Category Archives: disability issues

Disability Employment Framework Enquiry

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Peter Smith

I’ve uploaded a copy of my submission to my Google Plus page for anyone who is interested to read. You’ll find it under the posts page at; https://plus.google.com/106868512081012855375/posts/p/pub Enjoy. Peter

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Dying to Talk.

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Peter Smith

Professor Roger Stancliffe from the University’s Centre for Disability Research and Policy is leading a new research program, the Dying to Talk project which aims to develop a research-based toolkit to support staff and caregivers to deliver individual information to … Continue reading →

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I’m Day’d Out!

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Peter Smith

Everyday I receive a few notifications about “the day of” or “international week of” which I now find that I treat as white noise. It makes me wonder why as a society that we have to yell loudly from the … Continue reading →

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NDIS, Advocacy and the Rest of Us.

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Peter Smith

It’s interesting to read today that advocacy groups are concerned that once governments hand over disability to the NDIS, there won’t be any money to fund advocacy. As reported today, there are over 4 million Australians with a disability, yet … Continue reading →

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Critical Disability Studies Forum.

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Peter Smith

If you have an interest in the future of disability, then this forum my be of interest to you. https://www.tasa.org.au/events/symposium-disability-support/

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