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AUSLAN interpreters in spotlight during year of disasters and pandemic

Eleni Psaltis
RN Breakfast
Monday 4th May, 2020
Whether it's been the bushfires, the floods, the disability royal commission or the COVID-19 pandemic, they have been there, beside our leaders at every press conference. Auslan interpreters have been
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Carer accused of filming and abusing disabled children

By Jordan Baker
SMH
Saturday 2nd May, 2020
A disability carer allegedly secretly filmed videos of himself physically and verbally abusing five vulnerable adults and sexually abusing two children in western Sydne
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10 steps to excellent NDIS therapy reports: VALID’s guide to NDIS therapist reports for allied health professionals

VALID
Friday 3rd August, 2018
This 20-page good practice guide and associated Easy Read videos, will help allied health professionals develop excellent reports that provide the evidence the NDIS needs to get the best outcomes.
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5 reasons why there’s no wrong time to fight for disability rights

Andrew PulrangContributor
Forbes
Friday 24th April, 2020
The answer to these and similar questions of equal access and fundamental rights of disabled people must be yes. Yes, it is always appropriate for disabled people to advocate for
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Discriminated against’: Disability pensioners fight for COVID-19 supplement

Angus Thompson
SMH
Tuesday 28th April, 2020
A coalition of advocacy groups are demanding the government include people receiving the disability support pension on the fortnightly $550 COVID-19 supplement following the exclusion of disabled people and their
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Advokit: An advocacy hub for COVID-19

Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA) in partnership with Inclusion Australia
Wednesday 29th April, 2020

AdvoKit is a pop-up website that gives you all the advocacy information you need in one place. All resources offer plain language summaries of the key information so you can…

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Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids. Coronavirus could make things worse

Susan Collings
The Conversation
Friday 24th April, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is keeping us at home due to widespread unemployment, school closures and social distancing. This has already led to concerns about an upsurge in domestic and family
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COVID-19 planning for people with disability a human rights issue

Rebecca St Clair
Disability Support Guide
Wednesday 22nd April, 2020
Although the experts welcomed the response plan, they say it needs to be based on human rights and principles to make sure ethical decision-making is used. Professor of Bioethics and
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Disability, health and the coronavirus: Why action is urgently needed

Dr George Taleporos
Every Australian Counts
Monday 20th April, 2020
The lack of awareness of our human rights permeates throughout the health sector and recent hearingsby the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability have
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Statement of Concern – COVID-19: Human rights, disability and ethical decision-making

Disabled Peoples Organisations Australia
Tuesday 14th April, 2020
This Statement of Concern is made by internationally recognised independent experts in the area of human rights, bioethics and disability who have come together to emphasise key human rights principles
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Australia: COVID-19 and the community care sector: Privacy and safety obligations

Megan Kavanagh and Roxanne Hilton
Mondaq
Monday 20th April, 2020
In brief - This article outlines the legal obligations of providers to uphold client and employee privacy and workplace safety during the COVID-19 Pandemic and suggested strategies to strike the
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Protecting people with disability through the pandemic

Professor Anne Kavanagh, University of Melbourne
Pursuit
Wednesday 22nd April, 2020
People with disability are at significant risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, but you’d be forgiven for not knowing this as Australia’s senior government officials and politicians have barely mentioned disability.
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