Persons With Disabilities
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Protect Women with Disabilities from Violence in Mexico
Imagine being trapped with someone who is violent and abusive towards you and having no way to escape Carlos Ríos…
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About 1 in 6 older Australians experiences elder abuse. Here are the reasons they don’t get help
A recent national prevalence study revealed one in six older Australians living at home experiences elder abuse. The Conversation This may…
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Locked inside units and outside disability reform
That was the result of four years of hearings, submissions and reports from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect,…
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The disability royal commission heard horrific stories of harm – now we must move towards repair
The final report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability follows years of advocacy from the disability…
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Australian Teen Locked in Solitary Confinement for 500 Days
Imagine being locked alone in a tiny cell for over 20 hours a day and for more than 500 days…
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Empowering Disabled Talent in the Australian Screen Industry
We may only see the actors on screen, but behind the scenes there are hundreds of thousands of workers who…
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Australia is lagging when it comes to employing people with disability – quotas for disability services could be a start
A gulf exists between the employment rates of working-aged Australians with and without disability. Authors : The Conversation The gap here is…
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Lawyers urged to fight for disability rights
Dr Dinesh Palipana sat down with host Jerome Doraisamy of The Lawyers Weekly Show to talk about the inspiring journey…
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A blessing and a cause
Traditional and social media have been heavily focused today on Scott Morrison’s leaders’ debate “gaffe”, in which he thoughtlessly told…
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‘Don’t shove us off like we’re rubbish’: what people with intellectual disability told us about their local community
But not everyone’s needs are well served in the political sphere – and one of the areas most ripe for…
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British Sign Language to become recognised language in the UK
British Sign Language (BSL) is on course to become a recognised language, after the government backed a proposal by a…
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We deserve to tell the stories of our unique lived experience
For those whose childhood memories of Dahl have faded, the witches in his novel looked and acted like “ordinary” women.…
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A resident of aged care shouldn’t need to surrender their human rights
When a person’s lack of physical independence tips them, at great personal financial and emotional cost, into an aged care…
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Not enough work? There is plenty, we just need to pay for it
Today, almost a million Australians are out of work and forecasts suggest it is going to get worse. Elise Klein…
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Israeli Police Officers Shoot and Kill Disabled Palestinian in Jerusalem
Eyad Hallaq, 32, attended and worked in a special needs school close to where he was shot ■ Shooting officer…
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One-third of all nursing homes now have virus as expert warns of ‘catastrophe’
Almost one-third of nursing homes in Ireland have the Covid-19 virus, the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) said on…
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