1. Disability services and support: What is a disability? -- Disability statistics -- The way forward - a new disability policy framework for Australia -- National disability insurance scheme - a possible model -- Shut out: the experience of people with disabilities and their families in Australia -- The nature and impact of caring for family members with a disability in Australia -- 2. Disability discrimination and rights issues: Living with a disability -- Disability inequality in Australia -- Disability discrimination -- Who are people with a disability? -- How is discrimination defined under the Disability Discrimination Act? -- United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- How does the DDA define disability? -- Australia's disability laws need critical review - Disability access standards lauded -- The accessible future - challenges and strategies to get there -- Education rights for children with disabilities - Disability and bullying -- Appropriate language -- Business benefits of employing people with disability -- Our society will be worse off if we reject Down syndrome children -- For all the love, living with disability is hard -- Disability and ethics -- The moral quandary of sterilising a child -- Barring disabled migrants makes Australia the loser -- Justice missing in wrongful life cases
Summary
One in five Australians has a disability. Although this figure represents a significant portion of Australia's population, many struggle against direct and indirect discrimination in the form of barriers to basic assistance, services and social inclusion. This book provides an overview of the major disability groups (physical, intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, neurological, etc.) and their core activity restrictions, and explores a range of issues