When Tahj Burns is on stage singing to an audience, his shyness melts away and his confidence and charisma shine. The 20-year-old, who lives with autism, says performing as part
A Greens Senator and prominent disability advocate has described a proposed 30-year phase-out of separate schools for students with disabilities as “wildly inadequate”, calling for the deadline to be brought…
Torrens University free online Challenging Ageism short course is designed to give you the knowledge and confidence you need to recognise and challenge ageism wherever you see it.
Disability Royal Commissioner Dr Rhonda Galbally said governments should give significant weight to her own and two colleagues’ lived experience with disabilities when deciding whether to back their call for…
Today the 4.4 million members of the disability community woke holding our breath. After four and a half years of the disability royal commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation…
Australia’s National Disability Representative Organisations have released a statement ahead of the release of the Final Report from the Disability Royal Commission. The statement is also available in Easy Read.
We’re pleased to announce two new resource additions to the free ‘Inclusion is Everyone’s Business Toolkit’. The toolkit has been developed for businesses and community organisations who provide programs and…
On Thursday 28th September, the Disability Royal Commission handed the Final Report to the Governor General. It was published to the public the next day. The Royal Commission has made…
Whenever Nella Nisco thinks about her daughter Sophia, the first things that come to mind are her smile and laugh. “She was the life of any household she was in,”…
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is calling for urgent reform to ensure the human rights of people with disability are upheld in Australia, outlining 10 actions that all Australian governments…
Disability advocates say tighter regulation of NDIS service providers is needed after an ABC investigation uncovered “sickening” practices being used against children with disabilities. The ABC’s Four Corners revealed children
If you have read anything about the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in the last few years, you will have encountered many metaphors. The NDIS is the “lifeboat in the…
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