Publications
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.
“Which Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness”
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.
Children and Acquired Brain Injury
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
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.
"I just want a life"
This report was presented in August 2006 as past of the Inquiry into the Funding and Operations of the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement.
The submission argues that although further research is required into unmet needs, there is irrefutable evidence that people with an ABI and their families are significantly disadvantaged under the current funding and program arrangements of the Commonwealth, State Territory disability Agreement (CSTDA).
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