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Randolph Bourne’s 1911 essay on disability shocked society. But what’s changed since?

Christopher Reardon
The Guardian
Tuesday 9th January, 2018

The American intellectual’s controversial account, The Handicapped – By One of Them, still resonates today. It also begs the question: what progress has been made since his death 100 years…

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The ‘grey’ area for domestic violence victims who have a disability

Katie Burgess
Canberra Times
Wednesday 27th December, 2017
A disabled woman tried to set her Canberra house on fire because her support provider failed to stop abuse from her housemate for over a year. That's one of the
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Access to health services by Australians with disability

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Sunday 3rd December, 2017

People with disability use a range of mainstream health services—such as GPs, medical specialists and dentists. Some experience difficulties in accessing these services, such as unacceptable or lengthy waiting times,…

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National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Quality and Safeguards Commission and Other Measures) Bill 2017

An important law was approved by the Government last week - the "National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Quality and Safeguards Commission and Other Measures) Bill 2017. This means there will
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Support Coordination: A changing landscape

Summer Foundation
Monday 11th December, 2017
Support Coordination will play a critical role in ensuring that National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants are able to use their NDIS Plan to live a good life. This is
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You Can Ask Me Anything

Jewish Care Vic
Saturday 2nd December, 2017
Some topics of conversation are off limits…right? Maybe not.. Clients of Jewish Care’s Disability Services were posed a range of questions they wouldn’t usually be asked. You’ll be surprised by
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Not everyone with a disability wants a cure – nor should we expect them to

Naomi Chainey
Sydney Morning Herald
Saturday 2nd December, 2017

Sunday is International Day of People with a Disability, and its themeis “transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all”. People with disabilities are a diverse bunch – many of

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Standardised tests limit students with disability

Jacqueline Joy Cumming
The Conversation
Thursday 23rd November, 2017
A major challenge in assessment is how to obtain evidence about learning from students with disability. We cannot know how these students are faring with their learning if assessments or
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Why do employers need to know about my disability?’

Vanessa Jarrett
Morning Bulletin
Tuesday 28th November, 2017
"I WANT to be like a normal citizen and work hard - I don't want to be on Centrelink." David McNae has been out of work for the best part
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Disabled Australians at financial risk

Mark Bristow
RatesCity
Monday 27th November, 2017
A new study has confirmed that people living with disabilities are vulnerable to financial exploitation and abuse by unscrupulous service providers, and that access to financial education may be able
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Man with intellectual disability released from Melbourne prison after judge ‘horrified’ by conditions

Emma Younger
ABC News
Friday 24th November, 2017
Victoria Supreme Court judge has granted bail to a young man with a profound intellectual disability after telling an earlier hearing he was "horrified" by the conditions the man was
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Power trip

Gary Kerridge
The Rebuttal
Wednesday 22nd November, 2017

It’s not just public transport that is the issue. For example in the article a guy with Parkinson’s explains how he struggles just to get in a pub because people…

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