Pesky parent. These opinions are the ones I am currently usng to indoctrinate my kids. I promise to stop when we get the full NDIS.
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Kirsten Deane retweeted
Access regulation – Radical antitheses: on #IDPWD2024 @raelene_west @mdi_unimelb points out that much of the built environment in Australia remains inaccessible for people with disability — Power to Persuade powertopersuade.org.au/blog/…
Kirsten Deane retweeted
Congrats @_Yi_Yang and @gdisney_melb on your piece in @ConversationEDU This important research highlights the need for concerted, coordinated action across metropolitan, regional and rural Australia to prevent more unnecessary deaths. theconversation.com/australi…
Kirsten Deane retweeted
📢Very important new research from @unimelb's Dr @_yi_yang, Peter Summers, @ZoeAitken11 @Kavanagh_AM @gdisney_melb looking at mortality inequalities between people with and without disability. Targeted interventions and policy reforms are needed now. thelancet.com/action/showPdf…
ALT New Journal Article - All-cause and cause-specific mortality inequalities between people with and without disability: a nationwide data linkage study in Australia
Kirsten Deane retweeted
This October of #DownSyndromeAwarenessMonth please help fund & share weblink for a 'Nihola Rehab' e-#cargobike please 🙏🏽😭
The newly defunded #NDIS cuts affected kiddo w #DownSyndrome and #LongCOVID 😷 gofundme.com/f/help-disabled…
Kirsten Deane retweeted
We have made a set of Conversation Cards to help people with intellectual disability and supporters learn more about yearly health checks. If you are a person with intellectual disability or family member, you can get a FREE set of cards. More info here:
inclusionaustralia.org.au/re…
Kirsten Deane retweeted
☀️ We are at the Loud & Clear Conference in QLD today and tomorrow, along with some Our Voice Committee members. We are really grateful to see SARU (Self Advocacy Resource Unit) do a great presentation about the National Day of Self Advocacy - which officially launched today! 😀
Kirsten Deane retweeted
It’s Doctor Time!
Only 7% of Australians with intellectual disability are visiting a GP for a Medicare-supported yearly health check.
Our new campaign aims to turn that around. Help us spread the word:
inclusionaustralia.org.au/he…
#ItsDoctorTime #IntellectualDisability
Kirsten Deane retweeted
In light of @ruokanyday we want to share Healthy Mind - an online Easy Read tool developed by the @blackdoginst to help empower people with intellectual disability to build good mental health. Click here for Easy Read mental health resources and videos: healthymind.org.au
ALT Black Dog Institute poster Welcome to Health Mind - an online Easy Read tool for building good mental health.
Kirsten Deane retweeted
We are delighted to be partnering with @mdi_unimelb on the 2025 Community Fellows Program. Two fellowships will be supported by MDI and projects should focus on matters important to people with disability and the solutions that are needed. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/…
Kirsten Deane retweeted
In the disability community, some people are taking their anger and frustration out on others in the community, especially on social media. Disability Representative Organisations have joined together to say that this kind of violence is never okay: inclusionaustralia.org.au/dr…
Kirsten Deane retweeted
Amazing job opportunity with the Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health! 🎉
The Centre is recruiting for part-time project workers who have lived experience of intellectual disability.
Read and apply here:
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Kirsten Deane retweeted
It’s been a year of reflection following the Disability Royal Commission findings and the NDIS report. Register now to hear from keynote speakers
@almcewin and @rosemarykayess
as they discuss CRPD through the Disability Reform Agenda. vdc.arinex.one
Kirsten Deane retweeted
New from @raelene_west @mdi_unimelb | The Australian Government’s first response to the Disability Royal Commission | InSight+ @theMJA insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/…
Kirsten Deane retweeted
Here's @raelene_west with an analysis of how the Australian Government and joint governments have responded to the Disability Royal Commission's healthcare recommendations powertopersuade.org.au/blog/…
Kirsten Deane retweeted
We've written a song to help you remember to book a yearly health check with your GP. It's Doctor Time! Listen to our song and visit inclusionaustralia.org.au/he… to find out why yearly health checks are so important.#ItsDoctorTime #IntellectualDisability
Kirsten Deane retweeted
The Government is making a new specialist disability employment program. It will replace the Disability Employment Services program. We made a submission about how to make the program work well for people with an intellectual disability and families: inclusionaustralia.org.au/su…
ALT Easy read image of 3 people sitting down with their hands raised.
Kirsten Deane retweeted
Congrats to @gdisney_melb, @dennisJPetrie and team who were awarded the @nhmrc Centre of Research Excellence in Achieving Health Equity for All People with Disabilities (AHEAD)
Congrats @DennisJPetrie & team who were awarded $3mil to establish the @nhmrc Centre of Research Excellence in Achieving Health Equity for All People with Disabilities (AHEAD), to address the social determinants of health for people with disabilities nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/news-c…
Kirsten Deane retweeted
We are delighted to announce that applications for the Community Fellows Program are now open.
The program provides community organisations with the opportunity to conduct their own research, mentored by experienced @unimelb academics.
Learn more → go.unimelb.edu.au/y8c8
ALT Group photo of the 2023/24 Community Fellows with Melbourne Social Equity Institute staff at a celebration event in July 2024.
Kirsten Deane retweeted
looking forward to getting going on this
Congrats @DennisJPetrie & team who were awarded $3mil to establish the @nhmrc Centre of Research Excellence in Achieving Health Equity for All People with Disabilities (AHEAD), to address the social determinants of health for people with disabilities nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/news-c…
Kirsten Deane retweeted
Calling all @unimelb grad students early career researchers & academics with an interest in co-productive research. We're teaming up w/ @MSEI_UniMelb to host Prof. Katherine Brunswick-Cole from @sheffielduni to chat about how research has evolved over time events.humanitix.com/adiscus…
