Josh Meredith lives with Down syndrome and is helping change community attitudes towards disability in the workplace.
Category Archives: Carers
Why are 6,000 young people being forced to live out their lives in aged care homes?
Every week, 50 young people with high support needs are admitted into aged care homes across the country. Now the push is on to get them out.
Brodie Lunn has severe autism and couldn’t find work. Now he has his own business
With limited employment opportunities for adults who live with autism, Brodie Lunn and his mum decided they would set up a lawnmowing business. And it changed Brodie's life.
Women retire with almost half the super as men. This idea might help change that
For women, spending time out of the workforce can erode their superannuation. Some countries have already found a way to change that and now, there is a push for carer credits to be introduced in Australia.
Live: Aged care royal commission expected to hear ‘bruising’ stories
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is starting its first day of hearings with testimony from the family of a man who was mistreated in care in South Australia. Follow our live blog for rolling updates.
Designers bringing a sense of style to people often forgotten by fashion
Choosing an outfit is something most of us take for granted, but for tens of thousands of Australians with disabilities it can be a painful experience. But a small coterie of Australian designers are out to change that.
Aged care doesn’t need to be so gothic — this is what it could look like
The home my grandfather is in should be the norm, not an aberration only the wealthy get to enjoy, writes Melanie Tait.
Giveaways to attract parents are just a symptom of our child care problem
Childcare centres are offering parents free iPads and cheap holidays as taxpayers chip in billions in subsidies. Labor wants to ban giveaways, but that's a band-aid solution, writes Liam McNicholas.
We have an expiry date in our society, but it’s not the day we die
In Western society we fear dependency, invisibility and dying. Aged care is a silo of these fears. And until it affects us personally, we ignore it, write Bridget Laging, Amanda Kenny and Rhonda Nay.
Families using in-home child care feel ‘left out in the cold’ after subsidy changes
Some of Australia's most vulnerable families feel they have been abandoned by the Federal Government after changes to childcare payments left them with huge costs and a bureaucratic nightmare.