About 47% of adults with disability have experienced violence, yet the lack of accessible and inclusive services makes escaping violence extremely difficult for women with disability. Researcher within the Disability
Ms Smith's death sparked numerous investigations and reviews, including by police, the state government and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. The NDIS Commission's independent investigation led to 10 recommendations,
When Nathan Basha was born, his parents were given three options: to "institutionalise" him, adopt him out or take him home. The decision they made was life changing. "My parents
“I think it’s really important that we do show faces like mine on TV, that maybe have eyes that don’t look like other people’s eyes,” says Nas Campanella. “We live
Ms Mitchell recently needed urgent renovations to her bathroom at their home in Toowomba to make it safe for Joshy as his mobility declines, but chose to dip into her
Trenbath says the disability employment provider seemed to only see her cerebral palsy, not her academic achievements and job skills. "They thought that because I was disabled that I was
Mr Fairbairn said he was also usually asked if he had "one of those blade things. People's perceptions seem to be that all lower-limb amputees must be sports people," he
Australians know that spending money to support people with disability is not simply a cost, but an investment. An investment that we all benefit from. So next time you hear
Jeffrey Smart, who has Parkinson's disease, told a parliamentary committee investigating the National Disability Insurance Scheme his independent assessment was inaccurate, incomplete and irrelevant. He said the report would not
"For most of last year, due to COVID, I wasn't able to spend my money for therapies," Mr Monks told ABC Radio Perth's Nadia Mitsopoulos at a specially-convened forum to
Surviving my injury wasn't the only battle I faced. I also had to learn the bureaucracy and confusion that is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), a scheme supposedly designed
While marketers and content creators routinely debate and swap advice on if, when and how to use these practices, a disabled person can’t choose if, when and how to be
