Many people with disabilities are still working for less than $3 an hour almost four years after Australia’s High Court ruled they were being underpaid at Government-supported workshops.
Being an ally to the disability community isn’t a token effort, it’s not a light little thing that you buy or forward or pass on. It’s a deeper effort of
The NDIS will eventually replace a range of Commonwealth funded disability programs. NDIS participants will be able to access equivalent services through the NDIS when it is available in their…
The second part of the NDIS is about to roll-out around the country, and it’s all about building inclusive communities.
People with autism are highly under-represented in Australia’s workforce. But some IT companies are hoping to turn that around, running new prorgams to recruit and train people with high-functioning Austism…
Would you plead guilty to crime you didn’t commit and serve out the jail time? What if your only other option was being locked up with no release date in…
A new advisory council has been established to work with the federal government on policies affecting people with disability and drive the implementation of the National Disability Strategy.
The Federal Government’s announcement it will set up a national redress scheme for survivors of abuse is much-needed and long overdue.
Disability advocates – who all emphasised their strong support for the NDIS – said the agency managing the scheme was under enormous pressure to sign up participants in an unrealistic
This publication presents information from the 2015 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC). It follows the release of the First Results in April 2016, which are also included in…
Imagine being excluded from an inside joke shared among all your best friends simply because you can’t see the photo they’re laughing at.
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