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![<p>Taking place in Townsville, Queensland, this first week of the Disability Royal Commission hearings will look into the experiences of people with disability. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/shutterstock_184839455.jpg?fm=pjpg)
A guide to the Disability Royal Commission
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has had its first set of... Read more
![<p>A highlight of the Aged Care Royal Commission Interim Report was the unacceptable admission of younger people with disability into aged care. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/shutterstock_709205902_191101_051107.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Younger people with disability need to be removed from aged care
The Interim Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has recommended the removal of all... Read more
![<p>Many families in the report expressed grief over the fact that most student feedback from teachers revolved around behaviour, rather than educational achievements. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/shutterstock_210170122.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Report finds children with disability are being robbed of their education
A week out from the first Disability Royal Commission hearing, Children and Young People with Disability Australia... Read more
![<p>Elysia Connor (centre) with residents from Brightwater Oats Street Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre undertaking this years HBF Run For a Reason. [Source: Brightwater]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/IMGP0842_191024_024714.JPG?fm=pjpg)
Occupational Therapy Week celebrates the hard work of OT’s
SPONSORED STORY – For this year’s Occupational Therapy Week, running from 21 to 27 October, Perth aged care and... Read more
![<p>The first round of hearings will focus on education and examine existing policies and procedures, with a focus on the Queensland Government’s education system. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/shutterstock_185379551.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Disability Royal Commission first hearings announced
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has announced the start of... Read more
![<p>The first book of the series, Hello To Me, and is about Joanne, who is nonverbal and living with disabilities and her friendships with children who live with disability. [Source: Let’s Be Friends]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/Pic_4.jpeg?fm=pjpg)
New book series explores diversity through art and storytelling
A special diversity and inclusion book series, created by a mother of a child with disability and local Adelaide... Read more
![<p>Today is International Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/shutterstock_173836202-1.jpg?fm=pjpg)
International Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day
Speech Pathology Australia is driving a national conversation around Developmental Language Disorders (DLD), which is a... Read more
![<p>Martin Hoffman will be managing the NDIA’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for a three year tenure, starting his time in office on 4 November, 2019. {Source: Twitter] </p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/CYwBWUzs_200x200.jpg?fm=pjpg)
New CEO of the NDIA board revealed
After nearly a six month vacancy, the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Disability Insurance Agency... Read more
![<p>One in five people in the City of Charles Sturt has a mobility issue, which is why it became a long term plan of the council to make the 12-kilometre coastline strip inclusive. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/shutterstock_1516976093.jpg?fm=pjpg)
South Australia’s first totally accessible beach
The new Changing Places facility on Henley Beach, South Australia, has made the beach accessible 24/7 and provides safe... Read more
![<p>The new helpline, Autism Connect, will be able to provide independent, evidence-based information, resources and referral via telephone, email and web. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/shutterstock_1343411174.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Autism peak body’s helpline goes national
Victorian autism advocacy group, Amaze, has received a grant from the Federal Government to run an information helpline... Read more