Publications

BIA’s keynote address to the “Working in the West” conference, Perth, October 21

Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:53

Nick Rushworth’s keynote address to the “Working in the West” ACE National/ National Disability Services Western Australia conference, Perth October 21, 2010 - “The view from here: craving for prospect”;

“…I  want to say something about subjectivity, about the “view from here” – that there are often limitations (as well as strengths) in what we bring of our life experience to how we do our work...And, so, I want to also say something about the need for disability services to exercise their imagination.”

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BIA's submission to the Productivity Commission's Inquiry into Disability Care and Support…

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 12:27

Brain Injury Australia's Submission to the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Disability Care and Support.

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BIA presents to the Association of Child Welfare Agencies 2010 conference…

Thursday, 05 August 2010 10:47

“Inflicted Traumatic Brain Injury in Children – How Big is the Iceberg?”

Nick Rushworth’s presentation to the Association of Child Welfare Agencies 2010 conference.

Inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) - also called abusive head trauma, sometimes "shaken baby syndrome" - is the leading cause of death and disability in children who have been abused. Infants are at the greatest risk. Over the last 5 years more than 70 children have been hospitalised with ITBI in NSW alone. Their average age was 10 months. And their numbers are increasing.

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BIA's response to the National Disability Advocacy Framework

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 09:34

Brain Injury Australia's response to the draft National Disability Advocacy Framework.

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Nick Rushworth speaks on inflicted traumatic brain injury in children

Friday, 23 July 2010 09:39

Inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) - also called abusive head trauma, sometimes "shaken baby syndrome" - is the leading cause of death and disability in children who have been abused. Infants are at the greatest risk. Over the last 5 years more than 70 children have been hospitalised with ITBI in New South Wales alone. Nick Rushworth, the Executive Officer of Brain Injury Australia, talks to Vision Australia radio...  

 Listen to or download the audio of this talk   [MP3 Audio - 10.05 MB]

Nick Rushworth writes for the Aged Care Australia magazine on falls-related TBI

Tuesday, 22 June 2010 13:01

While it might be common knowledge that falls are the leading cause of injury hospitalisations, perhaps it’s less well-known that falls are now also the leading cause of traumatic brain injury (TBI) – accounting for 2 in every 5 TBI admissions in Australia in 2004-2005.

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