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Practice Guidelines for Identifying and Treating Complex Trauma-Related Dissociation

Blue Knot
Friday 22nd May, 2020
Complex trauma-related dissociation underlies diverse presentations to health professionals and is often not detected. This means that many people do not receive appropriate responses and care. These Practice Guidelines for
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‘The attitude shift that shocked me most about life with a disability’

Lisa Cox
Nine Honey
Saturday 23rd January, 2021
In short, the bar was substantially lowered. Once I started using a wheelchair, well-meaning strangers were praising me just for "being out" and doing the grocery shopping or going to
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Lessons from 2020 can make school equal for all

Issy Orosz
SMH
Wednesday 27th January, 2021
The class of 2020 can teach us a lot about equitable education. As a disabled student finishing year 12 in 2020, I can tell you that studying through that unprecedented
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on Alexa — Blurring The Boundaries Between Assistive Tech And Companionship

Gus AlexiouCo
Forbes
Tuesday 26th January, 2021
According to an interesting new research study, Amazon’s Alexa is taking assistive technology to a whole new level by boosting disabled people’s emotional well-being and staving off loneliness, in addition
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The answers we’ve been waiting for

Sara Gingold
Disability Services Consulting (DSC)
Monday 18th January, 2021
Many of you will remember that last year’s Senate Estimates were as messy as hell. The most frustrating thing, by far, was the number of really juicy questions that were
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NDIS Worker Screening Check

Victoria Government
Wednesday 27th January, 2021

The National Disability Insurance Scheme Worker Screening Check (NDIS Check) will start on 1 February 2021. The NDIS Check is a way to ensure that people who work with NDIS…

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Uber is now offering subsidised MPTP trips across Victoria

Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria
Friday 15th January, 2021
Victorians with disability and accessibility needs now have more subsidised transport options, with rideshare service Uber being approved to offer subsidised trips through the Multi Purpose Taxi Program (MPTP). The
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I’m blind, but I love going to the movies. Here’s how it works

Richard Kakol
ABC Online
Sunday 10th January, 2021
As a person who is vision impaired, hearing is a substitute for eyesight in so many contexts. The assumption is that if you are without sight, your other senses must
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Specialist disability accommodation – Pipeline of supply

Dr Di Winkler and Alecia Rathbone.
Pro Bono News
Thursday 14th January, 2021

People with high or complex disability support needs have traditionally had extremely limited options when it comes to finding somewhere to live. The growing specialist disability accommodation market is beginning…

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3 things we can do now to help people with disability prepare for disaster

Michelle Villeneuve
The Conversation
Monday 11th January, 2021
Disaster planning for people with disability matters. We perpetuate inequality with every step we don’t take, and risk entrenching disadvantage. And if you make things inclusive for people with disability,
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We deserve to tell the stories of our unique lived experience

Jamila Rizvi
SMH
Sunday 10th January, 2021
Following community outrage at the decision to portray disability in this way, the studio has offered the standard empty "sorry to those who were offended". But the damage is done.
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Helen Keller: why is a TikTok conspiracy theory undermining her story?

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The Guardian
Thursday 7th January, 2021
Despite her record as a writer and activist, what may have begun as a joke has gained traction, and should make us ask questions that go beyond the credulity of
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