The Australian Industry Group and NDIS providers are attacking hard-won penalty rates of disability support workers. [Photo: Facebook/People with Disability Australia] In late 2023, the big business ...

A fit and healthy mum will likely never be able to speak normally again after allegedly being exposed to a sickening scene as part of her job as a disability worker. In late 2019, the 44-year-old, who ...

Megan Topping's doctoral research is supported by a postgraduate award through the Summer Foundation, Melbourne, Australia. The Participant Led Video research was funded by the Innovative Workforce ...

Disability support providers welcome the Health and Disability Commissioner’s Report on complaints to HDC about Residential Disability Support Services as evidence providers take complaints seriously, ...

A disability support worker who had her thumb bitten off during a horror attack by a teenage client is suing her former employer. Jamie Reardon said she suffered 17 bite wounds, fractured her foot, ...

After a dramatic drop in demand in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, a disability service in Far North Queensland is seeing a surge in people wanting to access services. A surge in disability ...

In February, Sarah Hammond* received a phone call from her daughter's psychologist who told her the 17-year-old's disability support worker, Tomas Hopkins, was in jail. A mother whose teenage daughter ...

Parenting can be a challenge but you can check out any bookstore for helpful advice. However, if your baby bucks the trend – like my son, Arlo, did – I’d argue, we’re the ones who are winging it. We ...

Concerns have also been raised about the disability networking app Mable being used like Tinder with few protections in place for independent service providers. Police have confirmed officers are ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. MIchael Marchuk, 47, ...