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There are definitely brave disabled people out there but they are brave for what they have achieved, not because they are in a wheelchair, have autism, missing a limb or…
Making sure the NDIS is rolled out fairly and equitably with direct input from people with disability is a priority for our Disability Commissioner Alastair McEwen over the next five…
The agreement to launch the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in 2012 was met with great excitement. It also came with large expectations about the transformation this would bring in…
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is to appeal a Federal Court decision over funding arrangements for transport costs under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, claiming it will be a…
In follow up to the Summer Housing story on Lateline last week, George has written an article for Pro Bono News which highlights the importance of the disability and housing…
Department stores are increasingly using young models from diverse cultural backgrounds and children with disabilities in catalogues and advertising campaigns. That shift isn’t by accident.
Just one day after the ABC aired last week’s Four Corners investigation into taxpayer-funded group homes for the disabled, my office had a call about an extremely troubling case of…
Landmark decision comes as court rules transport to and from Victorian man’s disability support program is a ‘reasonable and necessary’ support.
The Victorian Government has launched an independent review of a disability group home provider accused of ignoring claims of sexual abuse of its clients.
A hundred years ago people with an intellectual disability were locked up in “lunatic asylums”. Today they’re still locked away, but it’s just behind the walls of suburbia.
In a joint statement released on Tuesday, the group of more than 25 different organisations, called on senators to block the mobility allowance bill that is currently before the Senate.
The public sector is well suited to employing people with autism but more needs to be done to foster workplace diversity, according to disability employment advocate Bill Gamack.
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