Associate Professor Anna Arstein-Kerslake
Co-ordinator, Disability Research Initiative, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
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Politics & Society
Unfit to plead: Imprisoned without conviction
The right to justice is a cornerstone of the modern legal system, but those with cognitive disabilities can be ruled as ‘unfit to plead’. Now a two-year research project finds there may be a pathway to equal access to justice for those who need
Politics & Society
Restoring voice to people with cognitive disability
Laws that remove people’s rights to make decisions on the basis of cognitive disability need a rethink
Politics & Society
Disability-based disadvantage – a life sentence?
A new research project is focussing on the injustices around the indefinite detention of people with cognitive disabilities
Politics & Society
Researching disability
Shifting the disability research agenda to eliminate discrimination is a work in progress