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Open Society Foundations
Monday 12th December, 2016

Ten years ago, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was successfully negotiated by the very people whose lives it would touch. Today, people with disabilities have gone…

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Thursday 8th December, 2016

The Human Rights Oration was held on 7 December 2016, with a keynote address presented by former federal Disability Discrimination Commissioner and human rights advocate Graeme Innes AO followed by…

Belonging Matters
Thursday 8th December, 2016

Aoife O’Toole works for Cheshire Ireland who provide services to 295 adults with disabilities across Ireland. In 2011, Cheshire closed two congregate care settings and has transformed services to create…

Neelima Choaham
The Age
Sunday 11th December, 2016

Matthew, a non-verbal man with autism, was sharing a state-funded emergency facility, Autism Plus, with four other young people. One of them had already attacked Matthew several times.

Joanna Crothers
ABC News
Friday 9th December, 2016

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.

 Janet Lord
Human Rights Now
Saturday 3rd December, 2016
New thinking on disability requires a major shift in approach; persons with disabilities are not problems to be fixed or empty vessels waiting for their fill of charity. The social
Maroondah Youth Services
Wednesday 7th December, 2016

This film is aimed at tackling disability stigma and discrimination told through the voices of young people. The film was made as a direct response to a consultation with young…

ADDC
Saturday 3rd December, 2016

This series of short videos features persons with disability sharing their personal stories and how disability inclusive development projects changed their lives, benefitted their communities and contributed to a more

Department of Social Services
Wednesday 30th November, 2016

The program formerly known as External Merits Review – Support Component (EMR-SC) has changed its name to NDIS Appeals. NDIS Appeals has been set up to ensure that all people…

DARU
Friday 25th November, 2016
The panelists represented people with disability who are either not eligible for the NDIS or who have complexities that make interaction with the agency difficult. A range of issues were
Mirah Nichols

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

Australian Network on Disability 
Thursday 24th November, 2016

Ensuring that your employees, customers and stakeholders are able to access your premises, products and services in a safe, equitable and dignified way is an integral part of being a