april 2010

Cover Picure April 2006

This Issue: Comparing Disability Services Around Australia
Cover: Cielens and his partner, Louise Austin. Photography Peter Hoare

April 2010

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Visions of Hope: Sebastian Cielens talks about glaucoma and negotiating a new career - and traffic!

square_bullet2 Seven habits of highly effective - and highly irritated - carers
square_bullet2 Discourse: end of life decisions
squarebullet Humpty Dumpty: disability & aged care politics
squarebullet A great information service for amputees
squarebullet Disability services are woeful across Australia but some States are better than others
squarebullet How many showers a week do you have? Some people get just two or less!
squarebullet Dr Andrew Gunn on doctors’ knowledge of drugs
squarebullet Michael Perusco takes on Tony Abbott
squarebullet Lu Papi’s revolutionary new wheelchair
squarebullet Inclusion means being with my friend not yours
squarebullet Erik Leipoldt’s rejection of the proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme
squarebullet An excerpt from Joel Magarey’s fascinating new book Exposure: a journey
squarebullet Peter Willis’ review of Exposure
squarebullet Older drivers: when it’s time to hand over their car keys
squarebullet What’s happened to the $100m Federal Govt money for beds?
squarebullet Dana Jennings on having a colostomy bag
squarebullet Grizzling is just one of the hazards of chronic disease
squarebullet A case study in getting disabilty access wrong
squarebullet Disability policies have changed but the results are often the same
squarebullet Auslan is an easy code to crack says Chris Harrington

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