Centre for Disability Research and Policy: Recent submissions
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Boosting the recruitment and retention of new graduate speech-language pathologists for the disability workforce
Published 2016-01-01New graduate speech-language pathologists (SLPs) will play an integral role in meeting the anticipated growth in demand for a highly skilled disability workforce under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Despite ...Open AccessArticle -
Policy Development and Implementation for Disability Services in Rural New South Wales, Australia
Published 2014-09-01Throughout their lives, all people, including those who have a disability, use a broad range of community services. Community services are important in assisting people with a range of impairments to participate in their ...Open AccessArticle -
Speech pathologists’ perspectives on transitioning to telepractice: What factors promote acceptance?
Published 2015-01-01Little is understood about factors that influence speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs’) acceptance of telepractice. The aim of this study was to investigate SLPs’ perceptions and experiences of transitioning to a school-based ...Open AccessArticle -
Rural Carers of People with Disabilities: Making Choices to Move or to Stay
Published 2014-01-01When a child is born with, or an individual acquires, a disability in rural Australia, one of the decisions faced by the family is whether to remain living in a rural area or move to a larger metropolitan centre to access ...Open AccessArticle -
Should I stay or should I go? Exploring the job preferences of allied health professionals working with people with disability in rural Australia
Published 2015-01-01Introduction: The uneven distribution of allied health professionals (AHPs) in rural and remote Australia and other countries is well documented. In Australia, like elsewhere, service delivery to rural and remote communities ...Open AccessArticle