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People with disability use a range of mainstream health services—such as GPs, medical specialists and dentists. Some experience difficulties in accessing these services, such as unacceptable or lengthy waiting times,…
Sunday is International Day of People with a Disability, and its themeis “transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all”. People with disabilities are a diverse bunch – many of us want to…
Australia’s Disability Laws is set up based on the person with disability having to make a complaint. It is up to the person with disability to challenge discrimination when it happens. Is…
Anita Cameron, one of the protesters arrested that day, has a message for people who are shocked by the photos. “Concentrate on why we’re there, and not how we’re being…
More than 100 prominent academics have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for a royal commission into violence, abuse and neglect of people with a disability.
Research released in the medical journal BMJ Open on Wednesday reveals a disturbing pattern of unnecessary deaths in the Australian health system.
The not-for-profit sector is calling for urgent action amid concerns people living with a mental illness could “fall through the gaps” as the National Disability Insurance Scheme absorbs some mental…
Would you plead guilty to crime you didn’t commit and serve out the jail time? What if your only other option was being locked up with no release date in…
Mental health as a key performance indicator (KPI)? It’s a future BeyondBlue Chairman Jeff Kennett wants to see for Australian business. The former Victorian Premier has called for performance bonuses…
Mental illness won’t go away once we address stigma – we need to address the symptoms, writes Ben Pobjie.
A young man with autism was shackled for up to 24 hours a day during a nine-month ordeal at a Victorian hospital.
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