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Stepping into - host employers needed
AND is seek expressions of interest from our members interested in participating as host employers in the Stepping into... internship program in June/July 2012.
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Australians to help shape Mental Health Reform
The newly established group will help set the directions of the National Mental Health Consumer Organisation – a new independent body that will provide the government with advice and direction in form...
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Mental Health Reform Survey
The Federal Government is seeking public opinion on its draft Ten Year Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform via an online survey. Survey responses will be collected from 16 January 2012 until 7pm...
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New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests
Proposed changes, in the USA, in the definition of autism would sharply reduce the skyrocketing rate at which the disorder is diagnosed and might make it harder for many people who would no longer mee...
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Employment for Australians with Disabilities - Everybody’s Business Including NFPs
Australia ranks 21st out of 29 OECD countries in employment participation rates for those with a disability (1) and we really should be hanging our head in shame, according to the President of the Vic...
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Autism Spectrum Australia - conducting a research
Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) is conducting a research project about the life experiences and support needs of adults with high functioning autism and Asperger’s Disorder.
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IDPwD ABC Open Project
For this year’s International Day regional people with disability have been invited to share stories through a project offered through ABC Open and supported by Nican for IDPwD called The Moment Behin...
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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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Inherent Requirements of Nursing Education (IRONE) Project
Four resources have been developed as part of the IRONE project. They are; Best practice model; Inherent requirement statements framework;The Bachelor of Nursing inherent requirements statements; and...
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Leaders for Tomorrow Program
Leaders for Tomorrow is an individual leadership development program that is targeted at people with disability who aspire to be leaders or further develop their current leadership capacity. At the ...