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Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Monday 19th November, 2018
The federal government has unveiled a joint employment taskforce to tackle high rates of disability unemployment, but service providers have raised concerns about whether enough is being done to include
Kate Finch
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 14th November, 2018
People with disability from Australia and Indonesia met this week to discuss a new and evolving area of research that puts people with disability in the driver’s seat and in
Ben Cheshire
ABC TV
Monday 12th November, 2018
Wednesday 12th December, 2018
Airs Monday November 12 on ABCTV and iview When former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer and his wife Judy learned that their young son was autistic, they were told he
Jonathan Foye
Insights Magazine
Friday 9th November, 2018
The Angus Project, an upcoming ABC comedy pilot that drops in December, presents disability on screen in new ways.
Senator Jordan Steele-John
Junkee
Thursday 1st November, 2018
What’s most alarming to me — and it’s not a new trend either — is that politics has stooped so low that it’s now commonplace for disadvantaged people and communities
Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 7th November, 2018
Building a lego robot is not a usual prerequisite for a career in IT. But for Peter Middleton, a job interview specifically designed to showcase the unique skills and abilities
Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Friday 2nd November, 2018
The federal government’s outsourced jobseeker program is a “special kind of hell” for welfare recipients with mental health issues, a Senate inquiry has heard.
Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET)
Wednesday 1st January, 2014
This clearing house facilitate successful outcomes and improved educational experience for students with disability by providing information, advice and resources to disability practitioners, academics, teachers and students on inclusive practices
Kantar Public
Department of Social Services (DSS)
Monday 1st October, 2018
In order to determine barriers different employers and businesses in Australia face to employing people with disability, The Department of Social Services (DSS) commissioned Kantar Public to undertake a program
Self Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU)
Monday 1st October, 2018
The resources developed as part of this project provide practical consumer participation information, ideas and resources which can be used by service providers, governments and community organisations to ensure people
Eliza Hull
ABC RN Life Matters
Monday 22nd October, 2018
We’ve Got This: Parenting with a Disability is a new ABC radio series produced by Eliza Hull. Eliza has a neurological condition 'Charcot Marie Tooth', and she’s the ABC’s 2018
Peter Sun San Wong
The Conversation
Tuesday 30th October, 2018
Just 16% of adults with autism are in full-time paid employment, and this situation is not improving. The Economist has described this as “a tragic toll, as millions of people