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Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI

The Conversation
Saturday 6th July, 2024

You might have heard that artificial intelligence is going to revolutionize everything, save the world and give everyone superhuman powers. Alternatively, you might have heard that it will take your…

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World Cerebral Palsy Day is coming on Friday 6 October!

CPActive and Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Monday 2nd October, 2023
Saturday 7th October, 2023

World Cerebral Palsy Day is coming next week on Friday 6 October! There are over 17 million people with cerebral palsy and over 1 billion people who live with some…

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Co-designing assistive technologies with those living with disabilities

Swinburne News
Thursday 18th May, 2023
As a practicing Occupational Therapist with a background in adult rehabilitation, Hana saw that clients using assistive technologies were unhappy with the impact the technology was having on their lives.
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Government plans to use NDIS purchasing power to help save billions – but they shouldn’t put products before people

Libby Callaway and Natasha Layton
The Conversation
Tuesday 16th May, 2023

Risks include restricting product selection or inadvertent market price fixing. It also means the government may wind up with a warehouse full of equipment waiting to be matched to a…

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NDIS participants say their funding — and taxpayer money — is being tied up in unnecessary bureaucracy

Nas Campanella, Evan Young and Mary Lloyd
ABC
Friday 5th May, 2023
But replacing her worn-out cushion was far from a simple process.  "I was accepted onto the scheme for my cerebral palsy. The NDIA knows I have cerebral palsy. They know
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Shorten backs ‘ethical’ automation for NDIS assessments

Brandon How
InnovationAus
Wednesday 19th April, 2023
Government Services minister Bill Shorten has called for the greater use of data and automation in National Disability Insurance Scheme assessments as long as an “ethical framework” is in place.
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Automated NDIS assessments to stay but with “human element”

Jeremy Nadel
iTnews
Wednesday 19th April, 2023
Shorten said there was no inherent issue with using automation technology and data analysis in NDIS operations, as long as it was used ethically and transparently.  "Automation and using data
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How cognitive diversity in AI can help close the disability inclusion gap

Yonah Welker
World Economic forum
Monday 17th April, 2023
However, existing social bias, historical exclusion and insufficient research and data sets pose a challenge for the successful development and implementation of cognitive diversity policies.
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People with disabilities strongly affected by online microaggressions

Emily Henderson
News Medical
Friday 28th October, 2022
When microaggressions occur in live settings, they are often ephemeral, with few bystanders. "When they happen on social media platforms, it's happening in front of a large audience – the
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How low-cost assistive technology cuts plan costs

Brent Woolgar
DSC
Monday 3rd October, 2022
In an NDIS environment where plan cuts are commonplace, low- and mid-cost assistive technology (AT) is a secret weapon for saving money and increasing people’s independence. Done right: it’s a
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Fixing NDIS: Faster access to low-cost home modifications

Mirage News
Wednesday 28th September, 2022
Minister Shorten said home and living supports remained a focus of the Government and was a key issue discussed at recent meetings with state and territory disability ministers. The
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Delivering a functional NDIS eMarket

Marie Johnson
Innovation Aus
Wednesday 10th August, 2022
The NDIS eMarket did not proceed. This is an appalling situation. Instead, what the Australian community has been left with is a cadaverous, inert and incomprehensible spreadsheet which is
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