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
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Dementia Australia welcomes the launch of the first National Memory and Cognition Clinic Guidelines
Dementia peak body congratulates researchers from the Australian Dementia Network (ADNeT) on the release of the first Memory and Cognition
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Jonathan Shar
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Jonathan Shar
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Moving into your own home is a special milestone but for Elise Miller, it holds extra significance.
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Jonathan Shar
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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 17, 20203 min read
'We've grown together': Disability worker retires after three decades caring for 'her boys'
For the 31 years that disability support worker Faye Frazer has helped to look after Guy, Carl, Jonathan and John, she has lived by the same
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Jonathan Shar
Aug 13, 20206 min read
Red Cross decision to shut Lady Lawley Cottage leaves families struggling to find respite care
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The Red Cross announced in May it was shutting Lady Lawley Cottage
There are concerns families have been left without s
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Jonathan Shar
Aug 4, 20204 min read
Mental health website for people with intellectual disability created with help of those with lived
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Figures show almost 470,000 Australians live with an intellectual disability
About half of them will experience mental
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Jonathan Shar
Aug 4, 20204 min read
Younger people living in Melbourne aged care homes fear for their safety as coronavirus spreads
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About 1,500 younger people with disabilities live in aged care in Victoria
Many are there because they couldn't access
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 27, 20202 min read
Sharing your story with Disability Royal Commission
As at 30 June, the Royal Commission has received 1141 submissions
47 per cent have been from people with disability
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Jonathan Shar
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Only one fifth of school students with disability had enough support during the same learning period
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Jonathan Shar
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Jonathan Shar
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Proteins—and labs—coming together to prevent Rett syndrome
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 20, 20204 min read
Changing Places toilets for severely disabled people to be compulsory in new public buildings
More than 250,000 severely disabled people will have greater access to public places after the government moved to make Changing Places.
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Jonathan Shar
Jul 20, 20202 min read
More than 1,000 workers with a disability back on the job in Queensland
The Endeavour Foundation's supported staff in Queensland are the first in the nation to return to work.
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