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Attitudes Matter: Community attitudes toward people with disability in Australia

DARU
Wednesday 27th October, 2021
Attitudes are linked to disability-based discrimination and social exclusion, which in turn impact the health and wellbeing of people with disability. The Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health
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Changing the landscape: A national resource to prevent violence against women and girls with disabilities

Our Watch and Women with Disabilities Victoria
Wednesday 9th February, 2022
This resource names ableism and gender inequality as the two consistent, intersecting drivers of violence against women and girls with disabilities. It sets out the actions that must be taken
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Disability in Australia: Shadows, struggles and successes

Associate Professor Lorna Hallahan.
Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 2nd November, 2021
This research report provides historic insights into the experiences of people with disability in Australia. It looks at different cultural and social factors that have impacted the lives of people
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SBS asks: ‘What Does Australia Really Think About’ ….Disability? Old People? Obesity?

SBS
Wednesday 21st July, 2021
Saturday 30th October, 2021

In a ground-breaking new documentary series, SBS seeks to explore how stigma and prejudice impact the lives of millions of Australians, by getting to the heart of what people really…

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Independently Assessing

Alistair Baldwin
DSC
Friday 30th July, 2021
This hilarious skit was created for the Where To From Here (WTFH) conference hosted by DSC in July 2021. Alistair Baldwin had the audience not knowing whether to laugh or
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Carly Findlay on centring disability

ArtsHubbub Podcast
Arts Hub
Monday 22nd February, 2021
In this episode, we speak with Carly Findlay about ableism, the media and the new book Growing Up Disabled in Australia.
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Growing Up Disabled in Australia

Carly Findlay
Black Ink
Monday 1st February, 2021
A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives – a group whose voices are not heard often enough Contributors include senator Jordon Steele-John, paralympian Isis Holt,
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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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Advocacy at the Intersections: Working alongside LGBTIQA+ people with disabilities

Partnership between queerspace and DARU
Friday 31st July, 2020
In this course you will learn how to be inclusive for the LGBTIQA+ community and look at how to advocate for LGBTIQA+ people with a disability. This is a free
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Human rights at the heart of response

United Nations
Guidance Note
While the COVID-19 pandemic threatens all members of society, persons with disabilities are disproportionately impacted due to attitudinal, environmental and institutional barriers that are reproduced in the COVID-19 response. This
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We’ve Got This: Parenting with a Disability

Eliza Hull
ABC RN Life Matters
Monday 22nd October, 2018
We’ve Got This: Parenting with a Disability is a new ABC radio series produced by Eliza Hull. Eliza has a neurological condition 'Charcot Marie Tooth', and she’s the ABC’s 2018
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Models of disability support governance: A framework for assessing and reforming social policy

Paul Henman and Michele Foster
Australian Journal of Social Issues Volume 50 Issue 3
Wednesday 4th November, 2015

In many developed countries, the provision of disability services has undergone significant transformations, from institutional to community based care, and from organisational to personalised funding. Yet delivering disability support remains…

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