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Assistance Animal National Principles

DSS Engage
Friday 11th April, 2025

DSS Engage invite you to make a submission to help shape the future of assistance animals in Australia. Assistance animals are animals trained to support the independence and wellbeing of…

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World Cerebral Palsy Day is coming on Friday 6 October!

CPActive and Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Monday 2nd October, 2023
Saturday 7th October, 2023

World Cerebral Palsy Day is coming next week on Friday 6 October! There are over 17 million people with cerebral palsy and over 1 billion people who live with some…

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Accessibility-first mindset needed to make tech design equitable

Danielle Kutchel
PBA
Tuesday 21st June, 2022

“The more you think about it earlier on, the less you end up in a situation where you have built a whole experience and realised that there’s a huge subset…

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Human Rights and Technology Final Report (2021)

Australian Human Rights Commission
Tuesday 15th June, 2021
This report is the culmination of a three-year national investigation into human rights risks posed by new and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence. It reflects the Commission’s extensive public consultation
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Making better disability tech

Mark Fanell
Download This Show
Thursday 24th September, 2020
Whether permanent, temporary or as result of age, millions of Australians will experience a form of disability. How do we make tech more inclusive? Meet some of the innovators with
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Improving interactions and communication  with people with little or no speech

DARU
Thursday 30th July, 2020
This was the third session of the Advocacy Sector Conversations forum held on 30 July 2020. People with complex communication needs are often denied the right to make decisions about
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Report: Need for regulation of mobility scooters, also known as motorised wheelchairs

Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and transport
Parliament of Australia
Thursday 20th September, 2018
The inquiry has determined that there is considerable agreement around the need to develop less complex, nationally consistent rules and regulations relating to the use of motorised mobility devices. Based
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Australian Digital Inclusion Index

RMIT, Swinburne University's Centre for Social Impact and Telstra
Tuesday 1st August, 2017
This report reveals that although online participation is increasing across Australia, gaps continue to exist- and widen- between those who are digitally “included” and “excluded”. The report found that Australians
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Introduction to Web Accessibility

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…

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