Professor, Disability & Health @unimelbMSPH @DisabilityHlth Disability advocate. Disabled: MS, mental health conditions. Mum. #DisabilityTwitter
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
Factors like age, gender and where you live can make it more likely an applicant will be rejected. @Kavanagh_AM @drhdickinson @unimelb @UNSW theconversation.com/ndis-ref…
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
3 Dec 2024
📢Very important new research from @unimelb's Dr @_yi_yang, Peter Summers, @ZoeAitken11 @Kavanagh_AM @gdisney_melb looking at mortality inequalities between people with and without disability. Targeted interventions and policy reforms are needed now. thelancet.com/action/showPdf…
ALT New Journal Article - All-cause and cause-specific mortality inequalities between people with and without disability: a nationwide data linkage study in Australia
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Important debate.
Check out "Is it ethical for universities to work with weapons manufacturers?" eventbrite.com/e/is-it-ethic… @Eventbrite
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So thrilled to be part of this new @nhmrc CRE in Achieving Health Equity for All People with Disabilities (AHEAD) . Led by @DennisJPetrie & @drhdickinsonBuilding we will will build on the work we did the CRE in Disability and Health @DisabilityHlth
Congrats @DennisJPetrie & team who were awarded $3mil to establish the @nhmrc Centre of Research Excellence in Achieving Health Equity for All People with Disabilities (AHEAD), to address the social determinants of health for people with disabilities nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/news-c…
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
14 Aug 2024
Lists of ‘eligible supports’ could be a backwards step for the NDIS and people with disability theconversation.com/lists-of… via @ConversationEDU
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The Research Alliance for Youth Disability and Mental Health (RAY) is live. Funded by an @nhmrc we are working with young Australians with disability to find ways to promote mental health and wellbeing by acting on the social determinants of health.
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
1 Aug 2024
Stigma around same-sex marriage affected Australians’ health. Here’s what happened in your electorate theconversation.com/stigma-a… via @ConversationEDU
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
31 Jul 2024
NEW EPISODE!
@RosemaryKayess speaks #NDIS bill, #disability rights & accessible housing @bluntshovels @CraigWtweets @SamPaior @criprights @Kavanagh_AM @AfdoOffice @PWDAustralia @AusHumanRights @SenatorJordon @PatsKarvelas @dana_advocacy @Graemeinnes
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Mine and @drgeorgethecrip @LauraKDavy
@SalRob310 @dmsroy initial reactions government's response to DRC recommendations.
‘Lacklustre’ and ‘disappointing’ – experts react to the government’s disability royal commission response theconversation.com/lacklust… via @ConversationEDU
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
17 Apr 2024
OUT NOW ❗#disability law experts dissect the proposed changes to the #NDIS Act @PIACnews @latrobe
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We cannot pretend we don’t know what is happening in Gaza.
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
5 Mar 2024
NEW🎧podcast on the #NDIS Review
Assessments, navigators, psychosocial support and what happens next? shorturl.at/hqxzP
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
30 Jan 2024
There is overwhelming gender bias in the NDIS – and the review doesn’t address it theconversation.com/there-is… via @ConversationEDU
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
29 Jan 2024
Congratulations to @Jen_Hargrave on being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to people with disability and to the community. This is a well deserved honour, recognising her substantial contributions to disability research. go.unimelb.edu.au/7ej8
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Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS retweeted
19 Dec 2023
New research! Disability and loneliness in the UK led by Emeritus Professor Eric Emerson
@ZoeAitken11 @JodieBailie1 @bishop_glenda @Kavanagh_AM
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1/2 New study: 39% of participants of Disability Employment Services reported one or more experiences of discrimination whilst seeking employment and 59% reported one or more experiences of discrimination whilst in the workplace
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2/2 led by @DimovStefanie with Marissa Shields @alexdevine_UoM @ZoeAitken11 & me
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Our family has know Farrah, Tariq and Rafid for decades. They have made such great contributions to Australia. Rafid’s life would be diminished if was to live in Bangladesh. Please sign.
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