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Resourcing key for children with disabilities to succeed in public schools, but barriers remain

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Resourcing key for children with disabilities to succeed in public schools, but barriers remain

In year three, Caitlyn Royce fronted up to the assembly of her primary school in Perth's north-eastern suburbs and told her fellow students she was deaf. 

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Variety Tasmania's first Motor Mouth camp helps non-verbal children and their families find the right words

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Variety Tasmania's first Motor Mouth camp helps non-verbal children and their families find the right words

In a first for Tasmania, non-verbal children who use communication devices have taken part in a camp to help develop self-expression and ease communications with their loved ones.

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NDIS minister Bill Shorten reads the riot act to rorters, vowing to track down 'shonky' providers

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NDIS minister Bill Shorten reads the riot act to rorters, vowing to track down 'shonky' providers

The minister in charge of the NDIS has vowed to track down "shonky" disability providers, telling them to "get off my scheme".

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Women share experiences with perinatal anxiety and depression to help others reach out

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Women share experiences with perinatal anxiety and depression to help others reach out

When Lauren Fisher was pregnant, she felt like she was "talked about" instead of talked to.

She and her partner Alex, went through IVF to have their child, and Ms Fisher had a "difficult pregnancy and a difficult birth" and "negative experiences" in the hospital system.

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Joe Chivers returns to footy after a skydiving accident left him in a wheelchair

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Joe Chivers returns to footy after a skydiving accident left him in a wheelchair

Joe Chivers's first tandem skydiving experience became memorable for all the wrong reasons when the parachute carrying him and his instructor collapsed and the pair plummeted 30 metres to the ground. 

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