Aboriginal women only make up between 2% and 3% of the Australian female population. But the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women entering prison has soared from 21% of all women ...

Police have become the default frontline response to Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disabilities. In the absence of culturally responsive and therapeutic community-based support, regular ...

Surrounded by art and gathered around a home-cooked meal, the Aboriginal disability yarning group basks in laughter and stories at their weekly catch up. The group offers Indigenous people with ...

Australia imprisons thousands of Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disability from disadvantaged backgrounds. Our research illustrates the huge cost of this practice – in both human and ...

KIM LANDERS: A new report says disabled Indigenous people are among the most disadvantaged in Australia. That's one of the key findings of the report released today by Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

SYDNEY, 23 May 2018 /PRNewswire Policy/ -- Aboriginal businesses operating in the disability services sector have a chance to apply for their share in a new $4.5 million NSW Government program which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability continues. Its terms of reference ...

Young people with disabilities have been remembered for their achievements today as part of the 21st anniversary of International Day of People with Disability. International Day of People with a ...

2019 OCT 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News-- Research findings on Science - Social Science are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting ...

The British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society, the only Indigenous disability organization of its kind in Canada, has hired a case worker to serve the capital region thanks to funding ...

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability continues. Its terms of reference acknowledge“the particular situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...