RESEARCH NEWS | TALKING DISABILITY
![<p>Australian unemployment rates show a steady number of people finding jobs, however the unemployment rates of people with disability are not regularly reported on. [Source: iStock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/19_5_2022-unemployment-rates.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Unemployment rates released but not for people with disability
Employment rates and wages have been a popular topic in the lead up to the Federal Election, but people with disability... Read more
![<p>Political parties have outlined their plans for the NDIS and other strategies affecting the lives of people with disability in the lead up to the Federal Election. [Source AdobeStock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/17_5_2022-election-promises.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Election promises recapped for people with disability
The Federal Election is approaching fast and political parties have been finalising their positions for voters to... Read more
![<p>Commitments from parties and candidates across the political spectrum have been analysed by disability advocates. [Source: AdobeStock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/12_5_2022-election-reponses.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Advocates evaluate Election policies from parties and independents
Just over a week out from the Federal Election, peak advocacy groups for people with disability are assessing policies... Read more
![<p>The braille alphabet and braille slates will be used to create accessible labels to place around Melbourne. [Source: Monash University]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/9_5_2022-braille.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Melbourne to be hit by braille “bomb” to showcase accessibility
A group of people will walk the streets of Melbourne on Wednesday placing braille labels on signs across the city to get... Read more
![<p>Athlete Leader Ben Haack, pictured centre at the 2015 World Summer Games, says they improve the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disability. [Source: Special Olympics Australia]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/5_5_2022-so-Ben.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Support for Special Olympics to be held in Australia for the first time
Local and international support is growing for a bid to hold the 2027 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Perth. Read more
![<p>Almost all of the rentals available across Australia are unaffordable for single people on the Disability Support Pension, in an already competitive market. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/2_5_2022-rentals.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Affordability of rentals for people with disability hits lowest point
Statistics from social advocacy organisation Anglicare Australia have shown only 51 rentals in the whole of Australia... Read more
![<p>Disability advocate Lynne Foreman is leading an event in Geelong today aiming to share the stories of NDIS participants and get the system fixed. [Source: Supplied]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/28_4_2022-day-of-action.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Australians across the country take action to defend the NDIS
Today, across Australia, people with disability and their supporters are gathering to talk about issues with the... Read more
![<p>David Cunningham is happy to be living in new Specialist Disability Accommodation and was welcomed home by Michaela Brown, Group Chief Operating Office of Home Caring. [Supplied: Home Caring]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/26_4_2022-homecaring.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Disability supports have changed to a model of empowering, not limiting individuals
SPONSORED STORY – When it comes to disability services, David Cunningham is passionate about being an empowered... Read more
![<p>People with intellectual disability face discrimination in some health care settings, such as hospital, and funding has been allocated to change that. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/22_4_2022-centre-health.jpg?fm=pjpg)
Health of people with intellectual disability to be improved by National Centre
A new National Centre of Excellence will be established to improve outcomes for people with intellectual disability... Read more
![<p>Labor has a plan to overhaul the NDIS if elected as the new Federal Government on 21 May. [Source: Shutterstock]</p>](https://agedcareguide-assets.imgix.net/news/articles/news/articles/20_4_2022-election-plan.jpg?fm=pjpg)
The NDIS is unsustainable? “That’s a lie”, says Bill Shorten
The Australian Labor Party’s announcement of a plan to improve the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and... Read more