Professor Keith McVilly

Scope-University of Melbourne Professorial Fellow, Disability and Inclusion, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

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Politics & Society

Australia must include people with cognitive disability in politics

People with cognitive disability want to have their say in Australian politics. And we must do more to recognise their political inclusion

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Politics & Society

Volunteers don’t come free

New research finds urgent action is needed to maintain the sustainability of volunteer services supporting people with disability and their families

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Politics & Society

Fighting for the rights of Australians with disability

Geoff Bell was a pioneer in the Australian disability rights movement and his archive shows how far we’ve come in 40 years, and how far we have yet to travel

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Politics & Society

Measuring the value of Australian volunteers

Uncertain NDIS funding for volunteers means some organisations are scaling back, but now there’s an effort to measure the value of volunteers for people with disabilities

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Health & Medicine

Retraining the underdogs

How dogs that don’t graduate seeing-eye school but are trained up as special assistance dogs are helping people with younger onset dementia live fuller, happier lives

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Politics & Society

Information accessibility and the right to know

The UN’s Access to Information Day marks the importance of promoting accessible information so that everyone, including those with a disability, can make informed decisions about their lives

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