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5 tips to help parents navigate the unique needs of children with autism learning from home

  • Written by: Amanda Webster, Senior Lecturer, Autism and Inclusive Education, University of Wollongong
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Children on the autism spectrum will face unique challenges as they learn from home during the COVID-19 shutdown. These children process information and learn in different ways to their peers.

They may find it more difficult to independently complete tasks and struggle with managing their time. They are also more likely to have...

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how coronavirus is reshaping how we see ourselves and the world around us

  • Written by: Ben Walker, Lecturer (Management), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive public health and economic crisis, but it is also reshaping how we see ourselves and the social world around us.

As borders have tightened around most countries, we may see further surges in nationalist attitudes and political regimes. And countries’ ongoing efforts to limit the spread of...

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every photograph tells a virtual story

  • Written by: Cherine Fahd, Director Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
every photograph tells a virtual storyMarcia Macmillan's winning landscape photograph: Whimsical Warrior.Head On Festival

Rather than cancel, organisers of the annual Head On Photo Festival announced they would deliver the 2020 program online.

This includes live-streaming artist talks, panel discussions, photography workshops and over 100 virtual exhibitions featuring international and...

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Coronavirus redundancies are understandable, but there are alternatives

  • Written by: Robyn Johns, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, University of Technology Sydney
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Redundancies are attractive to organisations in crisis. Although the payouts cost money upfront, they can reshape the remaining workforce to make it leaner and more fit for purpose.

On the other hand they can demoralise that workforce, and they are far from good for the rest of the economy.

One alternative, available to the employers of...

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  2. The coronavirus survival challenge for NZ tourism: affordability and sustainability
  3. Aren't we in a drought? The Australian black coal industry uses enough water for over 5 million people
  4. Schools have been ideological battlegrounds in the past. In the coronavirus crisis, they are again
  5. Post-coronavirus, we'll need a working tax system, not more taxes and not higher rates
  6. knitting your first woolly scarf
  7. how fish use their spines to fend off hungry seals
  8. COVID-19 increases risk to international students' mental health. Australia urgently needs to step up
  9. We've had a taste of disrupted food supplies – here are 5 ways we can avoid a repeat
  10. These 4 diets are trending. We looked at the science (or lack of it) behind each one
  11. Yes Prime Minister... Dan Tehan withdraws his attack on Daniel Andrews' leadership
  12. How I wrote and published a book about the economics of coronavirus in a month
  13. Yes, we're too dependent on China, but changing that is easier said than done
  14. Review of COVID restrictions brought forward, as government urges COVIDSafe download
  15. why you're having more vivid dreams during the pandemic
  16. If COVID-19 is a national emergency, can the federal government take control of schools?
  17. No wonder isolation's so tiring. All those extra, tiny decisions are taxing our brains
  18. the dangers facing Australian police in the line of duty
  19. While we wait for a coronavirus vaccine, eating well, exercising and managing stress can boost your immune system
  20. Michelle Grattan on the Eden-Monaro by-election, the success of the coronavirus app, and Australia-China relations
  21. Dying old, dying young – death and ageism in the times of Greek myth and coronavirus
  22. Cook commemorations are mute on intimate encounters and their profound impact on Indigenous women
  23. Why the Reserve Bank should fund super funds during the COVID-19 crisis
  24. have people ever seen a colossal squid?
  25. Religious groups are embracing technology during the lockdown, but can it replace human connection?
  26. What is sentinel surveillance and how might it help in the fight against coronavirus?
  27. seeing sex in Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  28. The evidence that lockdowns work may not be gold standard, but it's good
  29. Disasters expose gaps in emergency services' social media use
  30. Sending children back to school during coronavirus has human rights implications
  31. grief and things of stone, wood and wool
  32. Want an economic tonic, Mr Morrison? Use that stimulus money to turbocharge renewables
  33. Australia's links with China must change, but decoupling is not an option
  34. New roadmap gives Australia two paths out of COVID-19 lockdown: elimination or adaptation
  35. People with coronavirus are at risk of blood clots and strokes. Here's what we know so far
  36. Can the government defy history and return Eden-Monaro to 'bellwether' status?
  37. Is remdesivir a miracle drug to cure coronavirus? Don't get your hopes up yet
  38. it's an intriguing but unproven link
  39. We need to flatten the 'other' coronavirus curve, our looming mental health crisis
  40. No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think
  41. Vale Robert May, the legendary scientist who helped us understand ecosystems, chaos theory and even pandemics
  42. The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy
  43. Virtual hackathons can help you solve coronavirus problems without leaving your home
  44. COVID lockdowns have human costs as well as benefits. It's time to consider both
  45. Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this
  46. Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist
  47. how nations that moved fast against COVID-19 avoided disaster
  48. a look inside the dismal living conditions of migrant workers
  49. Say hello to the 'crazy beast' mammal who lived among the dinosaurs
  50. Air quality near busy Australian roads up to 10 times worse than official figures

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