Paul, Gunther, Slatter, Peter, and Condon, Joshua (2019) The seat of the problem – developing customised seating designed to reduce patient risk of pressure ulcers. In: [Presented at the JCU Public Lecture Series 2019: Inspiration on Tap]. From: JCU Public Lecture Series 2019: Inspiration on Tap, 27 June 2019, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

Australian disability statistics

- 4.3 million Australians estimated to have disability - 18.3% of the population (2015) (same rate in QLD)2.2 million Australians aged 15-64, or 15% of working age population were disabled in 2009 (23% of those severe)

- 10% of the national workforce are disabled – over 1.1 million Australians

- 1.5 million Australians had a physical disability in 2009 – 50% of them worked

- unemployment rate in physically disabled is 50% higher than no disability: 7.5% vs. 5.1%

- an estimated 261,300 Queenslanders of all ages have a severe disability –5.1% of the population (2015)

- indigenous Australians were twice as likely as non-Indigenous Australians to have severe disability

- most common disability type among Indigenous people with severe disability is physical disability -70% (2015)

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Date Deposited:	07 Apr 2020 02:52
FoR Codes:	08 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES > 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing > 080110 Simulation and Modelling @ 34% 08 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES > 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing > 080111 Virtual Reality and Related Simulation @ 33% 08 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES > 0806 Information Systems > 080602 Computer-Human Interaction @ 33%
SEO Codes:	92 HEALTH > 9205 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) > 920504 Occupational Health @ 34% 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970108 Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences @ 33% 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences @ 33%
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