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Working parents say they are going without pay to care for their disabled children because of Glen Eira’s inadequate respite services. Frustrated parents said the strain is at its worst…
A Disability campaigner says she was refused service in two Mentone eateries because she had her assistance dog with her.
A young man with autism was shackled for up to 24 hours a day during a nine-month ordeal at a Victorian hospital.
When you pay for a product or service yourself, as an NDIS participant, or through your state or territory’s disability support system – you have consumer rights. Australia’s consumer protection…
A cafe in Melbourne run by deaf staff is helping to break down communication barriers and ready students for the hearing world.
Meritocracy is a belief that seems to me to still be alive and well in the senior management of disability support. It also seems to drive many aspects of public…
Tonya Glennester, was visiting the supermarket with her five-year-old daughter, Evalynn. Evalynn has ADHD and autism and can become distressed in noisy or crowded places. Glennester, who also sufferers from…
Caring for a person who has a decision-making disability can be both challenging and rewarding, however, you may be naturally concerned about what will happen, once you are no longer…
Other things being equal, what’s there not to like about introducing more choice and competition in areas in which governments fund and/or deliver human services? That’s the starting point of…
Desperate parents are turning to the human rights watchdog to seek justice for children removed from schools for mental health conditions. Nearly 20 complaints of children being expelled, suspended or…
A new research project will look at how people with disability are taking control and creating their own jobs by becoming entrepreneurs, despite facing considerable economic and social exclusion in…
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