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Jake Nelson
Australian Aviation
Monday 1st September, 2025

Melbourne Airport will roll out a network of “mobility hubs” across the terminals following a successful trial in 2024. Run in conjunction with not-for-profit Travellers Aid, the Melbourne Airport Assist…

Belaid S
Aussie Theatre
Thursday 21st August, 2025

Equity has issued a statement questioning why one of theatre’s most recognisable disabled characters has once again been cast with non-disabled actors. In doing so, it has reopened a conversation…

Monash University
Friday 15th August, 2025

Monash University has led the creation of a new Disability Wellbeing Index to better measure outcomes for people with disability. Supported by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), the Index…

Ellie Claringbold
Bellarine Times
Saturday 16th August, 2025

A NEW Changing Places facility at Ocean Grove Main Beach is set to improve accessibility for people with high support needs and their carers. The public toilet block has been…

ABC news
Monday 11th August, 2025

The way many people view disability forces those living with it to work within the limitations of a world not designed for them. Could a shift in mindset help move…

SBS
Sunday 25th May, 2025

Allie has fibromyalgia, hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and other conditions that sometimes impact the way she parents. Because people can’t see these illnesses, she says people don’t understand how she parents…

ABC News
Friday 2nd May, 2025

Imagine being stopped at the supermarket and told, “You’re so inspiring for just … being out and about!” Good intentions or not, if we unpack what is really being said,…

Guardian Australia
Monday 8th July, 2024

As disabled actors fight for authentic casting, there are still complex impediments to access – and, says Prisoner alumna Kate Hood, ‘we see cripping up all the time’.

Youth Disability Advocacy Network (YDAN)
Friday 3rd May, 2024

The Youth Disability Advocacy Network (YDAN) have a new online self-advocacy publication ‘Disabled Enough?’.

The Age
Thursday 1st February, 2024

When comedian Adam Hills, who was born without a right foot, was a child, doctors advised his parents, Bob and Judy, not to rush to his aid when he fell…

Guardian
Thursday 7th December, 2023

After a mighty amount of work from disabled people and their families, supporters and allies, the NDIS came into being more than a decade ago. But has the exclusion and…

ABC News
Tuesday 5th December, 2023

I’m Aaron Ducker, an autistic magician. Let me tell you about something that happened a couple of years ago. I walked out onto the stage just as I would any…