There’s a lot we can do to make society more accessible for people with communication disability.
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We don’t actually know how NDIS participants weigh their personal goals and then make choices about achieving them through services, supports, therapies and interventions.
New research shows the effect of bullying on disabled teenagers and suggests what schools can do to help.
Interviewees report being told their identity is just a ‘phase’.
Low expectations influence disabled young people’s educational attainment, finds new study.
Even though people with autism are more likely to think about concrete stuff rather than abstract feelings, anxiety still exists and, if not recognised, can cause significant problems.
Facilitated Communication began in Australia in the 1980s to help people with disabilities communicate, but it has since been shown to replace the voice of the person with that of the facilitator.
Treasurer Scott Morrison abandoned the proposed increase to the Medicare levy to pay for the NDIS. Here’s what you need to know about how the NDIS is funded, and how cost predictions have changed.
The NDIS is set to reshape Australian cities. But to achieve meaningful participation of people with disabilities, urban communities and services will also need to take action.
Rwandan girls with disabilities are challenging domination and stereotypes in a male-dominated setting.
Employable Me is being touted as the feel good TV series of 2018. But will it make any difference to how employers approach jobseekers with disabilities?
While disability carers are employed to work part-time hours, they often have long work days with short periods of work interspersed with non-work periods.
Hawking’s life embodied what it means to have access to the human right of communication through communication technology.
Only half of disabled people are in work, despite high rates of employment across the population as a whole.
Perpetual uncertainty and changes to the way disability benefits work take a heavy toll on claimants.
Imagine a collaboratively-designed smartphone app that could provide cues to an autistic individual – about the emotional state of people they are communicating with.
Rates of spinal fusion surgery for back pain are on the rise. This is despite little evidence that it’s an effective procedure and studies showing many will have revision surgery within ten years.
Other states have had recent smaller inquiries, but the NSW inquiry into the education of children with a disability was across all systems, and could lead best practice nationally.
Overseas students with a disability shouldn’t be denied visas on the basis of potential cost to Australia’s community or health services. They are required to pay for these services themselves anyway.
Five novels for young adults that boldly tackle tough issues - from racism, to Indigenous identity and the Holocaust - to cultivate critical thinking in the classroom and at home.
Principais colaboradores
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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 in Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
