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It can be incredibly stressful managing your period as an elite athlete, especially around training and competition. I should know; competing in two Paralympics during my teen years, I lived…
Researchers at Deakin University are exploring the lived experience of adults with intellectual disability and obesity and their relationships with family, friends and others, as well as loneliness. The project…
Disability advocates and comedians Madeline Stewart and Alistair Baldwin are here to challenge tired narratives that define love, sex and disability as mutually exclusive. They pull back the curtain on…
ScreenEQUAL want to hear from families and support people (paid or unpaid and who live anywhere in Australia) who support a person with intellectual disability who is eligible for cervical…
Occupational therapists (OTs) have been in the spotlight this month after the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) froze NDIS payments for these services at $193.99 per hour for the sixth year. The NDIA also cut…
Who: Regional disabled young Victorians up to 25 years old who have been in intake and discharge mental health services What: Design workshops online When: First workshop starts 25 June…
Imogen, who lives with intellectual disability, is unable to have scans without sedation and was told to wait five months for a CT scan of a concerning growth in her…
People with disability are missing out on screening programs that could help detect cancer early, and after diagnosis, are less likely to survive, our study shows. Overall, this means people…
Orygen has been engaged by the Department of Health and Aged Care to lead a diverse consortium of organisations from the youth mental health sector to deliver sector-led advice to…
Researchers at the University of Sydney are conducting a consultation about accessing cervical screening for women and people with a cervix with lived experience of disability and their supporters. About…
April 7th is World Health Day! For information on your rights and healthcare, check out Neve – a Women With Disabilities Australia resource for health and your rights. Neve is…
People with intellectual disability are still dying decades earlier than other people. People with intellectual disability are still much more likely to be hospitalised for preventable causes. Doctors are still…
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