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Conference: M-Enabling Australasia 2013
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Registrations are now open for the M-Enabling Australasia 2013 conference and showcase being held in Sydney on 14th and 15th August. This international event will feature a stellar line up of speakers...
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Conference: Australian Social Policy
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The Australian Social Policy Conference (ASPC) will be held at the University of New South Wales from Monday 16 September to Wednesday 18 September. The biennial conference aims to bring together res...
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Conference: Direct Support Professionals 2013
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This Conference is aimed at Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), it will include a dedicated workshop stream focusing on practical skills for DSPs working in supported living and supported employment ...
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Conference: DisabilityCare Australia – My Choice, My Control, My Future.
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The conference will provide a forum for people to share their unique experiences with disability, find out about the DisabilityCare, how it will work and how governments will help people and service p...
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Conference: Round Table 2013
The 2013 Round Table conference will be held on 25th May in Sydney. The conference aims to facilitate and influence the production and use of quality alternative formats for people with print disabil...
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Conference: EPHEA 2013
The next EPHEA conference will be held at the University of Western Australia from 26-29 November, 2013. It is being hosted by The University of Western Australia in collaboration with Curtin Univers...
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How a Professor Gave a Blind Student a New Outlook on Science
Professor Baldwin believed that students who are blind should not be excluded from physics courses because of inaccessible textbooks, so he created modules for many physics concepts in a format that b...
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People with autism say “We Belong”
A new Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) research study has discovered that the majority of adults with Asperger’s disorder and high functioning autism are not able to get the support they need to ach...
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Study with just a little help: Di Vine article
Graeme Turner speaks to university students about the support networks available to them.
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ABC: Concern new diagnostic criteria will affect autism services
A leading autism organisation is worried that changes to the diagnostic manual for psychiatrists could affect services. Autism Spectrum Australia says nearly a quarter of children who were diagnosed w...
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Public consultation: Changing employer attitudes towards people with disability
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Bill Shorten has launched public consultation on proposals to boost employment participation for people with disability.
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NDIS: Practical Design Fund – successful projects
The Federal Government has announced the 73 successful projects that will share funding from the $10 million Practical Design Fund to help prepare for the introduction of the National Disability Insur...
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New Diagnostic Criteria Will be Helpful for Many
The release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is set to make a number of important changes to the way that ASD will be diagnosed, and the term ‘...
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Empower Partnerships for Inclusive Communities Professional Exchange Program
The Empower Partnerships project is a prestigious, two-way international exchange program for organizations working on or interested in working on disability-related issues and inclusion as articulate...
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Agreement For Full Roll Out Of National Disability Insurance Scheme In NSW By July 2018
The Australian and New South Wales governments have today (6/12/12) reached an historic agreement that will allow for the full roll out of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in New South Wa...
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Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples' Education Fund
The Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund is open for applicants and our next deadline is 31 March 2013.
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Workshops: web accessibility and writing for the web
Digital Access at Vision Australia regularly hold workshops on : Accessible Word and PDF documents; Introduction to web accessibility; Web accessibility techniques and testing and Writing for the web:...
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Accessible events – a guide for organisers
This guide has now been updated, it was first developed in 2006 by Meetings Events Australia in partnership with the Australian Human Rights Commission.
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How hearing skills could be key to treating dyslexia
A study of children's brainwaves found a link between auditory problems and reading skills.
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NDIS - Four states sign up to the full roll-out of the NDIS
Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia and the ACT have all signed up to the full roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and have agreed to implement the scheme by 2018.
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Curtin University to host National Centre for Student Equity
Minister for Higher Education and Skills Sharon Bird announces that Curtin University has won the bid to be the new hosts of the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education.
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ABC Radio: What happens when Asperger's no longer exists? On the spectrum
An insight into being on the autism spectrum and the impact the latest changes to the psychiatric criteria may have on those with Asperger's syndrome
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