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Danielle Kutchel
PBA
Friday 8th July, 2022
The Provider Choice research report, COVID-19 and the NDIS, found that for many participants, digital delivery of services was inadequate during the pandemic, and face-to-face was preferred, in a finding
Aaron Bunch
Canberra Times
Monday 11th July, 2022
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has turned its attention to the treatment and experiences of thousands of Indigenous people with disabilities in
Elias Visontay
Guardian Australia
Friday 8th July, 2022
Snaking queues, cancelled flights and lost suitcases have been the story of air travel this year, but passengers with disabilities say they are falling through the cracks of the current
Danielle Kutchel
PBA
Wednesday 6th July, 2022
The platforms that connect workers with clients in this new gig-style approach “act purely as intermediary platforms… [taking] no responsibilities regarding the safety of the work environment for workers, or
Anna Christian
Disability support Guide
Tuesday 5th July, 2022
Factors drawn from the data that could contribute to a person with disability’s lower level of satisfaction in life include health, wellbeing, financial stress, social isolation and lack of employment
John Pring
Disability News Service
Thursday 30th June, 2022
Disabled activists in Ukraine have been kidnapped and killed, residential institutions have been shelled, and Deaf people have been unable to escape to shelters because they cannot hear the air
Samantha Renke
Metro
Wednesday 29th June, 2022
Disability really is a paradox. As a disabled woman, I often feel as though I just can’t win with being authentically me and living my life how I choose. I’m
Emily Ackew
ABC 7:30
Wednesday 29th June, 2022
"We all want to be different — different hairstyles, different cars, different clothes, different schools, different everything. What better way to be different than to have a disability, if you
Ekua Hagan
Psychology Today
Tuesday 28th June, 2022
The problem with these images stems from the fact that they’re based on the idea that disabled people can do certain things “in spite” of their disabilities, and that they’re
Ellen Fanning
Guardian Australia
Sunday 26th June, 2022
The golden rule of supporting others is understand first, solve second – most of the time people are looking to feel heard rather than be fixed. And while Claire was
Richard Glover and Nas Campanella
ABC
Friday 24th June, 2022
For the ABC's National Disability Affairs reporter Nas Campanella, who is blind and lives with a neurological condition, figuring out how to navigate motherhood has been a wild ride.
Max Boddy
World Socialist Website
Sunday 19th June, 2022
Statements by the recently-installed Labor government’s minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Bill Shorten, make it plain that plans are being drawn up to reduce spending on the