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June 2009

June 2010
Full Article: Young trailblazer trailblazer: From the political stage to treading the boards in theatre, Adelaide’s Kelly Vincent certainly has a bright future ahead. By Carla Caruso.
Excerpts: Her Story
  Voluntourism in Vietnam
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April 2010

April 2010
Time to hand over the car keys. The effects of aging and dementia on driving skills.
New Found Freedom for Wheelchair Users
August 2009

December 2009
Housing NSW: ‘Don’t know, don’t care”
Michael J Fox may be grateful for having Parkinson’s but not John Gatt-Rutter who ponders their very different responses to the disease.
NDIS - A great solution to current shambolic disability services
Losing Possum Magic. When ‘normal’ children die, society expects parents to grieve intensely, but not parents with profoundly disabled children, Catherine Murray discovered.
Diabetes carries huge risks for people with disabilities
August 2009

October 2009
Bringing up baby Chloe
Daughters of ‘mad’ mothers
How Rae Edwards manages advanced MS
Deaf in a hearing world
August 2009

August 2009
Profile of Mary Lou Carter – advocate, carer & powerhouse
Spinal cord injuries – some statistics
Death, Ignorance and Bias
Virgin Blue breached the DDA and would have got away with it but for Maurice Corcoran
The details are crucial to good public housing design writes Geoff Barber
June 2009

June 2009
Full Article: Lifelines to Deep Wells: Reaching the Active Minds in Paralysed Bodies
  Bad Medicine at Work in Australian Hospitals and Clinics
Excerpts: The Exhilarating Art of Theresa Byrnes
  Relating to a Child rather than a Disability
  Keeping reality at arm's length. Estelle Shields on the sins of academia
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April 2009

April 2009
Fatten them up, says the Grim Reaper: Obesity and Disability
Justice For All
A Weight off Her Mind: By Denny Rosey
Children Put at Risk in our Hospitals
Facing Down Motor Neurone Disease

December 2008

December 2008
Motivating The Unmotivated
Confessions of a Slightly Bashful Foot Flusher: by Sacha Vais
Suffer Little Children: By Denny Rosey
Hearts Do Not Live in a Residential Facility
Voices in the Crowd: Ambassador Janel Munns
June 2008

October 2008
Serving up Mediocrity and Dismantling Mediocrity a two part article by Dan Kearns (August/October 2008)
The Real Costs of Disability
Living with Epilepsy
When our thoughts are not our own - Hearing Voices
June 2008

August 2008
Serving up Mediocrity and Dismantling Mediocrity a two part article by Dan Kearns (August/October 2008)
The Unholy War over ADHD, Drugs and Diagnosis
The Unholy War over ADHD, Drugs and Diagnosis
240 Volts Out Of The Blues: The use of Electric Shock Therapy in Australia: Part 2
Vitamin D Deficiency linked to MS and other diseases.
A Grim Pairing - Homelessness and Mental Illness