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Disability Support Workers: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and communication needs

Melissa Kavenagh, Anne Kavanagh, Stefanie Dimov, Helen Dickinson, Ashley McAllister, Marissa Shields
Melbourne Disability Institute
Wednesday 5th May, 2021
In Victoria’s second wave, we saw COVID-19 outbreaks in over 60 group homes. Achieving high-levels of vaccination among workers is critical if people with disability are to be protected against
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Adaptable housing for people with disability in Australia: a scoping study (2021)

Australian Human Rights Commission
Wednesday 28th April, 2021
In Australia, 4.4 million people live with disability, and 96% of people with disability live in private homes. Many existing homes are inaccessible and finding appropriate housing remains a challenge
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Overview of responses to the Rights and attitudes Issues paper

Disability Royal Commission
Wednesday 28th April, 2021
People with disability are often called ‘inferior’, ‘a burden’, or ‘a menace’. They say people assume they are ‘of no value’, ‘not fully human’, ‘objects of pity’, ‘eternal children’ or
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Overview of responses to restrictive practice issues paper

Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 13th April, 2021
Restrictive practices limit a person’s rights or freedom of movement and come in various forms. Seclusion, such as locking someone in a room, using restraints like handcuffing someone to a
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Overview of responses to employment issues paper

Disability Royal Commission
Monday 12th April, 2021
Disability Employment Services (DES) were singled out and concerns were raised about their design and implementation. Some responses said the very service that was established to help people with disability
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Disability housing: what does good look like?

Social Ventures Victoria
Wednesday 31st March, 2021
Access to appropriate and affordable housing is a key driver to enable people with disability to be full and equal participants in society. Yet while the stock of specialist disability
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Participant outcomes report

NDIA
Thursday 1st January, 1970
This data report measures the progress of participants since joining the Scheme up to June 2020. It offers a unique view into how the NDIS is benefiting participants as well
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Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System: Final Report

Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System
Tuesday 2nd March, 2021
This report finds that Victoria's mental health system operates in crisis mode, has "catastrophically failed to live up to expectations" and must be rebuilt. Demand has now overtaken the capacity
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Decision Time: Activating the rights of adults with cognitive disability

Office of the Public Advocate
Tuesday 9th March, 2021
The report focuses on matters relevant to people with cognitive disabilities, including mental health and neurological disabilities, which may affect their ability to make decisions without support. The 25 recommendations
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Final Report: Care, Dignity and Respect,

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Monday 1st March, 2021

The Final Report calls for fundamental reform of the aged care system. Royal Commissioners Tony Pagone QC and Lynelle Briggs AO make 148 wide-ranging recommendations in their Report, which comprises…

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Government response to the NDIS Planning Final Report,

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Wednesday 24th February, 2021
The Government supports, or supports-in-principle, 26 of the recommendations made in the Committee’s report. Given the ongoing reforms to the planning process being progressed by the NDIA, the Government notes
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Third Progress Report

Disability Royal Commission
Wednesday 10th February, 2021
The Third Progress Report summarises the work carried out by the Royal Commission during the period 1 July to 31 December 2020 including conducting six important public hearings, despite the
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