Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service in Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia | Lawyer & law firm

Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service

Locality: Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia

Address: 75 Pigdons Road 3216 Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.villamanta.org.au

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20.01.2022 "The LaTrobe Community Health survey revealed 47 per cent of respondents dined out at cafes and restaurants, but less than half had a good experience while eating out. "Negative factors include lack of aides to assist access, lack of staff training, limited disability car parking, no ramps or lifts and not enough space for a wheelchair."

08.01.2022 'Mr Burke told the inquiry his mentor, Gary, would "keep him calm" prior to any surgery but on this occasion the anaesthetist asked the mentor to leave the room. 'Mr Burke said his adrenaline would often rise prior to surgeries and his body would fight off anaesthetic.'

07.01.2022 Getting access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme can be an extremely long, confusing and distressing process for many. "Financially, emotionally, this poor family, and lots of families like them, are just going around in circles".

06.01.2022 'The "shadow pandemics" of mental illness, domestic violence and substance abuse have exposed a crisis in community services, a national group of academics from 17 universities has warned.' '"Many formal care services for the aged, children, and for people with disability that were already strained, collapsed under the pressure of the pandemic," the report says.'

01.01.2022 "A royal commission into medical neglect of people with disabilities has heard of the horrifying moment doctors and security guards pinned a man with Down syndrome to a hospital bed by his throat during a simple dental appointment."