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Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott urges young people with disabilities to ‘be proud’

Emily Ackew
ABC 7:30
Wednesday 29th June, 2022
"We all want to be different — different hairstyles, different cars, different clothes, different schools, different everything. What better way to be different than to have a disability, if you
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Senior Practitioner Annual Report 2020-21

Victorian Senior Practitioner
This report measures the use of restrictive practices and compulsory treatment reported by disability services. In 2020-21 environmental restraint was reported for the first time. This is the second report
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What Is “Inspiration Porn” and Why Does It Matter?

Ekua Hagan
Psychology Today
Tuesday 28th June, 2022
The problem with these images stems from the fact that they’re based on the idea that disabled people can do certain things “in spite” of their disabilities, and that they’re
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Don’t worry!’ ‘He’ll be right’: Why do we say all the wrong things to parents of children with a disability?

Ellen Fanning
Guardian Australia
Sunday 26th June, 2022
The golden rule of supporting others is understand first, solve second – most of the time people are looking to feel heard rather than be fixed. And while Claire was
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Spoken word by Emily Dash

WTFH Conference 2022
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Thursday 23rd June, 2022
Emily Dash is an emerging writer, actor, producer and speaker who works across theatre and screen. Her acclaimed and wide ranging work emphasises social justice issues, community engagement, intersectionality, and
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Nas Campanella on navigating early motherhood

Richard Glover and Nas Campanella
ABC
Friday 24th June, 2022
For the ABC's National Disability Affairs reporter Nas Campanella, who is blind and lives with a neurological condition, figuring out how to navigate motherhood has been a wild ride.
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Australian Labor government prepares to cut disability services

Max Boddy
World Socialist Website
Sunday 19th June, 2022
Statements by the recently-installed Labor government’s minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Bill Shorten, make it plain that plans are being drawn up to reduce spending on the
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Time for action on disability employment

Christina Ryan
PBA
Monday 20th June, 2022
Over the past 20 years, people with disability could have wallpapered our houses with the many plans and strategies we were promised would close the employment gap between us and
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Disability Etiquette – Angela’s take aways from DARU’s inclusion course

DARU
Wednesday 22nd June, 2022

Angela is a visual arts student who completed DARU’s disability inclusion micro course. She loved it so much that she was moved to create a visual presentation summing up what…

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Doctors with disability continue to practise thanks to technology, support and a positive attitude

Holly Lane
ABC Radio Perth
Saturday 18th June, 2022
Dr Peterson was left a a quadriplegic by the accident in Orange, New South Wales, but assistive technology and modifications to his home and work environment have enabled him to
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Shorten answers question of ‘what’s next’ for the NDIS

Danielle Kutchel
PBA
Friday 17th June, 2022
Shorten said there had been a “catastrophic erosion of the trust between the disability sector and government”, and said the new federal government would work to restore that trust as
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Guardianship Law: a human rights approach Natalie Wade Jun

Natalie Wade
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Friday 17th June, 2022
As a disability rights lawyer who represents people with disabilities and their families every day, I know that there is often a lot of confusion and fear around guardianship laws;
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