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The Extra Costs of participation in Work, Education or Training for People with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study. SPRC Report No. 86

This study provides a detailed examination of the extra costs incurred in participation in activities of the general community such as paid employment, further education and training, and attempts to explain their variation. The study raises a number of questions.

The sterilisation of women who have an intellectual disability

This paper discusses the practice of sterilisation on women who have an intellectual disability for reasons which would not normally be considered for women without a disability. Many women with disabilities have undergone sterilisation without any knowledge or understanding of the procedures.

People with intellectual disabilities and the criminal law

This article highlights the issues associated with offences committed by people with moderate of severe disability. A concern is that when an illegal act is committed, service providers take over the roles which would otherwise be played by police and the court.

Disabling AIDS: The HIV/AIDS and Intellectual Disability Project: An assessment of educational needs

The Family Planning Association (NSW) (FPA), following submission approval by the NSW Department of Health, conducted a survey of people with intellectual disabilities, staff, management and parents to determine the level of information and education needs relating to HIV/AIDS.

Menstrual suppression

This article looks at why women with an intellectual disability have not had access to the full range of options that are offered to women without an intellectual disability.

Medication used to control people in State Government institutions

This collection of article and letters was compiled by NCID as part of a campaign to remedy the overuse of drugs to control the behaviour of people with intellectual disabilities in state run institutions. Keyword: Health

On the imperial possibilities of modernised medicine

This paper by John McKnight, the founder of the Centre for Urban Affairs and Policy Research at Northwestern University, Illinois, takes an acerbic look at the American health system and his theory that medicine purports now to offer not just the elimination of disease but the perfection of life, as...

Chinese - American families of children with developmental disabilities: An exploratory study of reactions to service providers

This study was conducted to try and determine why Chinese American families of children with disabilities living in America made little use of the resources available. It was realised than an understanding of cultural and social perspectives is essential in order to properly support these families.

You and I

This brief prose, reprinted from the Values into Action newsletter, emphasises the difference between people's interpretation of the life of a person with a disability and a person without a disability.

A tale about lifestyle changes: Comments on "Toward a technology of 'non aversive' behavioural support"

The Turnbulls, parents of Jay who has an intellectual disability, tell two different stories about Jay. One is about his life when he was using services typically used by others with disabilities and one is about his life now, when he is living and working inclusively within his community.

Ordinary Lives