Ten years ago I wrote a song about my bum … er, about a speculative assistive technology device called the Bummunicator. At the 2023 ISAAC conference in Mexico, Robyn (a music therapist from Sydney) asked if I had written any … Continue reading →
I am presenting at the ISAAC Conference 2023 in Cancun, Mexico. Here are the handouts and reference lists for my presentations. Please note: the text in the handouts has been formatted to try to make the text-to-speech engine sound more … Continue reading →
‘On my worst day …’ How the NDIS fosters a deficit mindset and why that should change Getty Kate Anderson, RMIT University and Darryl Sellwood, Flinders University The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was designed to empower and support people with … Continue reading →
This article originally appeared in The Conversation on the 9th of February, 2023. Written by Dr Kate Anderson, Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning (Health, Disability & Inclusion), Deakin University, and Dr Darryl Sellwood, Research Associate, College of Nursing … Continue reading →
This morning I wasn’t up as early as yesterday writing, clearing my head. I can see the next four to five months are going to be fairly busy with my university jobs, organising a NDIS review, getting new accommodation and … Continue reading →
I woke up at 3:10am this morning from a dream, I was trying to teach someone how lift me in a particular way which was from childhood. The method is having someone lift you by them put their arms come … Continue reading →
This morning as I continue to listen Dark Emu audio book as I was eating breakfast, Bruce Pascoe continued to describe the technological building techniques the Indigenous people in Australia used before being colonised. Listening to Pascoe discuss the different … Continue reading →
I am currently listening to the audio book, Dark by Bruce Pascoe published in 2014. It paints a totally different picture of pre-colonial Australia than the one we are more used to, and indeed, of my year nine or ten … Continue reading →
Someone asked me to explain my note taking techniques a few weeks ago. I have been putting it off because it seems like a time-consuming task but I feel I need to do it! Taking notes from reading literature papers … Continue reading →
Yesterday, I received a Christmas political email from the Premier of South Australia, Steve Marshall. Although, I knew it was a mass email sent to many on a mail out list, I felt the need to reply to his email. … Continue reading →