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Creative Australia
Monday 20th October, 2025

Disability Arts History Australia is a landmark digital resource documenting five decades of creativity, advocacy and cultural change led by d/Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists, organisations and allies.  Created in collaboration…

Disability Support Guide
Monday 13th October, 2025

A diverse group of Australians has been recognised for advancing equality and justice through the 2025 Australian Human Rights Awards. Several finalists are being celebrated for championing the rights and inclusion…

Nas Campanella
ABC News
Wednesday 8th October, 2025

A cornerstone of the NDIS has always been to allow participants to have greater independence and choice over how they live. But advocates are growing increasingly concerned that funding decisions…

Miriam Litwin
Ballarat Times
Saturday 11th October, 2025

AWARD-winning writer, speaker, and appearance and disability activist Carly Findlay said it is critical historic towns like Ballarat prioritise accessibility over heritage. Ms Findlay visited Ballarat last week for the…

Presented by Samantha Donovan
ABC Listen
Friday 10th October, 2025

For thousands of Australians with a disability, joining a local Riding for the Disabled Club can make a huge difference to their physical and mental health. Last October the agency…

Jessica White
Arts Hub
Friday 10th October, 2025

In 2021, Deaf writer Fiona Murphy published The Shape of Sound, an account of her growing awareness of her deaf sensibility and Deaf self. Over the years, I have found the…

Adam Langenberg
ABC News
Thursday 9th October, 2025

A hearing into the government’s proposed ‘Thriving Kids’ program for children with “mild to moderate” developmental delays and autism has returned few answers about how it is intended to work….

Presented by Isabel Moussalli
ABC Listen
Thursday 9th October, 2025

After the federal government announced a shakeup of the support system for autistic kids, it’s now turning its attention to psychosocial disabilities. That’s a disability arising from a mental health…

Zacharias Szumer
SBS News
Thursday 9th October, 2025

Disability advocates have urged the government to “come clean” about the details of recently announced changes to the way National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants over the age of 16…

Georgia Van Toorn and Helen Dickinson
The Conversation
Wednesday 1st October, 2025

The government has announced a new tool to assess the needs of people with disability for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).  Instead of a having to gather and submit medical reports,…

Evan Young and Nas Campanella
ABC news
Tuesday 30th September, 2025

Despite the government wanting its Thriving Kids program for children with “mild to moderate” developmental delay and autism to start next year, the system is yet to be designed. The…

Bill Hogan
The New Daily
Monday 1st October, 2029

Virgin Australia is under fire over the alleged mistreatment of disabled passengers, after refusing to let two people board. In separate incidents, Virgin claimed the pair’s wheelchairs were either too…