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Disability community demands inclusive plan for COVID future

Danielle Kutchel
PBA
Wednesday 13th July, 2022
“People have experienced a lot of fear, illness, isolation and neglect,” explained Dominic Golding, policy officer at National Ethnic Disability Alliance. “COVID has had a really big impact on
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Disability services not always suited to digital, report reveals

Danielle Kutchel
PBA
Friday 8th July, 2022
The Provider Choice research report, COVID-19 and the NDIS, found that for many participants, digital delivery of services was inadequate during the pandemic, and face-to-face was preferred, in a finding
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EMBER app to help you in an emergency

The Flagstaff Group
Wednesday 6th July, 2022
For people living with disability, the need is greater to plan, act early and be prepared for an emergency. Standing for Emergency Management Backpack Evacuation Resource, EMBER comprises resources
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Disabled people are playing their part in defending their country, say Ukraine activists

John Pring
Disability News Service
Thursday 30th June, 2022
Disabled activists in Ukraine have been kidnapped and killed, residential institutions have been shelled, and Deaf people have been unable to escape to shelters because they cannot hear the air
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Advocates say people with disability are increasingly ‘forgotten’ in emergency planning

Eden Gillespie
Guardian Australia
Monday 11th April, 2022

After being evicted from her short-term accommodation to make way for tourists, flood victim Margaret was left with nowhere else to go. “I would have been homeless, living out of…

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Disability sector demands inclusive disaster preparedness

Jonathan Alley
PBA
Wednesday 6th April, 2022
A coalition of 40 disability rights and advocacy organisations has endorsed an open letter to politicians running in the 2022 election, that demands a new approach to ensuring better safety
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Who’s who and what do they do? Recovering from disasters and emergencies

VCOSS
Thursday 10th February, 2022

This user-friendly guide identifies key disaster recovery stakeholders and outlines their roles and responsibilities. There are also useful tools, links and resources to help organisations navigate their recovery journey by…

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Using rapid antigen tests can be near impossible for the vision impaired | ABC News

Nas Campanella
ABC News
Thursday 27th January, 2022
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. 
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Covid in Australia, every day is a game of figuring out who is least likely to kill me George Taleporos

George Taleporos
The Guardian
Thursday 3rd February, 2022
And now we’ve had Omicron ripping through our nation, causing mayhem for disabled people who rely on others for daily assistance. January has been a nightmare – battling to get
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6 ways responses to Covid-19 have been ableist, and why it matters

Andrew Pulrang
Forbes
Monday 31st January, 2022
If we don’t recognize and deliberately steer away from ableism in responding to Covid-19, the pandemic will never really end for people with disabilities. Instead of being a two or
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Supports in the time of COVID

Sara Gingold
DSC
Wednesday 19th January, 2022
The continuation of supports remains one of the biggest challenges for the disability sector. Many providers are increasingly worried about how they are going to continue delivering essential services with
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Experts call for a change of course on COVID, with urgent recommendations for care of people with disabilities

Melissa Sweet
Crokey
Monday 10th January, 2022
On 30 December, a senior psychiatrist tweeted out her frustration at mismanagement of the COVID pandemic in Australia using the “#LetItRip” hashtag.  “Australia is a failing nation state with no
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