When microaggressions occur in live settings, they are often ephemeral, with few bystanders. "When they happen on social media platforms, it's happening in front of a large audience – the
The irony was not lost on Ms Rooble that, on her way to the inquiry, the lift at Melbourne's Southern Cross station was out of order and she almost didn't
A disabled Bangladeshi refugee has told the Disability Royal Commission he often went hungry during his detention on Nauru because he was unable to stand in the food line for
Georgia van Toorn, Jackie Leach Scully and Karen Soldatic
The Conversation
Thursday 27th October, 2022
But algorithmic technologies have already become a central component of NDIS assessment, planning and review processes. Unless they are repurposed to address the concerns of people with disability and their
For nine years, people with disability not only didn’t get an invitation to the party, too often, we were on the menu. Carved up in the name of “fiscal sustainability”.
The National Plan provides the foundation for a whole-of-society approach to end gender-based violence in one generation. It sets the direction for the next 10 years. This National Plan is
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO)
Monday 17th October, 2022
Held in Melbourne on 17 October, the program set out to "unpack and examine the impact and effect that advocacy has in a variety of areas" from large-scale policy to
Disability advocate and lawyer Natalie Wade says Australia's Social Security Act must be changed "to reflect the human rights of people with disability". "The process in which they must go
"In terms of Victoria, it seems like people with disability are seen as a problem that the taxi industry would prefer not to deal with," he says. "We just want
Mr Bradley has been dealing with the AAT for two years and said his battle demonstrated the NDIA, through its legal teams which include in-house lawyers, corporate law firms and
A woman of short stature has told an inquiry she is abused and harassed by strangers once a month on average, with people calling her names, laughing at her, taking
