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People with lived experience of disability are invited to help develop the roadmap for improving accessibility and inclusion in North Sydney as part of Council’s Access and Inclusion Committee. The Access and Inclusion Committee is a key advisory body to the Council, helping to embed accessibility and inclusion across local services and infrastructure. It … Continued
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The right to a fully inclusive education system is still out of reach for too many children and young people with disability in Australia. Just last year, three out of four disabled students were bullied and 72% were excluded from school events and activities, according to an alarming new CYDA survey. Now, a … Continued
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More than 4,200 residents living in the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury regions are at risk of being affected by NDIS job cuts if the Coalition is elected, according to the Australian Services Union. Opposition leader Peter Dutton, alongside Liberal candidate for Macquarie Mike Creed, plans to reduce the public service workforce, putting 41,000 jobs at … Continued
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More than 4,000 residents living in the federal electorate of Gilmore are at risk of being affected by NDIS job cuts if the Coalition is elected, according to the Australian Services Union. Opposition leader Peter Dutton, alongside Liberal candidate for Gilmore Andrew Constance, plans to reduce the public service workforce, putting 41,000 jobs at risk, including more … Continued
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More than 5,000 residents living in the federal electorate of Whitlam are at risk of being affected by NDIS job cuts if the Coalition is elected, according to the Australian Services Union. Opposition leader Peter Dutton, alongside Liberal candidate for Whitlam Nathaniel Smith, plans to reduce the public service workforce, putting 41,000 jobs at risk, including more than … Continued
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Nearly 11,000 Central Coast residents are at risk of being affected by NDIS job cuts if the Coalition is elected, according to the Australian Services Union. Opposition leader Peter Dutton, alongside Liberal candidates Lucy Wicks for Robertson and Brendan Small for Dobell, plans to reduce the public service workforce, putting 41,000 jobs at risk, including … Continued
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Nearly 8,000 residents living in the federal electorate of Paterson are at risk of being affected by NDIS job cuts if the Coalition is elected, according to the Australian Services Union. Opposition leader Peter Dutton, alongside Liberal candidate for Paterson Laurence Antcliff, plans to reduce the public service workforce, putting 41,000 jobs at risk, including more … Continued
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People with Disability Australia (PWDA), the national cross-disability rights and advocacy organisation, is urging all parties and candidates to immediately address the critical shortage of accessible housing after this week’s leader’s and housing policy debates failed to even acknowledge people with disability. None of the leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter … Continued
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Australia’s pioneering paediatric occupational therapy provider, Occupational Therapy for Children (OTFC), has announced plans to open two new clinics every year to meet the surging demand nationwide for specialist paediatric therapy, following its client base doubling over the last two years. This commitment will result in OTFC having 50 clinical spaces servicing 300 children daily … Continued
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Targeted clinician education is making genetic care more inclusive, says a new study. A toolkit co-produced by people with intellectual disability is helping to improve the quality of the health care they receive. The GeneEQUAL toolkit was rolled out in 2023 to better educate healthcare workers on how to provide inclusive and respectful genetic health care, and … Continued
