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[IMAGE Photograph of Issy Hay, a smiling young, white person with a purple fringe, leaf earrings, a nose ring and a plaid blazer.]

Accessible education should be the norm, not the alternative

I don’t think I will ever be able to describe what it meant to me, the first time a teacher asked “What can I do to make this easier for you, to support you?” That should be the norm, writes Issy Hay.

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Adventures of the boy who was told he’d never speak

For year 7, I started at a little school in the NSW outback with an enrolment of 150 students from K-12. At first, there were no problems, then things started to go wrong, writes William McIntosh.

Media release: A ‘jobs’ budget must include accessible jobs for people with disability

Without targeted measures, in a tightening labour market, people with disability will continue to be excluded from mainstream employment. This budget has missed a critical opportunity to turn the tables, and that is a shame.

[IMAGE several open bottles of medication sit next to a Sunday to Saturday pill box]

Bad medication

A bad experience with medication can leave lasting trauma and close us off to truly helpful and positive use later, writes Ashley Waite.

[IMAGE a hospital corridor with a bed and hospital personnel at the very end of the corridor]

Visits to the hospital

As an autistic, mentally ill, transgender person with disability, Pippin Latham shares some experiences receiving medical care in hospital.

We are concerned about ‘Independent Assessments’ for the NDIS

Last week, the Australian Government responded to the Tune Review Report, supporting, or supporting in principle, 29 recommendations to make the NDIS less complex, and to support fair access and easier navigation of the scheme. However, like many in the…