DIRC Disability Forums Podcast: Post School Options
Below you’ll find the podcast of the DIRC Disability Forum on Post School Options which was held on Thursday February 2nd 2012.
This was a panel presentation with Bedford, Phoenix Society Inc and SA Career Consultants. Unfortunately Personnel Employment were unable to attend due to illness.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:32:15 — 105.6MB)
DIRC Disability Forums: November Forum Podcast
The podcast for the November DIRC Disability Forum, “Nothing about us without us: Involving children and young people in disability research”, presented by Professor Phillip Darbyshire, is now available.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:36:08 — 110.0MB)
DIRC Disability Forums: Families and Mental Health Podcast
Below you will find the podcast from the DIRC Disability Forum “Families and Mental Health”, held at DIRC on October 6th 2011 and presented by Cindy Eggington BAppSc (Dis) (Hons).
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:30:28 — 103.5MB)
DIRC Disability Forums: Families and Mental Health
The next DIRC Disability Forum will be held on Thursday 6th October from 10.30am to 12.20pm.
The topic for the forum will be Families and Mental Health. The forum will be presented by Cindy Eggington BAppSc (Dis) (Hons).
Every day 330 Australians with serious mental illnesses are turned away from Emergency Departments, 1,200 Australians are refused admission to a public or private psychiatric unit. Every day more than 7 people die as a result of a suicide, and more than a third of those have been discharged too early or without care from hospitals.
Bookings are required.
September DIRC Disability Forum Cancelled
Unfortunately, due to a lack of responses, DIRC has had to cancel the September 1st Disability Forum “Universal Design – Applications in everyday life”.
A calendar of forum dates for the remainder of 2011 can be found here.
DIRC Disability Forums: Universal Design – Applications in everyday life
The next DIRC Disability Forum will be held on Thursday September 1st and is titled “Universal Design – Applications in everyday life”. The forum will be presented by David Hobbs BSc, BSc/BEng (Biomedical)(Hons).
David has degrees in Physics and Biomedical Engineering and more than 10 years’ experience working as a Rehabilitation Engineer in the field of Assistive Technology and disability. Since 2004 David has been teaching Universal Design to students at Flinders University, to develop awareness of the field and to highlight how designers can positively affect usability and accessibility through good design.
DIRC Disability Forums – “Disability: A 40 year professional and personal journey” Podcast
Below you will find the podcast from the DIRC Disability Forum “Disability: A 40 year professional and personal journey”, held at DIRC on August 4th 2011 and presented by Dr. Brian Matthews.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:56:57 — 160.6MB)
