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Disability Sector Slams National Cabinet's Omicron Response
Australia’s peak disability representative organisations have written to National Cabinet to detail the unacceptable risks to the lives...

People with Disability Australia
Jan 25, 20222 min read
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Marie Bochet earns 30th major gold medal in gripping giant slalom finish in Lillehammer
A career milestone of winning 30 gold medals at the Paralympic Games or World Championships would be cause for celebration for most athletes

Jonathan Shar
Jan 24, 20223 min read
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Disability Advocates Urge Disability Royal Commission To Hold Emergency Hearing Into Omicron Crisis
The board of Australia’s peak disability rights and advocacy organisation is calling on the Disability Royal Commission (DRC)...

Jonathan Shar
Jan 20, 20223 min read
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Emyria announce positive animal study data received for Emyria's novel: ultra-pure CBD capsule
Emyria has received positive preliminary results from a pre-clinical head-to-head animal study comparison of Emyria’s proprietary,...

Jonathan Shar
Dec 21, 20212 min read
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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...

Australian Disability
Dec 9, 20214 min read
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Australians with a Disability Harmed and Neglected by Centrelink
The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) today released a comprehensive report on the harm caused to individuals with d

Jonathan Shar
Oct 14, 20212 min read
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With COVID Set To Run Free In NSW, Many People With Disability Face A Future Of Fear
Disability advocates hold grave concerns that sluggish efforts to vaccinate people with disabilities in NSW will mean many disabled people

Jonathan Shar
Oct 11, 20213 min read
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COVID-19 vaccine strategy and roll-out for people with disability ‘seriously deficient’ draft report
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has today released the draft Commissioners’

Jonathan Shar
Sep 27, 20213 min read
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IPC statement: Arrival of the Afghanistan Paralympic Team
On Saturday (28 August) evening, the Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli were warmly welcomed to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic..

Jonathan Shar
Aug 30, 20213 min read
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URGENT: We need more time to end the violence and abuse of people with disability in Australia
Disability advocacy organisations are supporting the calls for a 17-month extension to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse Neglect...

Jonathan Shar
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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New report shows mental health deteriorates in isolation, but in-community support and resilience
New report shows mental health deteriorates in isolation, but in-community support and resilience helps to cope

Jonathan Shar
Apr 6, 20212 min read
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Disability Representation in Film; how it can go wrong
With the release of Penguin Bloom, I had been thinking about the representation of people with a disability in cinema...

Jonathan Shar
Feb 22, 20212 min read
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Australian first college for young adults with disabilities and autism has its 2021 Graduation
On Friday, the first of its kind College, STEPS Pathways College, celebrated the graduation of another group of their students.

Jonathan Shar
Feb 22, 20212 min read
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Costa Rican Para athlete Sherman Guity suspended for anti-doping rule violation
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Costa Rican Para-athlete Sherman Guity for two years after committed an anti-doping

Jonathan Shar
Nov 12, 20202 min read
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The IPC seek 2021 General Assembly host
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed that its next General Assembly will take place in December 2021.

Jonathan Shar
Nov 7, 20202 min read
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MS GONG RIDE VIRTUAL EVENT 2020 – THIS YEAR IT’S PERSONAL | Paralympic athlete Ameera Lee’s story
The national MS Gong Ride goes virtual for the first time in 2020 with thousands of riders raising funds for people living with MS.

Jonathan Shar
Sep 29, 20203 min read
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Study Reveals Similar Spinal Surgery Outcomes in Rett Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy
Patients with Rett syndrome have similar spinal surgery outcomes to those of people with cerebral palsy (CP), according to new research.

Jonathan Shar
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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FightMND Grant Awards Further Work Into ALS, Other Motor Neuron Diseases
Three grants given researchers at two centres in Australia will advance work into ways of preserving nerve cells in people with ALS

Jonathan Shar
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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