Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/29/queensland-launches-investigation-into-treatment-of-malnourished-teens-in-brisbane
Month: May 2020
Cross-party group proposes ending UK abortions after 24 weeks for minor disabilities
The experience of travel should be experienced by everyone, but opportunities to do so are often limited. This is where Travelear comes in, a virtual travel experience using immersive soundscapes of destinations around the world.
He certainly doesn’t need the pity or prayers strangers offer him – but he does occasionally need a hand or elbow to help him cross a road
A sense of routine is essential for Morgan Tilly, who has non-verbal autism. So when coronavirus restrictions hit, her family had to create familiarity amid the uncertainty
The man in the iron lung
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When he was six, Paul Alexander contracted polio and was paralysed for life. Today he is 74, and one of the last people in the world still using an iron lung. But after surviving one deadly outbreak, he did not expect to find himself threatened by another. By Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Vicky Foxcroft, who is shielding, says she will be disenfranchised when virtual parliament ends
Disabled students need extensions to their deadlines and extra equipment, but are finding it hard to get them
United Nations Urged to Lead Action to End Discrimination Against People With Disabilities in the Response to COVID-19
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By IDA May 18, 2020 New campaign by disability rights groups calls for more leadership from the United Nations to ensure COVID-19 measures include people…
‘There have always been barriers for us’: how Covid-19 has further isolated deaf Australians
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From the absence of Auslan interpreters on TV to the struggle to adapt to life without face-to-face communication, the pandemic has posed unexpected challenges for the deaf community