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Woman Feels She Is Being Targeted At Work For Being Disabled When Manager Makes Fuss About Her Bra

Disabled woman is shocked when managers publicly criticize her uniform and call it inappropriate despite it being the same as her male coworkers'. The post Woman Feels She Is Being Targeted At Work For Being Disabled When Manager Makes Fuss About Her Bra first appeared on Bored Panda.

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'Traumatic': ACT school suspensions increase after COVID

'Unacceptably high' for Indigenous, students with disability.

The Canberra Times

Blind soprano takes centre stage at Hunter Disability Expo

'I love the freedom it gives me, music doesn't care who you are.'

Newcastle Herald

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Experts hope AI tool can cut use of restraints and seclusion on NDIS participants

Program aims to help create better disability support plans to guide carers and support workers’ response to challenging behaviour

The Guardian - AU

Women live more years in ill-health than men, finds gender health gap study

While men are disproportionally affected by conditions that cause early death, women are left with higher levels of illness and disability

The Guardian - UK

I’m going to be blunt: our neurotypical school system is the problem

Classrooms must be places of learning not conflict, where each child’s individual needs are understood and supported

The Guardian - AU

Six-year-old student restrained in infant high chair at NSW school, family claims

The boy, who has autism and Down syndrome, was photographed in the restraint for a social media post, his guardian says

The Guardian - AU

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Take it from a psychologist: Rishi Sunak’s callous crusade on welfare will have disastrous consequences

Targeting people who need support for depression and anxiety will only make these growing problems worse, says Jay Watts, a clinical psychologist

The Guardian - UK

‘I know what it’s like to be stared at’: Shardlake star Arthur Hughes on playing CJ Sansom’s disabled Tudor sleuth

He was the first disabled actor to play Richard III at the RSC. As he appears as Shardlake, the star recalls the parts that made him – and explains why this latest character is like the Lone Ranger

The Guardian - UK

Students as young as five with disabilities disproportionately suspended from Australia’s schools

Guardian Australia data analysis shows suspensions are increasing in most states. Students with disabilities are overrepresented

The Guardian - AU

So UK ministers want to fob off disabled people with vouchers? It’s like government by Groupon

What ministers herald as key reform would be laughable if it wasn’t so harmful, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK

'Go To Therapy and Get Back To Work': UK's Sunak and Ministers Crack Down On 'Sick Note Culture'

Government proposes major overhaul of disability benefits amid concerns over NHS backlogs and patient wait times for mental health treatment.

International Business Times UK

Why the Guardian is investigating the deep failings in Australia’s school system

Australia says it is committed to inclusive education. But the reality for the one in four schoolchildren who now have a disability is far from that

The Guardian - AU

Revealed: Private school students reap thousands more than public students in disability funding

Exclusive: New data shows children with disabilities at wealthy fee-paying schools are receiving up to six times the government support funding as those at public schools

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How the rise of autism and ADHD fractured Australia’s schools

Almost a million Australian schoolchildren now have a disability – that’s one in four enrolments. Parents, teachers and advocates say education is at crisis point

The Guardian - UK

Iranian artist opens Leeds show exploring disability and migration

Paralympian Mohammad Barrangi hopes his work will help people think of human stories behind headlines about migration

The Guardian - UK

UK government dementia adviser resigns over prosecutions of carers

Johnny Timpson says he wants to ‘take a stand’ after revelations thousands of unpaid carers are being forced to pay huge fines

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“I Needed The Seat”: Teen Leaves Karen Red-Faced After Showing Her Why She Can’t Have Her Seat

Even if a person seems visibly healthy, demanding that they give up their seat—often one that is reserved for disabled people—is not a good idea. The post “I Needed The Seat”: Teen Leaves Karen Red-Faced After Showing Her Why She Can’t Have Her Seat first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The Guardian - UK

Britain is sicker and poorer than it used to be. Sunak’s response? Attack disabled people

With his claims of a ‘sicknote culture’, the prime minister is scapegoating those worst affected by 14 years of Conservative rule, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

AAP

Funding boost to help people with disability into jobs

Though Australians with disability will be supported into employment with a $26 million funding boost, they might not be paid the national minimum wage.

The Hindu

Political space for disability rights, a sliver of hope

The promise of the Congress and CPI(M) to include disability as a specific ground for discrimination under Article 15 (and Article 16) of the Constitution has sparked optimism within the disability rights movement

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on disability, illness and work: there is no ‘sicknote culture’ in Britain

Editorial: Rishi Sunak’s latest plan to cut benefits was presented in misleading packaging

AAP

Alleged NDIS fraud cases before court top 100

A task force set up to tackle fraud within a government-funded disability insurance scheme has led to dozens of people facing court.

The Guardian - UK

Help for disabled people in England and Wales to get jobs is axed amid benefits crackdown

Closure of Work and Health Programme comes hard on heels of Rishi Sunak’s bid to end the UK’s supposed ‘sicknote’ culture

The Guardian - UK

Sunak accused of making mental illness ‘another front in the culture wars’

Charities say high rates of people signed off work are caused by crumbling public services after years of underinvestment

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