With the release of the disability royal commission's final report, the harrowing treatment of people with disabilities in Australia has been starkly displayed. Just prior to the report's release, ...

Communication disability can be lifelong (as for people with cerebral palsy or intellectual disability) or acquired (as for people with stroke and aphasia, motor neurone disease, or traumatic brain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're one of the 1.2 million Australians with communication disability or among the 44% of Australian adults with low literacy ...

Around 5 per cent of the population, or 1.2 million Australians have a communication disability. Communication disability can arise if a person has a health condition affecting their speech, language, ...

MSRL copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "Mobile technologies are often hailed as a way to 'give voice to the voiceless.' Behind the praise, though, are beliefs about ...

Communicating with people with disabilities requires sensitivity. It is worth considering how you would wish to be perceived or addressed if you had a disability yourself. It is also important to pay ...

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The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has shared its final report. In this series, we unpack what the commission’s 222 recommendations could ...