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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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You say Risk, I say Freedom

Todd Winther
Monday 11th October, 2021
I have had the opportunity to access a wide variety of services during my life. The quality that differentiates the best from the rest is the provider’s ability to empower
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New survey reveals disability stereotypes persist among Australians

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Thursday 9th September, 2021
Sutherland said normalising disability and seeing more people with disability participating in society was vital to changing people’s attitudes and getting rid of stereotypes. People with disability often face difficulties
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Climate protesters with disabilities get creative

Andrea Schöne
Deutsche Welle
Tuesday 7th September, 2021
People with disabilities can be particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change — so why shouldn't they be at the forefront of climate activism?
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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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The making of ‘We The 15’, the 10-year campaign to make disability ordinary

Chris Sutcliffe
The Drum
Friday 20th August, 2021
The Paralympic Games turn the world’s eyes to the achievements of the superhuman athletes that take part, but the reality is that the vast majority of the millions of disabled
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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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How Young Disability Activists Are Using TikTok To Make A Difference

Lydia Wang
Refinery29
Friday 30th July, 2021
“We grow up learning that ‘disabled’ is a bad thing. It’s something you don’t want to be, that to call yourself that is somehow defeatist, that you should be trying
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Australian children denied Auslan access losing out on ‘basic human right’, experts say

Rachel Clayton
ABC News
Friday 25th June, 2021
Doctors believed hours of auditory therapy a week and a cochlear implant would allow Oliver to learn to hear and speak. "We were told by the majority of our specialists
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5 Sensible Guidelines For Interacting With Disabled People

Andrew Pulrang
Forbes
Thursday 1st July, 2021
Whether it’s true for us or not, we all know it’s true; some people are still afraid to interact with disabled people. And being more “aware” of disability and living
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The NDIS should be driven by users, not from the top down

Editorial
Canberra Times
Monday 31st May, 2021
The NDIS is designed to cut through the barriers faced by many with disabilities when moving through daily life, but instead, it seems to have created an even bigger and
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I am not a number: Do NDIS reforms put people into boxes?

Nick Fuller
Canberra Weekly
Friday 28th May, 2021
“The new proposal seeks to take 500,000 people and divide them up into … personas or types or disability boxes to feed a score into one of 400 boxes. That
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