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- Nas Campanella talks about her experiences of living with blindness November 30, 2020Posted November 30, 2020 10:22:56ABC national disability affairs report Nas Campanella says she was left shaken after a stranger on a train told her "that if he was me, he'd kill himself". Topics: disabilities, abc, community-and-society, australia (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- People with disability 'deprived of essential supports' during COVID-19 November 30, 2020Posted November 30, 2020 19:36:03The Disability Royal Commission finds there was an absence of consultation between the Federal Government and people with disability, as Nas Campanella reports. Topics: disabilities, epidemics-and-pandemics, royal-commissions, australia (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Government's 'serious failures' leave people with disability 'deprived of essential supports' during COVID-19 November 30, 2020Posted November 30, 2020 11:28:55 | Updated December 01, 2020 00:34:06 The disability royal commission finds there was an absence of consultation between the Federal Government and people with disability, leaving those vulnerable "deprived of essential supports" during the pandemic. Topics: disabilities, health, royal-commissions, epidemics-and-pandemics, australia (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Don't underestimate the CP girl in a schoolyard fight November 30, 2020Posted December 01, 2020 05:00:00 | Updated December 01, 2020 07:01:28 Dale Weller has had to fight, figuratively and literally, to be treated just like everyone else. She wants others with disability to know they can still embrace themselves when others won't. Topics: cerebral-palsy, discrimination, bullying, work, community-and-society, relationships, disabilities, health, australia, penrith-2750 (Feed generated […]
- A stranger tapped Nas Campanella on the shoulder and then proceeded to question her existence November 29, 2020Posted November 30, 2020 05:53:30 | Updated November 30, 2020 12:32:36 With her cane folded in her lap and a podcast playing in her ears, a stranger tapped ABC reporter Nas Campanella on the shoulder. Only now can she write about what he said. Topics: disabilities, health, community-and-society, australia (Feed generated with FetchRSS)