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The citizenship saga has cleared the path for the youngest-ever senator, Jordon Steele-John from Western Australia, to enter the Upper House, replacing Greens co-deputy Scott Ludlam. “I’ve spent the last…
Disability simply isn’t represented in Australian media and advertising. Yet disabled people make up 20% of the Australian community.
A disabled man is in prison because the justice system fails people with disability. Advocacy organisations highlight his case publicly and continue to call for change. This has happened before…
The Victorian Disability Minister has urgently intervened to remove a young man with a profound intellectual disability from jail. Minister Martin Foley made the decision after 7.30 informed him the…
Disabled Australians are being turned away from the Disability Support Pension and forced onto punitive and untenable unemployment schemes.
A national survey of students with disability has revealed more than 70 per cent of students have experienced instances where their enrolment and inclusive participation in mainstream schools has been…
Carly Findlays five tips for journalists and editors writing and talking about disability.
Having someone else write your English exam is typically frowned upon. But for Stella Barton, it’s essential. The Shelford Girls Grammar student has cerebral palsy, a disability that affects her
A wheelchair using Indented Head man has launched a 15,000-signature strong petition demanding ticket agencies equal the playing field for disabled event-goers.
The Office of the Disability Services Commissioner held a conference called Preventing and Responding to Abuse: Guidance for Victorian disability service providers’ on 12th September 2017. It was well attended…
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