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The NDIS has started to reduce the admissions of young people with disabilities to aged care facilities, but more than 6,000 are still waiting for more suitable accommodation.
What it’s like trying to use a public loo when they aren’t designed for you.
The NDIS is allowing for Specialist Disability Accommodation for 28,000 people, with 17,500 already in such housing. The potential demand for this life-changing supported housing is even greater.
The demographics, which include declining numbers of adult children free to step up and potentially fewer immigrants, suggest that this big problem society faces will get bigger.
After decades of human rights abuses against Africans living with mental and other disability, the African Commission has finally drafted a protocol to the African Charter to protect their rights.
Combining machine learning, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles could revolutionize how people with disabilities get around their communities.
The NDIS has the resources and mandate to develop a mature market that delivers suitable housing for people with high disability needs, including the more than 6,200 young people now in aged care.
Disabled parking? Check. Disabled toilets? Check. But what about accessible supermarket shelves?
Numerous measures are in place to help young disabled children thrive, but the transition beyond school can be a difficult one. Here are some tips for families to help their children prepare for life beyond.
Depending on where you live, having a disability can cost thousands of additional dollars per year. Government programs often don’t account for that.
The story of a six-year-old boy with dyslexia who, with support from friends and teachers, became a successful professor. Now he teaches teachers how to help children like him.
For many disabled students, college is the first time that they’re put to the test of making their own way. The experience can be challenging, but there are strategies to help ease the way.
The Americans with Disabilities Act turns 27 this year. But true equality is still out of reach for many – and it’s everyone’s responsibility to fulfill the promise of the law.
People with albinism tend to identify with the black rather than the white community. Their physical differences, though, mean they don’t fit into either race group.
Video games can provide disabled people with a safe haven, if they can access it.
The NDIS roll-out has been criticised for many glitches, but that doesn’t mean the scheme is failing.
Changes to the benefits system delve into the pockets of the poor and will lead to more families and disabled people needing to use food banks.
A proposed tweak to the copyright laws should make it easier to reversion protected works for people with disabilities.
New rules offer the possibility of an inclusive Australian society that enables people with the highest disability-related support needs to have equal access to mainstream services including housing.
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Toronto
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Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta
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Assistant Professor, Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, University of Calgary
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Dean, Faculty of Environmental Design, Université de Montréal, Full Professor School of Design, Université de Montréal
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Adjunct Professor, Summer Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor, Nazarbayev University
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Fulbright Scholar, New York University
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Reader in Law, SOAS, University of London
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Research assistant, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Education, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Sensory-Motor Systems, ETH Zurich
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Stirling
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Professor of Business Analytics, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Queer Disability Studies and Education, Sheffield Hallam University