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Sarah Barton 7 Mar 2013

Our first piece in a series on the rich history of the disability rights movement, by documentary filmmaker Sarah Barton. More

ABC Religion and Ethics 4 Mar 2013
The Law Report 26 Feb 2013
Stella Young 19 Feb 2013

The Oscar Pistorius we cheered at the London Olympics was a fictional character instilled with noble qualities. As Stella Young writes, we were unprepared for the possibility that this idealistic image didn't match reality. More

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Ramp Up 27 Feb 2013

Twenty years after the Disability Discrimination Act came into being, it's time to reflect on how far we've come and how much further we still have to go to achieve equality for people with disability. More

Getting back in the school saddle

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Rural Online 7 Feb 2013

Tasmanian, Katherine Reed, is relaunching a career in the thoroughbred industry five years after breaking her back. More

The Law Report 5 Feb 2013

A federal magistrate has ruled that the New South Wales public train service discriminated against blind and vision impaired people b… More

TAS Country Hour 5 Feb 2013

A unique program for bushfire victims on the Tasman Peninsula has been launched at the Bream Creek Farmers Market. More

Professor Tony Attwood

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ABC Queensland Conversations 30 Jan 2013

Tony Attwood is one of the world's leading experts on Asperger's Syndrome. More

ABC Central Victoria 24 Jan 2013

There's nothing quite as rock and roll as motorcycles on the open road, but Rock n Ride is all in the name of a good cause. More

Schizophrenia

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Encounter 19 Jan 2013

More likely than Indigenous Australians to meet an early death, people with schizophrenia are also more likely to be the victims of c… More

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