This panel highlighted the need for an increased focus on mental health and psychosocial disability within the disability-inclusive development agenda, and provided some best-practice examples and learnings for development practitioners.

Panellists:

Teresa Hall, University of Melbourne (Chair)

Becca Allchin, Monash University

Aleisha Carroll, CBM Australia

Bhargavi Davar, Transforming Communities for Inclusion

Helen Fernandes, TEAR Australia

The 2019 Australasian Aid Conference was held at Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, on 19-20 February, and was organised by the Development Policy Centre in partnership with The Asia Foundation.