Disability
As a teen, my hands began to tremble. It took decades to find out why
Fearing I’d be judged, I’d sit on my hands and say no to drinks of water in job interviews or meetings - for more than 40 years.
- Sonya Voumard
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‘Why are you letting them do this?’ The terror these mothers have for ‘unseen’ children
Rachel’s long-term fears for her boy became reality. For Danijela and son William, the same feelings are ever-present.
- Kate Aubusson
The first time I met my partner, I tried to keep this part of me a secret
Online dating can be a minefield of sorting fact from fiction. And then you throw disability into the mix.
- Caro Llewellyn
‘A privilege’: What 15-year-old Charlie and other young carers want you to know
There are more than 390,000 carers under 25 in Australia, but their work often goes unnoticed, and advocates say more support is needed.
- Lauren Ironmonger
- Series
- Illness
“Good, thanks”
This series looks behind the masks of those living with chronic illness and takes you into their world.
- Exclusive
- LGBTQ
‘Very real risk of violence’: The growing fear within NSW’s LGBTQ community
Threats and attacks against LGBTQI+ organisations, including a neo-Nazi rally outside a queer film festival, have elevated leaders’ fears of violence.
- Michael McGowan
- Exclusive
- Health
On the floor of a Sydney hospital bathroom, Declan lay stranded for hours
Advocates have requested an urgent meeting with the NSW health minister after hearing dozens of hospital horror stories.
- Angus Thomson
- Exclusive
- Mental health
‘You feel like an animal in a zoo’: Hospitals on notice amid ‘concerning’ trend
The mental health watchdog says its findings on restrictive practices should be a wake-up call for emergency departments, medical wards and inpatient facilities.
- Broede Carmody
- Editorial
- Editorial
The NDIS is Shorten’s legacy, and Labor’s problem
The NDIS may be one of modern Labor’s biggest reforms, but the unwieldy scheme has come at a big cost politicians will spend years wrangling.
- The Herald's View
- Exclusive
- Bill Shorten
More than half a million workers earn income from NDIS, Shorten says in parting shot at critics
Bill Shorten has hailed the NDIS jobs boom as an achievement as big as Medicare. But economists say it might be a drain on the economy and the federal budget.
- Paul Sakkal
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