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Dale Reardon

Believe me from personal experience - they fight hard & never believe the expert reports that they keep on making you pay for! ABC News: NDIS agency accused of 'fighting' participants as families left in 'anguish' abc.net.au/news/2025-06-06/ndi #PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #NDIS #AusPol #Disability

ABC News · Families in 'anguish' as NDIS agency accused of 'fighting' participants, not helpingBy Nas Campanella
ABC Feeds

Perth mother's plea to stop bullying of son with Tourette syndrome
By Grace Burmas

Half of all children with a tic-related disorder like Tourette syndrome have thought about ending their life, with a new report showing bullying is a main contributing factor.

abc.net.au/news/2025-06-01/tou

ABC News · New research shows bullying a main factor behind self-harm thoughts for people with Tourette syndromeBy Grace Burmas
#DiseasesandDisorders#Suicide#MentalHealth
Robert Sanscartier

Media coverage denies people with disability access to climate news -2

Access to climate change news is a challenge to persons with disabilities in Tanzania attributed to the absence of guidelines on climate adaptation, action and mitigation that specifically target this group of the society

ippmedia.com/the-guardian/busi

#Tanzania#PeopleWithDisability#ClimateChange
James House-Lantto (He/Him)

eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/disa

People with disabilities often need to modify, or improve, the devices they use.

Tech companies often incorporate DRM into their products, preventing modification, repairs, and replacements.

Legitimate repairs can often take several months or not happen at all if a part has been discontinued.

Using an alternative can often require circumventing sections of the DMCA, to function, making it illegal.

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Disability Rights Are Technology RightsDuring Disability Employee Awareness month, we call out the medical tech industry for fighting disabled people's right to repair or modify the tech that they own.
#civilrights#peoplewithdisability#disabilities
ABC Feeds

There's just one wheelchair taxi in far northern WA. Residents say that needs to change
By Mya Kordic and Dunja Karagic

There's just one wheelchair accessible taxi for more than 35,000 people living in the Kimberley region which advocates say is isolating residents and tourists in towns such as Broome and Kununurra.

abc.net.au/news/2024-09-04/whe

ABC News · Calls for expanded disability taxi service across WA Kimberley regionBy Mya Kordic
#PublicTransport#PeopleWithDisability#TourismandLeisureIndustry
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