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The Phoenix Institute salesman who knocked on the Easthams’ housing commission door did not want to hear about the Euroa couple’s intellectual disabilities. He was more interested in signing Arthur…
Are Australians with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) more vulnerable to adverse outcomes in the criminal justice system? the Law Report learns of situations where ASD behaviours has the potential to…
Despite multiple inquiries, children with disability face significant challenges which continue to deny most a quality education.
In a move disability advocates say is another let down, a new apartment block has been approved for development on the site of the former Kew Cottages for people with…
Former Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson has expressed doubts about the financial viability of the National Disability Scheme (NDIS), which is being trialled in various locations around Australia.
While the history of UD emanates from the disability rights movement of the 1960s in the United States, and the increasing age of the population of most developing countries has…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates that the average overall cost of mental health problems to developed countries is about 4 per cent of GDP. In Australia, this…
The accepted international view for many years has been to move away from segregating children with special needs in special schools. However, special education seems to be experiencing somewhat of…
Recent articles on The Conversation and in The Guardian question whether inclusive education can do more harm than good – but neither article presents examples of inclusion. Rather, they present…
Bail has been granted to a deaf and intellectually disabled man accused of murder, with a Victorian Supreme Court judge ruling that he has suffered hardship in custody because he…
Violence, abuse and neglect of people with disabilities have historically been driven by exclusion, discrimination and institutionalisation.
A manager at Victoria’s biggest disability services provider Yooralla has been jailed for four years after he was caught by a hidden camera preying on a vulnerable cognitively impaired woman…
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