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    More than isolated’: COVID-19 compounds inequities for children and young people with disability

    Media Releases

    May 2020

    More than isolated’: COVID-19 compounds inequities for children and young people with disability

    Article

    Senate inquiry confirms the need to review income support payments for young people with disability

    News

    May 2020

    Senate inquiry confirms the need to review income support payments for young people with disability

    Article

    Urgent actions needed to support people with disability during COVID-19 crisis

    Media Releases

    March 2020

    Urgent actions needed to support people with disability during COVID-19 crisis

    Article

    Don’t leave our kids behind: Families of kids, young people with disability concerned about new intensive care coronavirus guidelines

    Media Releases

    March 2020

    Don’t leave our kids behind: Families of kids, young people with disability concerned about new intensive care coronavirus guidelines

    Article

    Forgotten kids: Coronavirus pandemic creating havoc, fear for children and young people with disability

    Media Releases

    March 2020

    Forgotten kids: Coronavirus pandemic creating havoc, fear for children and young people with disability

    Article

    Disability community renews our calls for Commissioners to stand aside

    Media Releases

    January 2020

    Disability community renews our calls for Commissioners to stand aside

    Article

    Young people with disability in Australia set to be the leaders of the future

    Media Releases

    December 2019

    Young people with disability in Australia set to be the leaders of the future

    Article

    New national education policy ignores students with disability - again

    Media Releases

    December 2019

    New national education policy ignores students with disability - again

    Article

    The right to inclusive education must not be contested by the Disability Royal Commission at the first hearing commencing in Townsville today

    Media Releases

    November 2019

    The right to inclusive education must not be contested by the Disability Royal Commission at the first hearing commencing in Townsville today

    Article

    Aussie schoolkids with disability excluded segregated bullied and robbed of education

    Media Releases

    October 2019

    Aussie schoolkids with disability excluded segregated bullied and robbed of education

    Article

    Getting the NDIS right for children and young people with disability

    Media Releases

    August 2019

    Getting the NDIS right for children and young people with disability

    Article

    Breaking the NDIS bureaucratic nightmare so children with disability get services faster

    Media Releases

    July 2019

    Breaking the NDIS bureaucratic nightmare so children with disability get services faster

    Article