Focusing on specialist schools for students with disability misunderstands the royal commission report’s point and misses its major implications for all schools.
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In this podcast, Greens Senator and disability advocate Jordon Steele-John, who campaigned for the Royal Commission, joins The Conversation to give us his take on the report.
The government taskforce responding to the disability royal commission recommendations needs to learn from the stories shared and also how they were communicated.
One recommendation from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, could be the game changer that will impact everything – a disability rights act.
The disability royal commission recommended providers offer redress to people who experience harm while in their care. But reparations for past harms were not addressed.
Education segregation could continue for Australia’s young people for at least another generation – and possibly longer – in light of the disability royal commission recommendations.
The disability royal commission’s final report makes 222 recommendations, including ensuring people with disability are considered in national housing and homelessness plans.
The disability royal commission has heard from thousands of people with disability and their families. But the response must involve everyone.
The new Quarterly Essay weaves personal history and detailed policy analysis, examining the unintended consequences of the NDIS, and how we can best realise the scheme’s original intent.
Parents are their child’s first and most important supports. Parents and carers of children with disability need help to maximise this relationship – and the NDIS should provide it.
Many students with a disability are bullied, excluded and do not feel welcome in Australian schools. They cannot be ignored in the next National School Reform Agreement.
Depending on your child’s birthday, you may have a tricky decision to make about when they start school.
What do we know so far about this promising form of treatment and how it might help people with a range of neurological conditions? And is it living up to its promise for people with depression?
Developmental delay is viewed clinically as a temporary state where children are slower to develop than expected. It is most often used for children under five.
We spoke to young people with intellectual disability. They had the same goals for life after high school as most people their age. But they felt ‘stuck’.
When Doris Taylor became paralysed, her mother was advised to put her in a Home for Incurables. Instead, Doris helped elect a reforming South Australian premier and founded a national institution.
Experts examine the five questions they commonly hear from women and girls about their hormones and ADHD symptoms.
Research shows nearly 20% of the poorer mental health reported by young adults with disability could be alleviated by helping those who want to work into jobs.
Everyday tasks, such as washing your hair, become impossible.
School students can fall behind for many reasons. From missing school to learning difficulties and problems at home.
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Professor of Disability and Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Director, Griffith Inclusive Futures, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Research Fellow Dignity Project, Griffith University
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Psychologist and Research Associate in the Department of Paediatrics, Monash University
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Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Brain Mind Centre Nepean, University of Sydney
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Financial Markets Foundation Chair of Developmental Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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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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Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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PhD Candidate, Australian Dysautonomia and Arrhythmia Research Collaborative, University of Adelaide
