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Fran Kelly
ABC Radio National Breakfast
Thursday 24th September, 2015

The ride-sharing service Uber announced yesterday it would open its doors to people with disabilities, and hopes thousands will sign up as drivers. Uber said it would partner with Enabled…

Shanna Belott
Huffington Post
Thursday 24th September, 2015

Segregation in separate housing, sheltered workshops and in other forms of community life was long deemed to be the best way to treat those with disabilities. But today, the tide…

premiere of Victoria
Media Release
Tuesday 22nd September, 2015

Minister for Housing, Disability & Ageing, Martin Foley today opened the newest Changing Places facility, completed in time for the third term school holidays. Changing Places facilities are larger-than-standard accessible…

Vivien Love
ABC News Online
Monday 7th September, 2015

Madeline Stuart is not your average teen model. For starters, she tends to give photographers and make-up artists a surprising number of hugs and high-fives. And the petite 18-year-old has…

George Xinos
Sourceable
Monday 31st August, 2015

While the history of UD emanates from the disability rights movement of the 1960s in the United States, and the increasing age of the population of most developing countries has…

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web. It also benefits others, including older people with changing abilities due to aging. Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that…

Kathy Cologon
The Conversation
Thursday 13th August, 2015

Recent articles on The Conversation and in The Guardian question whether inclusive education can do more harm than good – but neither article presents examples of inclusion. Rather, they present…

Colleen Pearce
Brisbane Times
Friday 26th June, 2015

Victoria should take this opportunity to show national leadership by fixing the crisis in disability abuse and establish the best model of oversight and advocacy for the NDIS to follow….

The Age
Thursday 11th June, 2015

Ms Juniper is planning a trip to Sydney but is struggling to find an airline that will let her take her dogs with her on the plane, and cases like…

Rachel Browne
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wednesday 10th June, 2015

Opportunities for people with disabilities under the NDIS are in danger of being wasted unless building standards are improved to provide better access to public transport and office blocks.

Melissa Davey
The Guardian Australia
Friday 22nd May, 2015

Prominent figures from the disability sector have responded angrily to a campaign launched by the ideas festival TEDxSydney, which is being promoted using the name of renowned disability activist and…

Gerard Goggin & Katie Ellis
The Conversation
Tuesday 26th May, 2015

We’ve made real progress in embracing disability as part of everyday life in Australia. But there’s a fair way to go, as the TEDx Sydney missed opportunity showed last week.