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Meeting the Needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People With Hearing Loss in the Context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hearing loss is a poignant issue in many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and, without sufficient support, it can also contribute to disabling life experiences. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is intended to provide support to eligible people experiencing disability, however, to effectively serve this ...
Hannah Lack, Jody Barney, Marie Huska, Damien Howard, Alexandra Devine   +4 more
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Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
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Hub and Spokes in Intellectual Disability Mental Health Support

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The distribution of specialist health services is usually uneven by location due to limited resources, which is a problem for people with complex needs. In this context, how can a hub and spoke model offer appropriate services for people with intellectual disability and mental health needs?
Christiane Purcal, Karen R. Fisher, Janelle Weise, Peri O'Shea, Julian Trollor   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

LEX-BADAT: Language EXperience in Bilinguals With and Without Aphasia DATaset

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Manuel Jose Marte, Erin Carpenter, Isaac B. Falconer, Michael Scimeca, Fatemeh Abdollahi, Claudia Peñaloza, Claudia Peñaloza, Claudia Peñaloza, Claudia Peñaloza, Swathi Kiran   +9 more
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Examining the Impact of Domestic and Family Violence on Young Australians’ School‐Level Education

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian policy and practice increasingly acknowledges the need to respond to children as victim‐survivors of domestic and family violence (DFV) in their own right. As part of this, and in recognition that schools often have the most consistent contact with young people experiencing DFV, there is mounting recognition of the role education ...
Rebecca Stewart, Kate Fitz‐Gibbon, Steven Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Practical Methods for Incorporating Open Science into Your Speech-Language-Hearing Science Research Workflow Across Study Designs

Although speech, language, and hearing researchers express interest in open science, their use of its associated practices is limited and infrequent, given identified barriers in knowledge, skill, time, and cost. This tutorial aims to diminish these barriers by describing various open science practices and activities relevant to speech, language, and ...
Andrea Lynn Boh Ford, Marianne Elmquist, Lizbeth Finestack, Danika L. Pfeiffer, Carrie Ellen Rountrey, Audra Sterling   +5 more
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The Meaning of Home for Children and Young People After Parental Separation: Key Insights for Practice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article draws on a recent study of the meaning of home for children and young people after parental separation to provide a way of shifting adult attention beyond prevailing focus on the amount of time children spend with each parent, towards a greater attentiveness to children and young people's views on how their living arrangements ...
Belinda Fehlberg, Bruce M. Smyth, Monica Campo, Kristin Natalier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of a vocal improvement course in a speech language and hearing science prevention context.

Pro-fono : revista de atualizacao cientifica, 2005
Impact of a vocal improvement course.To analyze the impact of a course in the prevention and maintenance of the teachers' vocal health.Information analysis of 6 teachers, who attended a 32:30-hour-course, obtained from the questionnaires applied during the course and from an interview with 3 teachers, 11 months after the course ended.Teachers valued ...
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Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz, Fiona Carey, Libby Witts, Jessie Spence, Peter Mulherin, Megan Topping, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
wiley   +1 more source