This collection of artwork by Professor John Gilroy tells the story of his main learnings from his life research with people with disability and the NDIS. Professor Gilroy has led large-scaled and small-scaled disability research projects all over the country, such as remote Central Australia, rural/remote QLD, and in the cities.

Title: I am Running in Circles and Trapped in a Maze

These research projects were conducted in partnership with Aboriginal health and medical services and disability service providers making Professor Gilroy the world’s leading Aboriginal disability researcher. A research career spanning over 20 years, this art roadshow is an exemplar of this research journey, telling the stories of hundreds of people with disability experience of the disability service system.

Title: The NDIS Planning Process is Soul and Wallet Sucking

John is a Yuin man from the NSW South Coast and is a professor of Indigenous health and disability, specialising primarily in disability studies. John has worked in disability and ageing research and community development with Aboriginal communities, government, and non-government stakeholders for most of his life. He is the first person to create Indigenous research methodologies in disability research. John is passionate about Aboriginal owned and driven research as means to influence policy. John has led many research projects in urban and rural/remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.