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Naomi Chainey
Sydney Morning Herald
Friday 26th January, 2018
Queensland woman, Maree Crabtree has been arrested, accused of poisoning her two adult children, Erin and Jonathon, with prescription medications over a period of five years.  Both victims have been
Joan McFadden
The Guardian
Saturday 13th January, 2018

When Jessica Kellgren-Fozard tells people she is gay, they generally smile and certainly don’t challenge her. But they are far less accepting of her, often invisible, disabilities – and sometimes…

Nia Sims
The Guardian
Thursday 11th January, 2018

Too many of my friends have told me of being abused by strangers when using an accessible (or “disabled”) parking space. Sometimes there is a note left under the windscreen…

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…

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
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 us want to…

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
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 of
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
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
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…

Eliza Laschon
ABC News
Friday 10th November, 2017

The citizenship saga has cleared the path for the youngest-ever senator, Jordon Steele-John from Western Australia, to enter the Upper House, replacing Greens co-deputy Scott Ludlam. “I’ve spent the last…