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Media Diversity Australia: Disability Reporting Handbook
Posted on Thursday 2nd December 2021
Our IDPwD guest Lisa Cox has combined her professional and academic backgrounds in media and communications with her lived experience of disability to become one of Australia’s most respected disability advocates. As a Disability Affairs Officer at Media Diversity Australia, Lisa is a media professional who is using her years of expertise to help others navigate the nuances of disability language and accessibility.
Read MoreCentre Parton, Kevin Cocks AM D.Univ thoughts on making equality your priority
Posted on Thursday 2nd December 2021
Importance of human rights in making equality your priority, this Human Rights Week 2021
Read MoreCritical research on the gap between human rights-based intention of the NDIS and implementation
Posted on Wednesday 1st December 2021
Researchers from The Hopkins Centre and Griffith University are investigating the gap between the promise of the human rights-based intention of the NDIS and how it is implemented through decisions and disputes about what is ‘reasonable and necessary’ support. Researchers are developing key insights and policy recommendations to ensure NDIS decision-making processes are infused with a rights approach to make dealings with and outcomes from the NDIS rights empowering and rights compliant.
Read MoreHopkins Hour Event Resources: Planes, trains, & automobiles, experiences of citizens living with neurological injury
Posted on Tuesday 23rd November 2021
The virtual Hopkins Hour live event occurred on Thursday 18 November 2021, with invited speakers presenting on 'Planes, trains, and automobiles – Experiences and needs of citizens living with neurological injury'.
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James: Change your lens. Change your story.
Posted on Wednesday 10th November 2021
James: Change your lens. Change your story.
Read MoreBenefits of ABI TRS - Adults with severe ABI and their families
Posted on Wednesday 10th November 2021
In August 2020, Tony Randall returned home, after sustaining a traumatic brain injury with support from ABI TRS. He said accessing therapy in his own home after discharge from BIRU had been essential to his recovery.
Read MoreHopkins Hour
Posted on Monday 1st November 2021
Please SAVE THE DATE for our Hopkins Hour online seminar on the 16 June 2022 at 12.30pm. Further details will be provided shortly.
Read MoreNational Week of Deaf People: ‘Celebrating Thriving Deaf Communities’
Posted on Friday 8th October 2021
An initiative of Deaf Australia Inc, the National Week of Deaf People (NWDP) ‘is a week-long national celebration of Deaf individuals and the Australian Deaf community, which includes celebrating the International Week of Deaf People (IWDP) and International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL), which are initiatives of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD).
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