People who are vaccinated are less likely to get long COVID, with lower rates of symptoms reported among those who have had their booster.
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The real Pennhurst – a hospital name-checked in the latest series of Stranger Things – was a place of segregation and abuse.
We need to take an urgent look at how we manage and treat long COVID. If we don’t start planning now, the problem will only get worse.
People with intellectual disabilities face additional barriers to access and participation in community, which means their voices are often missing from LGBTQ+ events.
Almost 90% of students with disability go to mainstream schools but an increasing number are going to special schools.
For many Australians, there is no clear distinction between the two labels: chronic conditions can result in disability and disability can increase vulnerability to a range of chronic conditions.
The short-term NDIS priorities for the new government are to rebuild trust and restore it to its original intention.
Research shows there can be profound business benefits to hiring people living with intellectual disability.
An archaic law means many people with disability are not allowed to vote. Other countries are changing their rules and so should Australia.
Measures to curb growing rates of opioid use are also making it difficult for people with long-term, chronic pain to get ongoing prescriptions.
Mental health labels can be powerful and hurtful. We sat down with young patients, families and doctors to brainstorm new names for mental health conditions.
Diversity terms often involve decades of scholarship being reduced to a single word. Understanding them – and knowing how to explain them – is crucial.
If hospitals know a person has an intellectual disability, they can tailor communication and care to improve their treatment and health outcomes.
We interviewed people living with disability before and after they moved into purpose-built housing that fosters independence. The change for them was profound and cost-saving.
A political scientist speaks about the questions that have driven her research on disability rights and history.
Some NDIS participants have been unable to find support workers to help them with their daily living. The government needs to do more to attract disability workers.
Many people want to go ‘back to normal’, but this isn’t possible for many disabled people.
Navigating the NDIS can be a bureaucratic nightmare for participants. Labor has pledged to review the system if elected.
People with intellectual disability told us they want better transport, employment and better maintained public toilets and pedestrian crossings. But many said their opinions were rarely sought.
Bruce Willis’ family today revealed he has been diagnosed with aphasia. So what actually is aphasia and why haven’t we heard of it before?
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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, Crawford School of Public Policy, 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
