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CripChat Australia #201: People with Disabilities and the Festive Season
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CripChat Australia #200: Disability and Leadership
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CripChat Australia #199: Community Attitudes and NDIS Reforms
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Jonathan Shar
Jan 30, 20233 min read
The Y NSW making swimming lessons more accessible for young people with a disability
THE Y NSW & RAINBOW CLUB MAKING SWIMMING LESSONS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITY
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Jonathan Shar
Jan 20, 20232 min read
The Disability Sector and Australian Businesses Rally Behind Paralympics Australian
The National Disability Leadership Organisation (NDLO), a not for profit, national service, Developing Australian Communities, along with h
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Jonathan Shar
Jan 20, 20233 min read
People Under 65yo with a Disability Still Need Key Services to Leave Hospital and Avoid Aged Care
“Access Lifecare is an allied health organisation making a difference in the lives of people with disabilities in Canberra, Queensland and N
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Julian N. Trollor
May 4, 20220 min read
Hospitals only note a person’s intellectual disability 20% of the time
Professor, Medicine and Health, UNSW People with intellectual disability only have their disability noted by hospital staff in one in every
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Jonathan Shar
Jan 27, 20223 min read
Top Honour for Nola – Champion for People with Disability
Mrs Nola Buck, Ability Options life member and long-serving Board Director has been awarded the prestigious Medal of the Order of Australia.
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Australian Council of Social Services
Jan 27, 20223 min read
ACOSS calls on National Cabinet to urgently address crippling Omicron inequities
National Cabinet must find new ways to address the reality that those with the least are being hit hardest by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Australian Disability
Dec 9, 20214 min read
iMOVE CRC report makes recommendations to improve accessibility of driverless vehicles
A new iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre/La Trobe University report has recommended urgent changes to disability transport standards...
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Jonathan Shar
Aug 28, 20202 min read
Xperiome Platform Aims to Streamline Searches for Rare Diseases, Gain Patient Input
Raremark, an online rare disease patient community, has launched a digital platform called Xperiome, aimed at streamlining the search for ne
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Jonathan Shar
Aug 17, 20202 min read
Disability inquiry on COVID-19 impact
People with disability, their families and advocates are expected to testify before a royal commission about their experiences during the c
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Jonathan Shar
Aug 13, 20206 min read
Blood, Snot and Tears: A celebration of life and disability
'Many years later, I would learn that just as the struggle of black people is not to be white nor that of the LGBT community to be straigh
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Jonathan Shar
Aug 4, 20203 min read
State Government accepts recommendations by disability Safeguarding Task Force set up after Annie Sm
More resources to help safeguard vulnerable disabled South Australians will be fast-tracked by the State Government in response to the reco
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 31, 20203 min read
Ten coronavirus cases confirmed in Aruma group home in Melbourne's northern suburbs
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The residents in a household of six in Melbourne's northern suburbs have intellectual disabilities and autism
The house
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 28, 20208 min read
A Boy With Muscular Dystrophy Was Headed For A Wheelchair. Then Gene Therapy Arrived
This is the story of a fatal genetic disease, a tenacious scientist and a family that never lost hope.
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 24, 20200 min read
Only one fifth of school students with disability had enough support during the same learning period
Only 22% of family members and carers of students with a disability agreed they had received adequate educational support during pandemic.
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 24, 20204 min read
Exciting disability support ideas now a step closer to reality thanks to mentoring opportunity
Opportunities for people with disability to comfortably explore some of Australia’s most remote locations, greater support for Aboriginal...
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 23, 20204 min read
Dylan Alcott tells Kurt Fearnley on One Plus One how sport opened doors, and maybe saved his life
Dylan Alcott says he doesn't know if he would "even be here at all" if it were not for the impact sport has had on his life.
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 23, 20204 min read
Proteins—and labs—coming together to prevent Rett syndrome
New discoveries about the disruption of condensates in the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome provide insights into how cells compar
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 23, 20205 min read
Tofersen Safe, Appears to Slow Disease Progression in SOD1 ALS Patients, Phase 1/2 Trial Shows
Tofersen, Biogen’s investigational therapy for people with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) caused by SOD1 gene mutations.
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 22, 20204 min read
In search of ‘social’ subtypes of autism
Social difficulties have been considered a defining characteristic of autism since Leo Kanner published the first clinical descriptions of t
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 22, 20202 min read
Beyond Blue encourages educators to put themselves first and guard mental health
Record numbers of early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals, along with educators in other fields of education.
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