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Windermere Disaster Recovery Intake Team

Windermere Disaster Recovery Support Program recognises the visible impact disasters have on communities. They are now provide support for the less visible impacts of trauma that older people, children and…

Charles Sturt University
Monday 31st March, 2025

You are invited to participate in a research study titled ‘people living with a disability, their carers and support workers: their lived experience of disasters (fires, floods, pandemic, and extreme…

Collaborating 4 Inclusion
Wednesday 7th February, 2024

Natural disasters like bushfires, floods, cyclones and severe storms can be stressful and overwhelming. During an emergency, things can change quickly and you and your loved ones might need to…

National Emergency Management Agency
Monday 9th December, 2024

The has launched the Disability Inclusive Emergency Management (DIEM) Toolkit. The Toolkit will help emergency planners develop disability inclusive emergency management actions to improve the safety of people with disability.

University of Melbourne
Friday 13th September, 2024

Do you use social media? (Like zoom, or Facebook)Do you have an intellectual disability?Would you like to take part in research? What’s this all about?I am looking for people who…

Law Society Journal
Friday 17th November, 2023

People with disability have the ‘right to the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms’, in accordance with Australia’s international obligations under the Convention on the…

ABC
Wednesday 9th August, 2023
Officials said the fire broke out at 6:30am (local time) at the house in Wintzenheim, near the German border, and firefighters quickly put it out. "We think we have located the 11
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Tuesday 6th December, 2022
This scoping report provides insights on how strengthening the connection between disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) could reinforce efforts to
Kathleen R. Bogart Ph.D
Psychology today
Wednesday 16th November, 2022
"Most of the changes we need to make to be safe during a pandemic were already part of my day-to-day life. I realized how much wisdom, skill, and resourcefulness I
When COVID-19 arrived on Australian shores in 2019, people with disability knew that they would be adversely affected.  But their very real concerns were ignored which heightened the level of
Hannah Turner
Yahoo Lifestyle Australia
Tuesday 13th September, 2022
But while race and income have been commonly used as factors in predicting climate change vulnerability, there is another specific form of risk that's vital to recognize, too: that of
Luke Henriques-Gomes
Guardian Australia
Monday 29th August, 2022
Sometimes it meant “14 days without a shower”, Colin said. "I‘ve got no support, I’ve got nothing. I’ve got no way of cooking food, there is no fridge …