The scale of violence against people with disability is obscured by fragmented data💔. A @DisabilityHlth project is changing this by:
📊Creating a new data compendium.
🇦🇺 Bringing together state and federal data.
🔎 Identifying gaps in the evidence.
https://t.co/jk68MZW1Md
It’s about me 😁... it’s not. It’s about pervasive ableism and including people with disability in policy
OHCHR | Months in fear, anxiety and confusion: the life of people with disabilities in COVID-19 https://t.co/tDJEmIZs3m
@DisabilityUNSW@SR_Disability
Today @dssgovau announced a new National Disability #Research Partnership to deliver a world class disability research & policy hub. In partnership w the disability community we look forward to delivering on this initiative. https://t.co/xWtLd5F8EJ #NDRP
SURVEY EXTENDED! Calling on Disability Support Workers across Australia to do this quick survey about work and #COVID19Aus. Please share with disability support or carer organisations or people who work in disability support. Take the survey here→https://t.co/fUW9lRt3aA
There’s no blog today, but we’ve plenty planned for the next five days.
This week buddies are invited to join us online for the Great Gig Buddies Sydney Talent Show and our very own art class 🎭 🎨
💻 Load up the following link to join in: https://t.co/jLiZNtmVYd
New research about the impact of COVID-19 on the disability service market in Canberra, north-east Melbourne & WA Goldfields. If your service or service you know provides here please take this survey: https://t.co/Gay64Rr23r
New paper by members of @USydCDRP and @DisabilityHlth 'The Disability and Wellbeing Monitoring Framework: data, data gaps, and policy implications' in ANZ J Public Health. Full text available. https://t.co/EWNSjpzEWY
Happy Friday, people
Today our matched up buddies give their thoughts on: “What would you say to anyone else thinking of joining Gig Buddies Sydney?”
Thanks for watching our clips - we hope you’ve enjoyed hearing from some our buddies
https://t.co/MC9p7vK8zl
New research from LIDS - adding more knowledge about the culture /quality nexus - Dimensions of group home culture as predictors of quality of life outcomes https://t.co/TR64IP74u1
Australian Discrimination Commissioner Ben Gauntlett launches 1st in Oz research on Disability Entrepreneurs. Based on interviews & national surveys, findings have significant implications for how employment services are provided to people with disability: https://t.co/1sJxQLgf71
Here’s me and @DrSophieYates on how children and young people with disability are faring in the COVID-19 pandemic, working with data collected by @CydaAu https://t.co/Mo9qNY8tke #UNSWPSRG
Are you an Australian #autistic adult or carer? Researchers want to learn about your experiences and help improve #autism diagnosis in adulthood. We are especially looking for adults with #autism and intellectual disability. https://t.co/bJ1gHMimSw
It's been 76 days since #COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. The federal government has designated $0 of Emergency Funds to Medicaid-funded providers of community-based disability services.
These #ForgottenFaces can no longer be overlooked. Act now:
https://t.co/Qnu5TgN7xi
NDS acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. #NRW2020#InThisTogether2020@RecAustralia
With some upsetting headlines making the news in recent weeks, we'd like to remind our community to be kind to yourselves, and remember to seek support if you need to.
National Counselling and Referral Service: 1800 421 468
Lifeline: 13 11 14
https://t.co/WH4g6HNKug
New resources by the Department of Health to support the health & disability sectors respond to COVID-19 for people with disability can be accessed via: https://t.co/cWC92hbJ7d