Category: Accessibility
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Banning straws might be good for the planet – but bad for people with disability or swallowing problems. What is ‘eco-ableism’?
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 and Health Sciences, Flinders University This month, Victoria became the latest Australian state to ban…
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The Sessons (2012) Movie
The Sessions (2012) is definitely a movie I want to see. I think it will be a movie that will be useful in my PhD as it seems to touch on three main topics, which might be taboo to some yet I find fascinating. These three are Christianity, disability and sexuality. Just seeing trailer, one…
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The 2012 Telstra-TJA Christopher Newell Prize
The Christopher Newell Prize recognises and commemorates the research and commitment of the late Revd Canon Dr Christopher Newell AM who was a strong advocate of the the needs of people with disabilities and their rights to access telecommunications during the 1990s and up until his passing in 2008. The Telstra sponsored award encourages authors…
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Expression of interest for a telecommunications research project: Participants with CCN
Hello, I’m Darryl Sellwood from Adelaide, South Australia. I’m looking for people with Complex Communication Needs (CCN) who would like to take part in a research project investigating user perspectives on the usefulness of two methods of accessing telecommunications for people with CCN. The project has ethics approval from the Division of Education, Arts and…
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Expression of interest for a telecommunications research project: Communication Partner Participants
Hello, You are invited to participate in a research project investigating user perspectives on the usefulness of two methods of accessing telecommunications for people with Complex Communication Needs (CCN). The project has ethics approval from the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of South Australia. This trial…