Tag: Disability
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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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Honours Research Thesis
People with Complex Communication Needs (CCN) require improved methods of accessing telecommunications, given the communication barriers they face, to participate fully in society. This research explores the types of telecommunications access methods adults with CCN use and report to be useful, as well as their perspectives of the usefulness of a Video-Assisted Speech-to-Speech Relay (VAS)…
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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…
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Review on Telecommunications for people with disabilities and SMS Emergency Services
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy announced his intention to roll out an SMS Emergency Service and foreshadowed expansions to the NRS to deliver more accessibility to communications services in the future. THIS IS AN EXTRACT – The Full speech is at http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/speeches/2010/006 Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney — Tuesday,…