Reactions to the thalidomiders’ difference contributed – and continue to contribute – to their negative well-being and deteriorating health.
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Decades have passed and yet the issue of financial compensation for the remaining “survivors” of the thalidomide tragedy has, in many instances, remained unresolved.
Young people with muscular and genetic disorders are living longer and should have good sex education too.
The Senate inquiry into violence against people with disability shows the root cause of violence, neglect and abuse of people with disability begins with the de-valuing of their lives.
Feminism activist group Destroy the Joint has come under fire for excluding women with disabilities. What is intersectionality and why is it so important to feminism?
Would politicians have the courage to stand up to backlash if people with disability use their care money to pay for overseas holidays, sex workers, internet dating, or tickets to sporting events?
Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disability are managed mostly by police, courts, prison and hospitals. It’s costing us millions, when kinder and cheaper alternatives exist.
Paralympic athletes are representing in Doha, while back home the welfare state is being attacked.
Recovering from Ebola can mean disability, stigma and the threat of the disease returning – but authorities are starting to act.
The reluctance by many to accept or even debate the intersection between old age and disability highlights how society struggles to construct differences in ability.
As the NDIS roll-out begins, Australia faces a housing shortfall affecting up to 122,000 participants. Developing smart technology and design offers more independent living for people with disability.
Prevalence of MS in some areas and not others have led researchers to investigate whether there’s a link between the disease and a lack of vitamin D.
The single diagnosis of cerebral palsy covers a wide range of conditions with many different contributing factors that interact in varying ways.
When buildings began to rise from the ruins and the rubble, the planners missed an opportunity to create a better society.
The government faces pressure to means test benefits to stop richer elderly people claiming at the expense of their poorer peers.
Bold programming at the Edinburgh Fringe challenges the engrained tick-box culture, which at its worst, serves only to pay lip service to diversity.
The NDIS is a social policy reform that, at its heart, requires an understanding of the lived experience of people with disability.
Adding a camera that can work out where sound is coming from could make hearing aids smarter.
The Americans with Disabilities Act turned 25 on July 26. Some of the changes that it ushered in are reflected every day on our campuses, through technologies that allow people to learn and to work.
A new report into progress made since the Winterbourne View abuse scandal says despite call for radical change, not much has been happening.
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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
