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Kate Stowell
ABC Radio AM
Thursday 5th December, 2013

A former child protection worker in Victoria says juvenile offenders are being put in the same residential care facilities as disabled children who are under state care. The whistleblower, who…

Rachael Brown
ABC Radio PM
Thursday 5th December, 2013

MARK COLVIN: The Victorian Government is denying that there’s a problem putting juvenile offenders in care homes with vulnerable wards of the state. A former Department of Human Services whistleblower…

Thai Nguyen
Blind Citizens Australia )BCA)
Friday 22nd November, 2013

A vision impaired member contacted the Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) office for support in a case against his local post office. During a visit to the post office to have his…

Frank Hall-Bentick, Patricia Cornelius
The Age
Friday 8th November, 2013

In 1981, Lesley Hall and some mates stormed the Miss Australia Quest. They actually strategically bought tickets, but to imagine them storming through the doors of the St Kilda Town…

Rachel Browne
The Age
Wednesday 6th November, 2013

Parents of children with profound disabilities are being compelled to do a ”DOCS dump” due to a lack of support, a new report says. The report by Anglicare Sydney recommends…

George Cochrane
The Age
Sunday 27th October, 2013

My spouse and I are both 52 years old. He earns about $53,000 net a year, I earn about $40,000 net. We have a mortgage of $152,000 on a house…

Leah Hobson~
ABC Ramp Up
Friday 18th October, 2013

Even in science fiction and fantasy, ‘real world’ characterisations of disability are still stereotyped, where they exist at all. As a fan of science fiction and fantasy – genres which…

Presenter: Fran Kelly
ABC Radio National Breakfast
Friday 25th October, 2013

Australian females with a disability are twice as likely to experience violence than other women. In many cases powerless to do anything to protect themselves, their experiences of violence will…

Farrah Tomazin
The Age
Sunday 13th October, 2013

Many disabled Victorians are being repeatedly assaulted and exploited because authorities do not have the appropriate power or expertise to investigate their cases, experts warn. State watchdogs say countless numbers…

UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
Media release
Sunday 13th October, 2013

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and partners, consulted nearly 6,000 persons with disabilities in 126 countries on how they cope and prepare for disasters through an online…

Graham Innes
The Age
Thursday 3rd October, 2013

Forty-five per cent of the two million Australians living with a disability, live in or near poverty, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. This is partly because…

El Gibbs
Overland: Issue 212, Spring 2013
Sunday 1st September, 2013

With the launch of the new national insurance scheme, DisabilityCare, disability is for once high on the public agenda. Many Australians now agree that the previous system failed those in…