PublicationsPublications
On this page you will find links to a range of papers and presentations produced by Brain Injury Australia as part of its national policy advocacy role. If you are looking for publications about management of Acquired Brain Injury, check out the extensive range of fact sheets available on the website of our member organisation Synapse or check out our web links.
National Disability Strategy
Monday, 01 December 2008 00:00
This submission was developed by Nick Rushworth, BIA Executive Officer, December 2008. The submission provided discussion on a range of areas regarding acquired brain injury for consideration at a federal policy level.
It's never just about the numbers, but.....
Thursday, 20 November 2008 00:00
Presentation by Nick Rushworth at the Neurotrauma Workshop, 20 November 2008
Download the presentation [PowerPoint Presentation - 436.5 KB].
“Which Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness”
Sunday, 01 June 2008 00:00
This submission has was authored by Nick Rushworth, Executive Officer in June 2008 and contains a number of policy recommendations.
The overarching point of Brain Injury Australia’s submission to the Australian Government’s Green Paper “Which Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness” is to demonstrate that most of the population subgroups that comprise the homeless – people with a mental illness, people with alcohol and other substance abuse problems, people leaving (or at risk of re-entering) prisons or juvenile justice institutions, people fleeing domestic violence etc. - are absolutely commensurate with the constituent populations of Australians with an ABI.
National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy
Sunday, 01 June 2008 00:00
This submission was authored by Nick Rushworth, Executive Officer in June 2008.
The submission states that the relatively low rates of participation of people with an ABI in finding and keeping employment have their explanation in barriers some of which are individual, some systemic. These barriers are likely to be happening at multiple points in the pathway to employment; having a differential impact, depending on a person’s social and personal circumstances, age, and the type and cause of their ABI and not well-articulated for people whose ABI is caused by alcohol, other drugs, illness, or particularly if they are older. Brain Injury Australia strongly believes that the means to the overcoming of barriers to employment for people with an ABI begins with building awareness of ABI throughout the community.
Read more: National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy
Children and Acquired Brain Injury
Thursday, 01 May 2008 00:00
The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2003 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers found that 317,900 Australian children had a disability, or about 1 in 12 of all Australian children. 162,800 children had “physical/diverse disabilities” - an estimated 22,800 of whom were children with an ABI.
This publication was authored by Nick Rushworth, Executive Officer for Brain Injury Australia and relates to ABI in children and young people. The paper prepared for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in May 2008.
Acquired Brain Injury and Mental Illness
Friday, 01 June 2007 00:00
Brain Injury Australia (BIA) developed the following summary paper for the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. The paper aims:
- to raise awareness within government of the significant disadvantage experienced by individuals with a dual disability of ABI and mental illness;
- to identify barriers to optimum support, and
- to make recommendations to improve responsiveness and achieve optimum outcomes for this group in our community.
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