Influenza, polio and more have shown that infections can change lives even decades later. Why the complacency over possible long-term effects of COVID-19?
The agency running the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) spent nearly $22 million on external legal fees in the last financial year as the number of tribunal complaints about the
Australians with autism, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities have spoken out about having their NDIS funding reduced, after receiving letters determining the payments weren't "value for money". NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds
Rock legend Jimmy Barnes says the issue of inaccessibility doesn't just affect disabled fans, but artists living with disability as well. He says he's lucky to have his daughter Elly-May,
Monash flips on ‘ableist’ learning model Monash University’s law faculty has sensationally scrapped its “ableist” ban on recorded lectures following fierce backlash from students.
Nicole Rinehart, Ana Mantilla, Nicole Papadopoulos, Katherine Bussey, Bethany Devenish and Hannah Machin
Lens Monash University
Friday 11th February, 2022
Education is not only a fundamental human right, it also acts to amplify other rights – this is called a multiplier effect. Inclusive education must go beyond simply including children
A newly released report shows the Government is still short of its target to have no one younger than 45 living in nursing homes, and no one younger than 65
When Karen McKenzie received an unexpected letter from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) in August, she had to read it three times before it sank in. Her son Jarrod,
For many, getting access to a rapid antigen test has been a major challenge. But for those who are vision impaired, using at-home tests is near impossible.
“As well as experiencing violence from family and our partners in our private home, we’re in disability group homes or in mental health inpatient wards. We’ve got disability support workers
“Violence against women and girls with disabilities is not perpetrated by a ‘few bad apples,’ it looks like street harassment, controlling behaviours by paid and unpaid carers, doctors and policy-makers
A negative reaction on the first meet unfortunately isn’t uncommon for many of the disabled people I spoke to for this article. Sometimes the experience is awkward; sometimes the date
