Children with disability are prioritised in the vaccine rollout, but many struggle to get an appointment

  • Written by: Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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This week the Disability Royal Commission highlighted several failings in ensuring people with disability – a priority group in the rollout – could access vaccinations.

Children and adolescents don’t feature strongly in this report as they only became eligible for vaccination last month.

Yet 62% of parents responding...

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