The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Disability Reform Council (the Council) met in October for its second meeting for 2019. Some of the highlights of the meeting were: The Council agreed the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) will introduce Justice Liaison Officers (JLOs) in each state and territory to work across their justice systems. The […]
Source: DANA
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Disability Reform Council (the Council) met on 9 October for its second meeting for 2019. Some of the highlights of the meeting were: The Council agreed the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) will introduce Justice Liaison Officers (JLOs) in each state and territory to work across their justice systems. […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
A unique databank that profiles children with hearing loss will help researchers globally understand why some children adapt and thrive, while others struggle. The Victorian Childhood Hearing Impairment Longitudinal Databank has collected information for eight years. Its data shows that language development and speech in hearing-impaired children lags behind other children, despite advancements in earlier […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
Paul Philippa started to go deaf ten years ago. The 86-year-old business consultant on the NSW Central Coast recently signed up to CapTel, a telephone service that provides live captioning on a special handset. “I can’t do without it,” Mr Philippa said. “Because with normal telephone conversations, I might only understand what someone is saying […]
Source: DANA
In Australia around 350 children a year are born with a permanent hearing loss. They are routinely identified within weeks of birth and have hearing aids and cochlear implants fitted well before they start school. So why are they still lagging behind their hearing peers in language? Dr Valerie Sung and Dr Peter Carew, University […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities published its findings in its September review of Australia’s progress in meeting its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Source: Down Syndrome Australia
