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Understanding Inequality Within a Personalised System of Disability Support: Australian Children With Disabilities' Unmet Support Needs

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disability support has shifted towards models of personalised care, which critics argue may contribute to increased inequalities. There is limited systematic evidence investigating inequalities in support among children with disabilities. To investigate inequalities in support, a survey of parents of children with disabilities aged 2–17 was ...
Martin O'Flaherty, Jessica Hill, Jennifer Smith‐Merry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge and attitudes toward learning disabilities among medical and nursing students in Vietnam: findings from a national cross-sectional survey. [PDF]

BMC Med Educ
Hong Ngoc Nguyen Q, Thi Thủy Nguyen D, Hoang TA, Nguyen CA, Ngan Nguyen H, De La Paz S, Liamputtong P, Thi Hoa Nguyen H, Tran Dieu Nguyen H, Van Le P.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Associations between Reading and Mathematics: Genetic, Brain Imaging, Cognitive and Educational Perspectives

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Sarit Ashkenazi, Orly Rubinsten, Bert De Smedt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining Problem Behaviors and Social Skills in Preschoolers Exhibiting Early Signs of Learning Disabilities. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Aydin Y, Diken IH.
europepmc   +1 more source

Supported Decision‐Making Rights in Behaviour Support Policies

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disability policy emphasises that people with disability have the right to exercise their will and preferences in their lives, and decision‐making support must be provided to realise this right if they request. One context in which people's will and preferences are often restricted is behaviour support.
Sally Robinson, Karen R. Fisher, Julian Laurens, Alinka Fisher, Sabrina Forte, Katrina Reschke, Rosemary Kayess   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing an Indigenous Research Methodology to Develop a Culturally Appropriate Survey and Yarning Protocol: Challenges With Retention of the Aboriginal Health, Ageing and Disability Workforce

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce
F. Talbot, J. Gilroy, J. Gwynn, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, Rob Heard, Sarah Peter, A. Haines, M. Lincoln, B. Rambaldini   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rising prevalence of parent-reported learning disabilities among U.S. children and adolescents aged 6-17 years: NSCH, 2016-2023. [PDF]

PLoS One
Xu C, Li Y, Yu H, Li Q, Liang Y, Zhou K, Li Q, Yu X, Zeng X, Qu Y, Yang W.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Learning disabilities

Academic Medicine, 1999
openaire   +3 more sources

‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source