Karen Soldatic, Dina Bowman,Maria Mupanemunda,Patrick McGee
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO)
Monday 27th September, 2021
This report examines the development of the partial capacity to work classification and its impact on the lives of individuals and their households. It considers the onerous processes involved in
Metro areas, regional areas, remote areas, very remote areas – nowhere is safe. And no, we are not talking about the Delta strain, but thin markets for NDIS services. The
She lived in a tiny room with no window, inside a home filled with bed bugs and stained mattresses, until a COVID cluster helped expose conditions in Hambleton House.
He said the federal government should consider a national community visitor scheme, based on the model in Victoria, where trained volunteers would be authorised by law to inspect the premises
In the race to “open up”, governments must prioritise the needs of disabled people and do a much better job of engaging with the expertise of disabled people and the
All people with disability must have a genuine opportunity to be fully vaccinated before there is a significant easing of COVID restrictions in any state or territory, the disability royal
The report finds that often, police responses to people with disability – whether they are witnesses, victims or alleged offenders – are not adequate. This is because policing is the
Some of Victoria’s most marginalised citizens are being caught up in an ugly turf war between rival groups of disability accommodation and support businesses that are competing for the right
ings and seven recommendations about the Australian Government’s approach to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as it affects people with disability, particularly people in residential disability settings and people with intellectual
A good place to start is how nondisabled people can avoid giving unnecessary offense to people with disabilities. This may seem like a minor issue compared with larger structural barriers.
Speaking of privilege, Many of the wellness types promoting "natural immunity" have benefited from financial access to healthcare, healthy environments, education, and financial resources to improve their health — factors
There are substantial differences among us. Our disabilities, social backgrounds, and degrees of underlying privilege vary a great deal, even as we are united by the common experience of disability
