Parents and carers might be worried a child is slow to talk or can’t seem to maintain attention. But getting a proper assessment can take years and connecting to support, even longer.
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In 2023, International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks 90 years since the Nazis assumed power. Disabled people were the first Holocaust victims; Nazi programs discriminated against and murdered them.
Disability representation in books is an important part of diversity and inclusion.
People with disabilities have a right to choose where and who they live with. Too many are currently in vulnerable arrangements.
It is estimated that more than 8,000 French citizens with disabilities currently live in Belgium. For many parents, placing their children in foreign institutions is not so much a choice as the only alternative they have.
Pairing disability counsellors with post-secondary instructors to help them design classes is one way colleges and universities can improve their efforts to support students with disabilities.
Language used to speak about disability changes over time, and preferences shift due to advocacy and allyship, legal proceedings and empirical research.
Disabled young people from a low social class background fare much worse in the labour market.
Although chronic pain is recognized by scientists as a disease in its own right, it remains largely under-recognized, under-diagnosed and, above all, associated with numerous prejudices.
Disabled Twitter users will be cut off from opportunities to tell their stories and collaborate internationally.
Canada’s planned expansion of MAID to mental illness is based on ignorance — if not outright disregard — of fundamental suicide prevention principles.
Making it possible for NDIS participants to choose registered or unregistered providers affords the ‘dignity of risk’.
Latecomers looks at the role of sex and sexuality in the lives of disabled people.
The European Space Agency has recruited the world’s first-ever disabled astronaut. But we’re still a long way from space being accessible to all.
Accessibility can be a major barrier between people with disabilities and their favourite games.
Kids with disabilities need support to gain and maintain friendships. But there are benefits for everyone when social inclusion works.
Long COVID impacts one in every five people who’ve had the virus. In the U.S., early research shows people of colour are most likely to develop long COVID. It has been called a mass-disabling event.
A survey of disabled students found that some university accommodations they value became more widespread in the pandemic, like flexible course deadlines.
Health and service workers are not asking women about a potential traumatic brain injury, there’s a lack of referral options, and often no diagnosis.
Through the Scarborough Charter, many Canadian universities committed to fostering alternative ways of knowing. But more must be done to realize that commitment.
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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, La Trobe University
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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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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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Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
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Professor, Curtin University
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Research Fellow at La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Toronto
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Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University
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