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Articles on Disability
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Students with disability continue to face dire exclusion in education and there is an urgent need to provide inclusive education for them.
Our migration policies can prevent people with disabilities from becoming permanent residents, even if they can show an ability to contribute to society.
Developers with disabilities are in the best position to build accessible technology, but they face a Catch-22 – most technology design tools themselves are not particularly accessible.
New research shows that people who suffer from mental disorders earlier in life were more likely to subsequent develop physical diseases, age faster, and also die earlier than those who did not.
A quarter of prisoners report a cognitive, intellectual or developmental disability. But the true figure could be even higher.
While long lines and food shortages are frustrating for most consumers, they can be physically and emotionally grueling for people with disabilities.
As a Koori bloke who lives with disability, I believe the proposed framework is disrespectful and discriminatory towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
During the height of the pandemic, people with disability felt they had been forgotten and were not a priority. In the vaccine rollout, the government is repeating its past mistakes.
The devastating effect COVID-19 has had on disabled people globally goes far beyond health issues
We surveyed people with disability and carers after a major flood in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales area. Some of the stories were shocking.
Using an intersectional approach will help bring visibility to diverse disability communities and provide the support they need to be safe, recover and rebuild their lives.
A household earning the US median income needs an additional $17,690 per year – on top of current government disability benefits programs.
Independent assessments were meant to make access to the NDIS fairer. But disability groups disagree and want them stopped.
Cross-partisanship co-operation among political leaders doesn’t neatly translate into a similar consensus among the Canadian public, including those with disabilities or chronic health conditions.
The UN has twice called on Australia to dismantle its indefinite detention system for people with cognitive impairments and mental illness, which disproportionately affects Indigenous people.
Proprioception is the sense that allows us to rapidly know without looking where each part of our body is.
People with disabilities are overlooked for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and triage protocols. We need to make this group a priority and address issues that put them at risk.
A trip to the beach is off limits for some people with a disability. We need to change that, and the law supports it.
Expanding access to medical assistance in dying (MAID) to those not terminally ill puts vulnerable people at risk of feeling pressured into MAID, and doctors at risk of being forced to facilitate it.
Top contributors
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Disability and Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Social Inclusion - UTS Business School - Centres for Business and Social innovation, and Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Toronto
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ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Professor, Curtin University
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Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
