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Helen Keller: why is a TikTok conspiracy theory undermining her story?

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The Guardian
Thursday 7th January, 2021
Despite her record as a writer and activist, what may have begun as a joke has gained traction, and should make us ask questions that go beyond the credulity of
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What I’ve learned as a disabled person from the Covid-19 pandemic

Andrew Pulrang
Fobes
Monday 28th December, 2020
I have lived over 50 years with my lifelong disabilities. I thought my understanding of disability was fully formed and realistic. But I think that in the long run, what
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How To Do Something Good In The Disability Community If You’re Not Disabled

Andrew Pulrang
Forbes
Wednesday 16th December, 2020
The field of disability services and advocacy is changing. One of the most significant shifts over the last few decades has been the rising prominence of actual disabled people within
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Communicating for change

Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Monday 14th December, 2020
As a proud person with a disability, El Gibbs has spent her career communicating and amplifying the voices of the disability community during times of crisis and triumph. She’s this
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Learn about disability advocacy

DARU
Thursday 3rd December, 2020

DARU courses are designed primarily for advocates working within funded disability advocacy organisations to supports skill development for providing human rights based advocacy practice. However everyone is welcome to give…

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I’m always the only scientist in the room in a wheelchair. It shouldn’t be this way

Eleanor Beidatsch
ABC Opinion
Sunday 6th December, 2020
Eleanor Beidatsch has a passion for palaeontology, but that's not as strong as her passion to see more people with disability accepted and succeeding in the sciences. "When I look
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Pushing Australia to change its attitude to people with disability

Wendy Williams
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 2nd December, 2020
Research has shown that the biggest barriers people with disabilities face are the negative and limiting attitudes held by the general community. This is something the Attitude Foundation has decided
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Lack of Covid plan for Australians with disability a ‘serious failure’ of government, report says

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Monday 30th November, 2020
“But the impact of the pandemic on many people with disability, especially those with high support needs, would have been significantly ameliorated if the Australian government had complied fully with
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ABC’s Nas Campanella tells her story of a confronting encounter on a Sydney train

Fran Kelly
RN Breakfast
Monday 30th November, 2020
In a confronting and honest story, the ABCs disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella tells how she's been told she shouldn't exist because of her disability. She's sharing the story to
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The casting of learning disabled actors in The Crown is “extraordinary”

Edel Harris
Radi Times
Friday 27th November, 2020
The new series of The Crown is extraordinary in two ways. Not only does the storyline include Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon, the Queen’s cousins who both had a learning disability,
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COVID-19 face coverings mask the message

Dr Kelley Graydon
Pursuit
Monday 26th October, 2020
Many people experience hearing loss – from mild to disabling – but COVID-19 face masks are making communication even harder for people with hearing impairment
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Dylan Alcott’s newest venture serves up fresh food and jobs for people with disability

Maggie Coggan
Pro Bono News
Thursday 19th November, 2020
“I just thought, stuff it, I’m going to just employ people with disabilities top to bottom and show how good they can be within a workplace,” Alcott said. “We’re not
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