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Training support workers to administer Insulin – Illegal or discrimination not to?

By Edhealth | 09/11/2016 | 4

In 2016 I fulfilled a commitment that began three years before when a disability support organisation in Albury, NSW contacted me. They wanted to know … is it legal for support workers to be trained to give insulin to a person with intellectual disability and could I provide the training? My response was yes ……

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