Foundational supports are meant to begin rolling out later this year. Sara from DSC explores the timeline, the inter-governmental conflict, everything we know about what the supports might look like,…
This initiative spanned several years and focused on advancing leadership, capacity building and advocacy for people with disabilities.
In this episode, FPDN CEO Damian Griffis yarns about the history of FPDN as an organisation and FPDN Advocate and Yarning Disability host Bernard Namok shares his own disability.
School issues: where to go for help is a free 60-minute online webinar hosted by ACD for families of school-age children with disability or developmental delay in Victoria. Issues at…
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) the national cross-disability rights and representative organisation is deeply concerned that state and territory governments are delaying the rollout of foundational supports, leaving millions of…
First Peoples Disability Network have six documentaries you can watch that feature d/Deaf and disabled First Nations representation. Cultural warning for First Nations viewers.The following materials contain the names, images,…
It’s something many parents will be familiar with. You’re out in public, when your child sees someone with disability and loudly blurts something out about why that person looks different….
RMIT University’s Digital Ethnography Research Centre and the RMIT Digital Hostility and Disinformation Lab have been researching digital harms now for several years, and have begun building guidelines for fellow…
A family faces deportation to Indonesia after having their permanent residency visas rejected because of the expected cost of treating their son, who has cerebral palsy. Melbourne-born Jonathan has not…
Independent Mental Health Advocacy were honoured to be joined by almost 300 people online for the launch of ‘Being believed, being heard – Stories of compulsory mental health treatment in…
Natural disasters like bushfires, floods, cyclones and severe storms can be stressful and overwhelming. During an emergency, things can change quickly and you and your loved ones might need to…
The Australian Disability Strategy 2021-2031 (ADS) must focus on the needs of children and young people with disability or risk entrenching inequality and poor outcomes. Children and Young People with…
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