NDIS eligibility criteria isn’t tightening until January 2028, and no one is being moved off the scheme yet. So what’s actually changing?
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Creating structures and routines in the classroom means providing children with predictability about what is expected, when it is expected and how.
Aging levees and dams are only the beginning of the risks communities face. One of the biggest challenges is helping people manage the heat and storms.
New research charts how preferences have changed over the past 45 years, and where they stand now.
For many people, coming to terms with chronic illness feels impossible. What if psychology could make meaning of the loss?
An outright ban is legally risky. Here are some safer options.
Schools and families shouldn’t just be expected to absorb more responsibility. This is a chance for a radical rethink.
The government wants to cut $37.8 billion from the NDIS over 4 years. Much of this will come from tightening access to the scheme and reducing participants’ plans.
Alberta’s move to shift disability recipients onto a lower-paying, employment-focused benefit assumes people can make up the difference through work, savings or family. Research suggests few can.
Symptoms and impacts may fluctuate and it can be difficult to show you’ve tried other treatments.
New research shows disabled people remain overlooked in climate policy, despite lived experience that could help build more resilient communities.
From Tudor welfare claims to modern PIP assessments, disabled people have long faced suspicion and bureaucracy.
The province’s World Cup exemptions show that remote work can be accommodated when governments decide it matters.
Ghanaian adolescents with disabilities often face hostile experiences that contribute to negative self-perceptions.
Reform needs to be careful. Simply shutting down existing workplaces could leave some disabled workers worse off.
Surviving in the wild is no small feat for animals, especially ones like Jimothy, with rare conditions And yet he persevered to viral celebration, thanks to an adaptable brain and a caring mother.
After decades assuming disabled people would struggle in spaceflight, researchers are finally asking what they can contribute.
Dementia is now the leading cause of death, overtaking heart disease. The Conversation’s experts explain how Australians’ health has changed – both good and bad.
Mail-in voting was created during the Civil War so soldiers could vote. That legacy helped shape how the Supreme Court ruled more than 160 years later.
How to place disabled people, who are some of the most vulnerable, at the centre of climate change negotiations.
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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Professor, University of Sydney; RMIT University
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Adjunct Professor, Summer Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
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Professor of Social Inclusion - UTS Business School - Co-Lead UTS Disability Research Network - Australian Centre for Olympic and Sport Studies - Centre for Sport, Business and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor in Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer of Wellbeing Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Toronto
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Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Murdoch University
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Professor, Director, Griffith Inclusive Futures, Griffith University, Griffith University