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The first of these articles is a description of the disturbing eugenics bill submitted this year to the Chinese parliament whereby the state will use abortion and sterilisation "to avoid new births of inferior quality and heighten the standards of the whole population".
Read MoreWritten by a former resident of a group home, the author describes how he managed to get out and live in a flat with one other person (although he does make the point that although he gets on well with his flatmate he was never really given a choice about...
Read MoreLinda Till, the mother of Becky a young woman with disabilities, describes her experiences of advocating on Becky's behalf, firstly to get her out of the nursing home in which she resided and secondly to get her included in the local school.
Read MoreA really powerful article concerning Aboriginal people and the mainstream community welfare system.
Read MoreThe most important point that this article makes is how understanding of 'advocacy' has changed in the last two decades or so. Richler uses the work of the Canadian Association for Community Living to illustrate this.
Read MoreEmployment training initiatives devised by the Queensland Spastic Welfare League get high praise from the federal government and this author for their leading edge work in placing people with disabilities in real jobs. Keyword: Employment
Read MoreAnother story by a parent about the decision that their son would "live his life to the full" starting with his education at both pre and school age levels.
Read MoreDarrell Wills presents some interesting thoughts about the possible detriments of using legal strategies to include children in their local schools.
Read MoreIn an extremely forthright article, Horsley asks the rhetorical questions "How has violence remained so acceptable and so entrenched in the lives of most disabled people?" and "Why has the legal system and government services continued to fail people with disabilities?".
Read MoreThis is an excellent story by an older parent. She talks about what she and her partner went through 20 or more years ago when they first discovered their child had a disability. It was quite different to what happens now.
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