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Walking to bus stops

Victoria Walks
Thursday 25th November, 2021
Walking is the main way people get to bus stops, with 94% of users in Melbourne walking all or part of the way. This report – Getting to the Bus
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Scheme Sustainability – Something doesn’t add up

Chris Coombes
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Wednesday 24th November, 2021
For a Scheme that was introduced to give effect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, there’s very little discussion in the sustainability space about
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Why there are calls for employment and advertising quotas for the disabled

Tom Elliot
3AW
Tuesday 23rd November, 2021
A former disability discrimination commissioner says Australia needs to introduce employment quotas for those who are disabled. Graeme Innes AM told Tom Elliott it was the only thing that would
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Call for more people with disabilities on TV

David Knox
TV Tonight
Tuesday 23rd November, 2021
Television and advertising should lift the numbers of people with disabilities if Australia hopes to increase employment numbers, a Royal Commission has been told. 53.4% of people living with disabilities
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For travelers with disabilities, video games are windows to the world

Laken Brook
National Geographic
Wednesday 24th November, 2021
Instead of having to navigate nature’s unpredictability, video games allow travelers with different abilities to experience destinations from their homes.
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TelePBS: Delivering Positive Behaviour Support via telepractice

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Sunday 21st November, 2021

TelePBS is the delivery of positive behaviour support via telepractice. Telepractice is the delivery of services at a distance. Services can be delivered by face to face videoconferencing, audio videoconferencing,…

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Supporting effective communication

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Tuesday 16th November, 2021
This e-learning module demonstrates – from the perspective of NDIS participants – what effective communication looks like, and how it supports choice and control. With effective communication, workers can support
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A love letter to my disability, Myalgic encephalomyelitis

Alice Rumble
ABCOpinion
Sunday 21st November, 2021
Although we've had to grieve my past self and career plans, you've freed me from the weight of my own expectations about who and what I should be. You've helped
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What’s going on with restrictive practices?

Therese Morgante
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Monday 15th November, 2021
Of the 1,044,851 reportable incidents lodged by NDIS providers in 2020–2021, a whopping 98.7%, (or 1,032,064) concerned the use of URPs. (Unauthorised Restrictive Practice) That is a staggeringly high number
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Britney is finally free, but what about disabled people who aren’t famous?

Melissa Parker
The Independent
Sunday 14th November, 2021
The moment Britney was placed under that conservatorship, she was considered disabled by the law, allowing her to be dehumanised and commodified.
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Agents of our own Destiny: Activism and the road to the Disability Royal Commission

Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 2nd November, 2021
This research report is about the disability rights movement and the history of disability activism and advocacy in Australia. It highlights how hard people with disability, advocates and activists have
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Disability in Australia: Shadows, struggles and successes

Associate Professor Lorna Hallahan.
Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 2nd November, 2021
This research report provides historic insights into the experiences of people with disability in Australia. It looks at different cultural and social factors that have impacted the lives of people
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