Posts tagged "disability"

Kindship, the first social networking app for parents of kids with disabilities, launched this year and currently has 2500 families using it each month. 

The end of mandatory COVID-19 isolation periods has been welcomed by industry groups slogged by workforce shortages, but politicians from across the aisle fear the decision could expose at-risk workers to infection.

A new partnership between Randstad and disability advocacy enterprise Get Skilled Access is creating a program to bring disabled Australians into mainstream recruitment streams.

As a writer, speaker and self-proclaimed ‘appearance activist’, Carly Findlay is building a career by striving to change the way people view people with facial differences, skin conditions, and disabilities.

The harsh reality is chronic illness is extraordinarily common, so the first step toward meeting your obligations as an employer is to be educated.

Job interviews can be a significant barrier since people with autism often struggle to understand unstated communication and social norms.

Most virtual reality technology and musical instruments are designed for the able-bodied — but this team has set out to change that.

Just 16% of adults with autism are in full-time paid employment, and most of them face bullying, discrimination and isolation.

Aussie startup HomeCare Heroes has seen its membership number and website traffic skyrocket after appearing on ABC’s youth-focused radio program ‘Hack'.

By Erin I. Castellas and Jo Barraket, Swinburne University of Technology

Social enterprises employ twice the rates of Australians with di…

By Simon Darcy, University of Technology Sydney and Tracy Taylor, University of Technology Sydney

Only 53% of Australians with disabilit…