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Assignment:

COUNTRY: Australia- focus on musculoskeletal disorders, arthritis, and back problems. Focus on the rural areas as well when it comes to accessibility and the challenges that they face there.

FIND:

Basic Information and Stats, Model(s), and Perception

1. Provide basic information and stats on your country:

  • general geography,
  • overall demographics, and
  • disability statistics on your population.

2. Model(s) of Disability most common:

  • This will likely require your interpretation of how your country`s healthcare system is set up, availability/accessibility/use of social services, social views on the etiology of disability, and treatment of people with disabilities.

3. Perception of people with disability:

  • acceptance,
  • stigma, and
  • discrimination.

Laws/Policies, UNCRPD, Education, and Employment

  • how your country is/isn`t involved.
  • this will likely involve some digging and reading/paraphrasing reports.

Education:

  • stats on how many youth with disabilities attend school compared to general the population,
  • high school graduation rates of students with disabilities,
  • college rates, and
  • the types of school-based services are available.

Employment (include SES):

employment rates of people with disabilities:

  • compare full-time vs. part-time,
  • compare to the general population,
  • compare unemployment vs. underemployment, and
  • compare age and gender.

Accessibility, Healthcare, and Advocacy

1. Accessibility:

  • to the environment;
  • accessibility of technology, as well as use of assistive technology;
  • availability of accommodations; and
  • a brief history of institutionalization of your chosen disability population in this country, including current issues (if any).

2. Healthcare (access to services): You have a lot of flexibility with this one, as you may/may not find very specific data.

3. Advocacy:

a. locate a minimum of 4 of each of the following, and provide contact information and explanation of provided services:

  • local community services (you may want to split your country up into 4 regions, and choose towns/cities to locate appropriate resources),
  • regional resources for people with disabilities, and
  • nationwide resources for people with disabilities.

 

 
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