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Disability Royal Commission labels vaccine rollout as “seriously deficient”

Aaron Bloch
National Indigenous Times
Friday 1st October, 2021
“One of our big concerns is that the Vaccine rollout has been using NDIS participants to identify vaccination rates of disabled people. However, there remain very low rates of participation
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NDIA and Pharmacy Guild work together to boost NDIS vaccination rates

Mirage News
Thursday 30th September, 2021
Minister for the NDIS Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC said it was another important step in protecting the disability community from the virus – and in increasing the number
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Disability inquiry warns against opening up early amid ‘deficient’ vaccine rollout

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Tuesday 28th September, 2021
All people with disability must have a genuine opportunity to be fully vaccinated before there is a significant easing of COVID restrictions in any state or territory, the disability royal
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The experiences of people with disability, in the context of the Australian Government’s approach to the COVID 19 vaccine rollout – Commissioners’ draft report

Disability Royal Commission
Monday 27th September, 2021
ings and seven recommendations about the Australian Government’s approach to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as it affects people with disability, particularly people in residential disability settings and people with intellectual
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When I read anti-vax posts by ‘wellness’ advocates, what I see is ableism. Here’s why

Katie Brebner Griffin
ABC Life
Sunday 26th September, 2021
Speaking of privilege, Many of the wellness types promoting "natural immunity" have benefited from financial access to healthcare, healthy environments, education, and financial resources to improve their health — factors
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Fears disabled Australians are being left behind as the country plans to open up

Hamish MacDonald
RN Breakfast
Friday 17th September, 2021
Vaccine passports will be a key item on National Cabinet's agenda today.  But as the country prepares to open up, with NSW hurtling toward that milestone, there are grave fears
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‘Just eight weeks left’: Disability advocates warn vaccination rate must lift

Rob Harris
SMH
Monday 13th September, 2021
People with Disability Australia (PWDA), along with other disability organisations, say they are still waiting for a clear plan and targets to ensure priority groups are vaccinated – including people
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Clearing a path to full inclusion of people with disability in emergency management policy and practice in Australia

Michelle Villeneuve
Thursday 1st July, 2021
This issues paper was prepared in response to the lived experience and literature presented at the Disability and Disaster Resilience forum hosted by DARU on 27 August 2020 which built
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Snapshot: Supporting workers with disability – Lessons for the post-COVID workplace

Victorian Equal opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Friday 27th August, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic compounded existing inequalities for workers with disability, leaving many of them feeling stretched, stressed and unfairly treated. However, the unprecedented move to remote and flexible work during…

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Disability advocates demand action amid slow vaccine rollout

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Tuesday 17th August, 2021
Frustrated disability groups say the Australian government has failed to protect the nation’s most clinically vulnerable people during the pandemic. Now, they have put forward an 11-point plan to urgently
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‘Letting COVID rip’ would have dire consequences for people with disability, advocates say

Nas Campanella and Celina Edmonds
ABC News
Thursday 15th July, 2021
Disability advocates are alarmed at the idea Australia needs to "learn to live with COVID", saying that could mean a life of isolation and even death for many people with
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People with learning disabilities in England ‘have eight times Covid death rate’

Ian Sample
The Guardian
Thursday 15th July, 2021
The study from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Oxford University and Public Health England found risks were particularly high for those with profound learning disabilities linked to
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