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Why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy

Health Times - 03-12-2019

Researchers have shown why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy and suggest access to better public healthcare could improve outcomes.

 
People with a disability are much more likely to face violence

AAP - 03-09-2019

About half of the 4.3 million people with a disability, 47 per cent, have experienced violence compared with 36 per cent of those without a disability.

 
Lived experience shapes the future for disability service providers

HealthTimes - 25-07-2019

An innovative new approach to disability services education is using lived experience to help providers better understand the challenges facing people with disability from

 
5 pieces of advice on getting a job with Aspergers or Autism

HealthTimes - 17-07-2019

Is it impossible to get a job with Aspergers or Autism? I am a psychologist and my area of expertise is with individuals who identify as either Autistic or Asperger’s.

 
NDIS Tribunal decision a step forward for nutrition

HealthTimes - 18-06-2019

The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) calls on the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Mr Stuart Robert, to assure NDIS participants of their

 
Researchers deliver a new understanding into a common cause of syndromic autism

HealthTimes - 18-06-2019

Australian and Chilean scientists have made a breakthrough in their understanding of the genetics of a common form of syndromic autism – and they hope their work could

 
Job opportunities flourish in disability sector

HealthTimes - 14-06-2019

TAFE NSW research has found that of all the occupations across the Central Coast to Far North Coast region, ‘Aged or Disabled Carer’ is forecast to experience

 
A new drug could help patients who have an incurable neurological condition

AAP - 07-06-2019

A new drug trial in Melbourne hopes to help girls with a rare and incurable syndrome that leaves them struggling to speak, walk, eat and even breath.

 
Research confirms gut-brain connection in autism

HealthTimes - 03-06-2019

People with autism often suffer from gut problems, but nobody has known why. Researchers have now discovered the same gene mutations – found both in the brain and the

 

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