeker with disability. We were thrilled that 100% of members reported that they felt confident in managing and supporting an employee with disability after taking part in our award-winning Stepping Into program.