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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
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
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
John Buckley
Business Insider
Friday 14th January, 2022
Under these current policy settings, experts say, Australians with disabilities are being left to fend for themselves, as workers with little to no workplace protection fall out of the workforce
Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Wednesday 12th January, 2022
Large swathes of the disability service sector have been forced into Covid isolation, leaving some clients without access to vital services, while a major provider has only been able to
Akash Arora
SBS News
Monday 10th January, 2022
Staff shortages in the disability sector in Australia have gone from bad to worse due to a dearth of rapid antigen test kits and long queues at COVID-19 PCR testing
Eden Gillespie
SBS News
Tuesday 21st December, 2021
But Ms Gibbs feels those with disability have been forgotten by state and federal governments as Australia reopens. “I can take all the personal responsibility in the world but if
George Taleporos
Summer Foundation
Tuesday 7th December, 2021
Reasonable and Necessary is usually a podcast series about making Sense of the NDIS , where each podcast episode aims to simplify the NDIS for participants, their families and anyone
Jane Edge
PBA
Monday 6th December, 2021
There has been a catastrophic failure globally to preserve the lives, health and rights of people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has dramatically deepened pre-existing inequalities for people
Dennis Sharples
The Age
Wednesday 1st December, 2021
Is the government so out of touch with the disability community that it did not realise there were barriers to vaccination, including anxiety and difficult behaviours that would require assistance?
Kylie Bartholomew and Gavin Salmon
ABC
Monday 29th November, 2021
The pandemic has brought with it different challenges for everyone. But for some Australians with a disability, it's been a chance to find joy, independence and new passions.
Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Monday 4th October, 2021

“We started to get calls saying, ‘When are these guys showing up’?” says Moody, who was until June the chief executive of a peak body for national disability insurance scheme…