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Mums with an intellectual disability already risk family violence and losing their kids. Coronavirus could make things worse

Susan Collings
The Conversation
Friday 24th April, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is keeping us at home due to widespread unemployment, school closures and social distancing. This has already led to concerns about an upsurge in domestic and family
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Our Site: A website by and for women and girls (15+) with disability

Women With Disabilities Australia
Friday 6th March, 2020
This website was created as a platform by women and girls with disability, for women and girls with disability. 'Our Site' provides practical resources and information across five main areas
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“No one is listening.” When it comes to gender equality, disabled women are being left out.

Nicole Lee
Mamamia
Saturday 18th May, 2019
We live in a society where the rights of women are more openly being discussed. From marches on the steps of parliament, to seeing women finally rise to higher ranks
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Disability and Relationships – The misconceptions of being your partner’s carer

Eliza Hull
ABC Life Matters
Monday 6th May, 2019
Having a disability and being in a relationship can be complex. However, most of those complexities come from the assumptions of other people. This podcast series explores these complexities. Audio
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Sunny – an app for women with disabilities to learn about violence and abuse

Women with Disabilities Australia and a group of women with lived experience of disability
Tuesday 18th December, 2018
Sunny is an app with information about what constitutes violence and abuse, and where to seek assistance.
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Children and women with disabilities, more likely to face discrimination

Carmen Arroyo and Emily Thampoe
Inter Press Service
Monday 13th August, 2018
“Children with disabilities are among the most marginalised groups in society. If society continues to see the disability before it sees the child, the risk of exclusion and discrimination remains,”
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Our Right to Safety and Respect

Women with Disabilities Victoria (WDV)
Tuesday 3rd July, 2018
The resource aims to provide women with disabilities information about how to identify violence and abuse and how to get help to feel safe. The resource was made for and
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Domestic violence victims suffer ‘shocking’ rate of brain injury, report finds

Stephanie Ferrier
ABC Online
Monday 30th April, 2018
While the victims were most often women, the report found nearly one in three of the victims were children — and one in four of them had sustained a brain
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People accept that I’m gay, but not that I’m disabled

Joan McFadden
The Guardian
Saturday 13th January, 2018

When Jessica Kellgren-Fozard tells people she is gay, they generally smile and certainly don’t challenge her. But they are far less accepting of her, often invisible, disabilities – and sometimes…

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The ‘grey’ area for domestic violence victims who have a disability

Katie Burgess
Canberra Times
Wednesday 27th December, 2017
A disabled woman tried to set her Canberra house on fire because her support provider failed to stop abuse from her housemate for over a year. That's one of the
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Whatever it takes: Access for women with disabilities to domestic and family violence services

ANROWS
Thursday 7th September, 2017
This research report aims to help tertiary response services to respond effectively to the needs of women with disabilities. Women with disabilities who have experienced violence seek help and support
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Women with disabilities – questions we need answered

Tricia Malowney.
Pro Bono News
Thursday 2nd October, 2014

A recent forum saw women with disabilities ask the three major parties contesting the Victorian State Election in November to answer questions around healthcare, equal access and violence against women….

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