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Health‐related quality of life amongst primary caregivers of children with intellectual disability

UTS Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
Journal for Intellectual Disability Research
Sunday 15th December, 2019

Children with intellectual disability (ID) frequently have significant educational, social and health care needs, resulting in caregivers often experiencing a wide range of negative effects. This paper aims to determine…

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Creating a More Inclusive World: How to Test Products for Accessibility and Usability

Ashley Ferguson
“We’ve tested for usability — now we need to look at accessibility.” If you work in user research, you’ve probably heard statements like this. Researchers often go about testing for
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Our Site: A website by and for women and girls (15+) with disability

Women With Disabilities Australia
Friday 6th March, 2020
This website was created as a platform by women and girls with disability, for women and girls with disability. 'Our Site' provides practical resources and information across five main areas
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The future of the aged care workforce

Australian Government
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Thursday 27th February, 2020
The complete transcript from Friday 21 February, 2020 hearing of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is now available to read.
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The future of the aged care workforce

Australian Government
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Friday 28th February, 2020
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has published the submission on the future of the aged care workforce made by Counsel Assisting at the Adelaide Hearing 3.
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Co-designing a peer support platform for people with low vision and blindness

Anthony McCosker, Zoe Teh, Milovan Savic, Prem Prakash Jayaraman
Swinburne Social Innovation Research Institute
Wednesday 29th January, 2020
This report evaluates the design and development of a prototype Peer Support Platform that aimed to address the information, linkages and capacity (ILC) building needs of people with low vision
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Supported Decision Making Podcast

Advocacy For Inclusion (AFI)
Monday 14th October, 2019
This series of 10 episodes builds skills in supporting others in their decision-making. This kind of support is particularly important for people in our community whose decision-making has been ignored
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Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 Report

David Tune
Department of Social Services
Monday 20th January, 2020
The report makes 29 recommendations to improve the participant experience, including new standards and processes to support the delivery of the Participant Service Guarantee. It is available for download in
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Including children and young people in reportable conduct investigations

The Commission for Children and Young People
Wednesday 18th December, 2019
Whether they are alleged victims or witnesses, children should be interviewed as part of investigations of alleged reportable conduct unless there is a good reason why this should not occur.
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One in Five Podcast

Melbourne Disability Institute
Tuesday 3rd December, 2019
This podcast explores some of the most complex issues facing people with disability today. In Australia, one in five people live with disability. The podcast gives voice to people with
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NDIS Planning Interim Report

Parliament of Australia
Tuesday 3rd December, 2019
Evidence presented to the committee throughout the inquiry indicates that more time is required to fully consider issues associated with the planning process. Further time is also required to consider
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Mike’s Story: Housemates

Belonging Matters
Tuesday 19th November, 2019
This documentary addresses somebody with an intellectual disability living in their own home with the support of housemates. Mike has been living under this model for several years with the
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