Author Archives: Guest author
A guest post from an angry NDIS participant, about what the proposed 'independent assessment' process will mean.
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I just pray every day that we will be allowed to go outside of the suburb, just to get food.
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I could see the doctors talking but couldn’t understand what they were saying. It was very isolating.
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A guest post from Megan Weier at the Centre for Social Impact. When governments talk about ‘progress’, it’s almost always
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Ben Martin Hobbs explores why the in-home care system is failing the older people it’s meant to empower.
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"My chronic pain is a whole disability on its own too. It deserves the same respect and weight."
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Kate Colvin from Council to Homeless Persons shares budget priorities that can help thousands of Victorians facing homelessness.
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More needs to be done for carers in LGBTIQ communities, writes Gabriel Aleksandrs from Drummond Street Services.
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Parents of kids with undiagnosed genetic conditions are trying to get into a research studies to find answers and avoid
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Unemployment and underemployment, as well as physical and mental health problems, were the most common experiences of people falling behind
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Natasha Brake, who works in disability advocacy, is vision impaired and has been trying to set up her NDIS plan.
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VicSRC is the peak body representing school-aged students in Victoria. We exist to empower all student voices to be valued
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Single mother families do it tough when it comes to school costs, writes Jenny Davidson, CEO of Council of Single
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No to Violence takes us inside the court system and explains the work of those tasked with engaging with men affected
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Güler Altunbas' story of reclaiming her happiness after a lifetime of physical, emotional and sexual violence.
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The ABC podcast Trace reminds us that victims and witnesses with disabilities have a right to be heard.
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Violent men always always seek to justify and explain away their actions. Here's how they do it.
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Ageist stereotypes and assumptions about the capabilities of older people can be disempowering and takes away older people’s agency and
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Four Corners shocked Australia with images from inside the Don Dale detention centre, prompting widespread condemnation and a Royal Commission.
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This guest post from VAADA, examines an evaluation they commissioned of the processes employed by the then Department of Health
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