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Media reporting on mental illness, violence and crime needs to change

Anna Ross, Elizabeth Paton, Michelle Blanchard
The Conversation
Monday 24th August, 2020
This can generate a skewed impression mental illness causes violent behaviour, which reinforces myths, increases stigmatising attitudes and cultivates fear among the public.
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Talks that matter

Belonging Matters
Friday 4th September, 2020

Talks That Matter is a unique online video strategy which harnesses the leadership of people with disability, families and allies who have challenged exclusionary practices.

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How Do Disabled People Feel About Discussing Their Disabilities?

Andrew Pulrang
Forbes
Sunday 23rd August, 2020
Sometimes, when people ask their perennial questions, or just look at us in a certain way, we can almost hear them say it: “Go on! Do that thing you do,
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New Paralympic wheelchair basketball eligibility rules have ruined dreams, and raised significant questions

Simon Smale
ABC News
Sunday 23rd August, 2020
Annabelle Lindsay is one of two Australian Gliders who recently had their hopes of competing dashed by a change in the classification rules for wheelchair athletes set to compete at
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Welcome to our future

Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC)
Wednesday 15th July, 2020
This film has involved hundreds of people with mental distress who have engaged in workshops, interviews and surveys about the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Mental Health in Victoria.
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Identity, Sexuality and LGBTIQA+ people with intellectual disability

ASID Podcast
How far have we come to understand and celebrate the sexuality experiences and identities of LBGTQIA+ adults who have intellectual disability? In this episode, Dr Lizzie Smith and her colleague
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We need to talk about ableism

Ellen Fraser-Barbour
ABC Life
Wednesday 12th August, 2020
As a disabled person, there are days I don't want to leave the house. I wish I could say I don't care what society thinks or assumes about me and
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Improving interactions and communication  with people with little or no speech

DARU
Thursday 30th July, 2020
This was the third session of the Advocacy Sector Conversations forum held on 30 July 2020. People with complex communication needs are often denied the right to make decisions about
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Mental health website for people with intellectual disability created with help of those with lived experience

Nas Campanella
ABC News
Tuesday 4th August, 2020
Ms McKenzie has been working with the Black Dog Institute and experts from the University of New South Wales to develop an accessible website called Healthy Mind, to support people
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Disability inclusion in company responses to COVID-19: Results of a survey among National Business and Disability Networks and their members

Global Business and Disability network
Thursday 9th July, 2020
In May 2020, the ILO Global Business and Disability Network conducted two surveys – one for National Business and Disability Networks (NBDN) and one for those networks’ company members –
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This pandemic is an opportunity to learn from the disability community. We are experts in resilience

Tricia Malowney
The Guardian
Thursday 1st January, 1970
In my state, Victoria, plans to return to the office have been foiled by a second wave of Covid-19. While the circumstances in Melbourne are extremely difficult, I must admit
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‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: 16 Moments in the Fight for Disability Rights

Julia Carme
New York times
Wednesday 22nd July, 2020
The disability civil rights movement has many distinct narratives, but the prevailing themes are of community, justice and equity. As with every other civil rights movement, the fight for disability
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