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Lisa Cox
Huff Post Australia
Sunday 12th November, 2017

Disability simply isn’t represented in Australian media and advertising. Yet disabled people make up 20% of the Australian community.

El Gibbs
Eureka Street
Thursday 9th November, 2017

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…

Louise Milligan
ABC News
Friday 10th November, 2017

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…

Jeremy Poxton
Crikey
Monday 6th November, 2017

Disabled Australians are being turned away from the Disability Support Pension and forced onto punitive and untenable unemployment schemes.

Luke Michael
Pro Bono Australia
Monday 6th November, 2017

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 Findlay
Sunday 27th August, 2017

Carly Findlays five tips for journalists and editors writing and talking about disability.

Tom Cowie
The Age
Tuesday 31st October, 2017

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

Rowan Forster
Geelong Advertiser
Thursday 2nd November, 2017

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.

James Purtill
ABC News
Tuesday 31st October, 2017

At a time of record high youth unemployment, the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) may seem a blessing: it will require about 70,000 full-time equivalent workers over…

Dominic Cansdale and Kirsten Diprose
ABC Ballarat  
Thursday 26th October, 2017

While she has been on the Disability Support Pension for 10 years, Ms Irvine said her application to the NDIS was rejected because her illness is considered a medical condition,…

Finder
Wednesday 25th October, 2017

ANZ has today started rolling out its new Visa debit cards, which include a range of accessibility features to assist vision-impaired Australians with their everyday banking needs. The bankannounced the…

Damian Palmer
The Conversation
Wednesday 25th October, 2017
One such issue is that of letting participants view their draft plans for disability supports before they are finalised. The NDIS was set up to enable people with disabilities to