Disability
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New ACON Project to Provide Support For LGBTQ People with Disability Health Times - 08-12-2020
Improving the health and wellbeing of Australian LGBTQ people with disability is the focus of a new project launched by ACON, NSW’s leading health organisation for people
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Giving a voice to people with intellectual disabilities Health Times - 01-09-2020
My work is very much focused on contributing to bettering the lives of people living with a disability, says UNSW’s Professor Iva Strnadová. UNSW’s
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The Victorian government will fund disability pay scheme to slow virus AAP - 21-08-2020
Victorian disability care staff will be reimbursed for not doing multi-site work, with the state and federal governments funding the $15 million scheme.
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New initiative to support people with disabilities in the criminal justice system Health Times - 03-06-2020
RMIT’s Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) has created a critical new online resource designed to help people with cognitive impairment and intellectual disabilities
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Concerning trends and challenges ahead for the NDIS workforce Health Times - 25-05-2020
Disability support workers are experiencing high levels of insecurity and uncertainty, according to a UNSW report. A major report by UNSW researchers Natasha
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New survey reveals disability staff feel unsafe amid COVID-19 AAP - 05-05-2020
Disability support workers have had poor access to personal protective equipment and other health precautions during the pandemic, a new survey reveals.
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Disability provider training program to help create jobs, better services and community prosperity Health Times - 17-03-2020
Thousands of small to medium disability service providers across Australia are set to benefit from the launch of a free interactive learning program designed to help them
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A mother was told to abort baby with disability AAP - 20-02-2020
Toni Mitchell has told the disability royal commission she was advised to have an abortion when an ultrasound indicated her son Joshy would have Down syndrome.
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Why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy Health Times - 03-12-2019
Researchers have shown why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy and suggest access to better public healthcare could improve outcomes.
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People with a disability are much more likely to face violence AAP - 03-09-2019
About half of the 4.3 million people with a disability, 47 per cent, have experienced violence compared with 36 per cent of those without a disability.
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Lived experience shapes the future for disability service providers HealthTimes - 25-07-2019
An innovative new approach to disability services education is using lived experience to help providers better understand the challenges facing people with disability from
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5 pieces of advice on getting a job with Aspergers or Autism HealthTimes - 26-04-2021
Is it impossible to get a job with Aspergers or Autism? I am a psychologist and my area of expertise is with individuals who identify as either Autistic or
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NDIS Tribunal decision a step forward for nutrition HealthTimes - 19-06-2019
The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) calls on the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Mr Stuart Robert, to assure NDIS participants of their
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Researchers deliver a new understanding into a common cause of syndromic autism HealthTimes - 19-06-2019
Australian and Chilean scientists have made a breakthrough in their understanding of the genetics of a common form of syndromic autism – and they hope their work could
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Job opportunities flourish in disability sector HealthTimes - 19-06-2019
TAFE NSW research has found that of all the occupations across the Central Coast to Far North Coast region, ‘Aged or Disabled Carer’ is forecast to experience
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A new drug could help patients who have an incurable neurological condition AAP - 19-06-2019
A new drug trial in Melbourne hopes to help girls with a rare and incurable syndrome that leaves them struggling to speak, walk, eat and even breath.
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Research confirms gut-brain connection in autism HealthTimes - 19-06-2019
People with autism often suffer from gut problems, but nobody has known why. Researchers have now discovered the same gene mutations – found both in the brain and the
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