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What's in a name?

Kevin Jones

Terminology can dictate procedure - so what about replacing "disability" with "injury" to keep stakeholders focused on rehabilitation?

One could claim Dr Richard Pimentel as an “anti-disability activist” through his commitment to rehabilitation and his persistence. He is the type of guest speaker every conference requires – confident, entertaining and informative.  At the 2009 Workcover SA conference Dr Pimentel receive a round of applause for not having any PowerPoint slides (the previous speaker had 72!) so he was off to a good start. The audienc...

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Published 21 September, 2009