I’m pleased to share that the Dementia Justice website, which had to be closed down in October, is now being hosted with its own page on my personal website. This research project is the one of two which I am currently the most proud to have been involved in, as well as working alongside Professor…
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability recently released a commissioned research report into the use of ‘restrictive practices’. The Restrictive practices: A pathway to elimination research report, compiled by researchers from the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney says restrictive practices…
Register for this important event later this month! You will be joined by leading researchers, practitioners and advocates, on reproductive rights, the prevention of torture, the federal human rights framework, and climate activism. Hear from our inspiring speakers and ask questions during the audience Q&A following each presentation. Online and in person options available. Obviously, my main interest is in…
A colleague and friend Tina Minkowitz* works towards the rights of survivors of psychiatric abuse, and runs a course for activists and allies on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a Survivor of Psychiatry Perspective. Her article on disability and incarceration is worth a read, even if you don’t have time…
I’m a member of the Australian OPCAT Network, and with permission, am posting a revised version of the contents of an email from the network here. As people with dementia living in residential aged care which they are locked in, and segregated, they too are living in places of detention, hence my interest in OPCAT.…
Earlier this year, the UN Sub committee on the prevention of torture announced a visit to Australian, to inspect detention centres. For those who may not have heard of this committee, I have added the following information about their work available on their website: “The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or…
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