The NDIA gave an update on the way it collects data about participants.

When we talk about data, we mean:

• facts
• information
• records.

The NDIA shared how the way they collect data looks at intersectionality.

A person might treat someone unfairly because of more than one thing about who they are.

We call this intersectionality.

For example, a person might treat someone unfairly because they:

• are a First Nations person

and

• have a disability.

Reference Group members shared that the NDIA should collect more of this data in the future.

For example, data about:

• if a person is a First Nations person

• a person’s gender.

Your gender is what you feel and understand about who you are as a person.

You might think of yourself as a man or woman or something different.

You can choose the words that are right for you.

Members also shared that the NDIA should also improve how they collect data for people at risk of being treated unfairly.

This includes LGBTIQASB+ people.

The letters LGBTIQASB stand for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer or questioning, asexual, sistergirl and brotherboy.

The ‘+’ is for people who are part of the LGBTIQASB+ community but don’t talk about themselves using a word from this list.

This also includes people who:

• come from different cultures and backgrounds
• speak languages other than English.