The NSW department of Education recently conducted an audit to examine how well the Department is managing the transition for students with disability (starting kindergarten, high school, or changing schools), and […]
Archives for May 2016
Persistent communal disadvantage in Australia
Dropping off the Edge 2015 shows clearly that complex and entrenched disadvantage is experienced by a small but persistent number of locations in each state and territory across Australia.
No End in Sight – The imprisonment, and indefinite detention of Indigenous Australians with A Cognitive Impairment
Indigenous Australians with cognitive impairment are over-represented in criminal justice settings across Australia. This group (compared to the non-disabled population) is more likely to come to the attention of police, […]
We must do more to help people with intellectual impairments stay out of prison
We must do more to help people with intellectual impairments stay out of prison. Laws and policies often perpetrate and deepen the disadvantage and exclusion of vulnerable groups, especially prisoners. Here’s […]
FACS ‘Behaviour Bits’ – Issue 8
Behaviour Bits is developed by the ADHC Behaviour Support Team to provide educational information, tips, events and news in relation to behavioural support in the sector – issue 8 focuses on staff […]
Indigenous Law Bulletin
Not only is 2016 a federal election year, it will also be host to Referendum Council conventions all around the country gauging the views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives on the recurrent and indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment.
The First Peoples Disability Justice Consortium prepared this submission to the Senate Inquiry on the indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment (April 2016) – Senate Inquiry – Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]
Intersectional Dimensions on the Right to Health for Indigenous Peoples – A Disability Perspective
The First Peoples Disability Network report on human right frameworks – highlights how data collection based on individual aspects of a person’s identity (i.e. Indigenous status or disability) does not fully […]
NDS Centre for Applied Disability Research making it easier to put evidence into practice
The National Disability Services (NDS) Centre for Applied Disability Research (CADR) is making it easier to put evidence into practice. CADR has been funded by Australian Governments to upgrade the […]
Acquired Brain Injury and the Justice System
Brain Injury Australia has published a policy paper concerning people with an acquired brain injury (ABI) and their interaction with the criminal justice system. Despite great need, they could identify only […]