Congratulations to the new round of Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPY Women’s Council) Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc. Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS) Down Syndrome Association of Victoria (DSV) Brain Injury Matters Inc Scope Australia (& Funds in Court) Congratulations again to the grant recipients. We are now in the process of matching researchers to the projects. If you are a UoM researcher who has relevant expertise to a project, please send an email and let us know which projects are of interest and your experience. We'll share another update shortly as the projects begin to take shape. If you have questions about the Community Based Research Program, please contact Campbell Message at campbell.message@unimelb.edu.au. FREE music workshops for young adults on the autism spectrum New survey! Understanding attendance at school for students with Autism Special election edition of the Reasonable and Necessary podcast Dr Taleporos has partnered with People with Disability Australia to produce a special election edition of his popular Reasonable and Necessary podcast. The election special features interviews with Minister for the NDIS Linda Reynolds, Shadow Minister for the NDIS Bill Shorten and Greens spokesperson on Disability Rights and Services Jordon Steele John. The series concludes with a special panel providing commentary including former Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes, PWDA President Samantha Connor and Bruce and Kirsten. You can watch a stream of the interviews on the PWDA Facebook page on the following days: Monday May 9 1pm AEST Linda Reynolds Viewers of the livestream will be encouraged to leave comments and interact as the interviews progress. Or you can listen and watch the podcast later at a time that suits you best. Just jump onto the Summer Foundation website - https://www.summerfoundation.org.au/resources/reasonable-and-necessary-podcast-series-2/ Our Deaf Ways - A new podcast by SBS and Deaf Australia Over the course of six episodes, Our Deaf Ways features Deaf people from all walks of life and all ages to talk about Deaf Ways.
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