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Middle age woman sitting on bed clutches at back in apparent pain

One in three chronic pain sufferers have difficulty getting ongoing opioid prescriptions

13 May 2022

Measures to curb growing rates of opioid use are also making it difficult for people with long-term, chronic pain to get ongoing prescriptions.

Two women wearing medical facemasks, one providing support as the other struggles with respiratory discomfort

Masks, RATs and clean air: how people with disability can protect themselves from COVID

24 Feb 2022

While public health measures in schools and hospitals aim to reduce COVID transmission, people with disability who have support workers in their homes have largely been forgotten.

Woman in wheelchair using her laptop

Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients

02 Feb 2022

While men and women experience disability at similar rates, men are more likely to be diagnosed with disabilities more readily supported by the NDIS.

People gather for picnics near Sydney Opera House

Relying on vaccination from December isn't enough. Here's what we need for freedom

30 Sep 2021

There are five groups in our community who are vulnerable under our current reopening plan. Here are the things we should do to help protect them.

Teenage girl in wheelchair using a laptop next to her mother

Children with disability are prioritised, but struggle to get a vaccine appointment

30 Sep 2021

In a new survey, almost two-thirds of parents reported having trouble securing a vaccination for their child or children with disability.

A woman receives a vaccine at an Aboriginal Medical Service Centre

Opening up when 80 per cent of eligible adults are vaccinated won't be 'safe' for all Australians

31 Aug 2021

It’s simply not “safe” for many Australians to come out of Scott Morrison’s proverbial cave until vaccination rates increase.

woman in a wheelchair is helped into a vehicle

NDIS independent assessments are off the table for now. That’s good – the evidence wasn’t there

12 Jul 2021

The proposed NDIS independent assessments have been controversial. Data doesn't really tell us whether they'd deliver for Australians with disability.

a woman in a wheelchair sits looking at a window filled with bright light

Vaccinating the highest-risk first was the plan. But people with disability are left behind

26 Apr 2021

During the height of the pandemic, people with disability felt they had been forgotten and were not a priority. In the vaccine rollout, the government is repeating its past mistakes.

Man smiling in a wheelchair outdoors

Why disability groups want 'dehumanising' NDIS independent assessments scrapped

15 Mar 2021

Independent assessments were meant to make access to the NDIS fairer. But disability groups disagree and want them stopped.

Woman behind bars

Australia's shameful detention of people with cognitive disability must stop

18 Feb 2021

The UN has twice called on Australia to dismantle its indefinite detention system for people with cognitive impairments and mental illness, which disproportionately affects Indigenous people.

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