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A disability advocacy group believes the use of restraints against disabled people is still a “daily occurrence” as a former support worker in Canberra came forward to share her horror…
I support the right to assisted dying, but I also worry that people will look at me with my crooked and paralysed body and make that decision for me. The…
Children with disabilities could face new risks under the $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), a national inquiry has been told. Gail Furness, SC, counsel assisting the royal commission…
The mother of an intellectually disabled girl tells an inquiry she is angry the people who abused her daughter were not adequately investigated. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to…
Family violence survivor Emma Gierschick has called for more help for women who have special needs children and are fleeing abusers.
This fascinating and moving book offers a new perspective on supporting diversity in our community, and a way forward for Australia. In Finding a Way, Graeme Innes shares memories of…
An interview with Nance Haxton exploring the issues around domestic violence victims with an intellectual disability.
The Rebuttal is an Independent Ezine and website that aims to promote and create discussion about Deaf and hearing impaired issues. This post is an interesting account on the Deaf
Young people with disability living in nursing homes are one of the most marginalised and isolated groups of people in our society. More than half of them, 53%, receive a…
When asked earlier this week about the Government’s intended response to last year’s Senate Committee Inquiry that uncovered appalling instances of violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability, a…
South Australian politician Kelly Vincent, who knows first-hand the challenges of disability, writes that we need to start recognising it on the spectrum of sexuality.
Jane has an intellectual disability, and over her lifetime she’s suffered unrelenting sexual and physical abuse by six different male perpetrators. She is far from alone. On the contrary, 90…
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