Art and music therapists can charge the National Disability Insurance Scheme the same as counsellors, after an independent review found they are effective.
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Australia is increasingly settling refugees with disability. New research points to intersecting issues that help and hinder how they fare when they get here.
This common condition affects children’s spoken language development, but similarity to other disorders makes it hard to detect.
There are lots of myths about autistic people who don’t talk. Here are three and why they’re so wrong.
Autistic kids need love, to learn through everyday activities and strong connections with family, culture and community. Here’s what’s best practice to support them.
By blaming chronic disease and disability on food and toxins, and ‘just asking questions’ about widely accepted science, MAHA discounts the government’s responsibility for meeting disabled peoples’ needs.
Developmental delay might mean a toddler isn’t using sentences when expected, or not meeting milestones such as walking or feeding themself.
Long COVID isn’t just a bunch of lingering symptoms. A new study shows it can stop peoole doing what they want to do, and need to do.
The crisis has intensified existing vulnerabilities for people with disabilities, who face extreme barriers to evacuation, aid, and medical treatment.
Born in rural KwaZulu-Natal, double amputee Sphelele Dlamini faces fresh challenges playing basketball in France.
With children over-represented on the NDIS, it’s hoped this new program could divert pressure from the scheme. Here’s what we know about it so far.
‘Eddington’ follows a centuries-old narrative pattern in which disability is framed as punishment, poetic justice or moral revelation.
Women with disabilities can’t always make informed reproductive choices, and this can make them even more vulnerable.
But retailers still have work to do to make their spaces inclusive and accessible.
Neither welfare nor work is designed for people who are sometimes well and sometimes sick.
The V&A exhibition showcases the radical contributions of people with disabilities to design history and culture, and calls for greater visibility, equality and consideration.
The weakened prime minister urgently needs to get out and talk to his MPs before any more embarrassing arguments blow up.
Polio is in the news, with vaccination under threat and recent outbreaks. This makes Alan Marshall’s classic disability memoir more relevant than ever.
Ever wondered what an occupational therapist actually does in people’s homes and communities? Here’s what this support might look like.
Rural communities are being asked to absorb reduced funding and limited flexibility in the NDIS. These changes risk widening the gap city and regional areas.
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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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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