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VALID
Monday 9th December, 2024
Tuesday 24th December, 2024

Power Through Knowledge is a new project for people with disabilities from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD), their families, carers and community leaders. This project is funded by the Department…

VALID
Friday 1st November, 2024

Join VALID’s free support groups in Frankston, Hobsons Bay, and Maribyrnong to: Learn more about your disability rights, disability services and learn about self-advocacy. Meet people in a safe and…

Advance Your Advocacy Practice
Thursday 18th July, 2024

CALD people with disability, as a cohort, are at higher risk of experiencing violence and abuse when compared to the general population of people with disability. They are also less…

VCOSS
Monday 13th May, 2024

The Victorian 2024-25 State budget was delivered on Tuesday 7th May 2024. The theme for this year’s state budget was around Helping Families– making sensible decisions to relieve the cost…

NDIS
Tuesday 30th April, 2024

The NDIA has released the NDIS Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (CALD) Strategy and Action Plan 2024-2028 to better support people with a disability from all cultural and language backgrounds. The…

Mirage News
Thursday 11th April, 2024

More Victorians with a disability will get the peer support they need thanks to the Allan Labor Government’s Disability Self-Help Grants Program. Minister for Disability Lizzie Blandthorn today visited Sunspec…

ECCV
Wednesday 27th March, 2024

The Speak My Language (Disability) program continues to share important conversations about living well with disability. Through our partnership with 3ZZZ, 3CR, and Cherry Radio, there have been more than…

Natasha Johnson
ABC
Tuesday 15th August, 2023
"Disability does not mean inability. It means, in fact, you come at the world in different ways. Disability makes us very creative, very imaginative, funny and quirky and
Finn McHugh
SBS
Wednesday 9th August, 2023
The Greens are pushing to scrap an "unconscionable" policy that means migrant families face deportation if a child in that family was born with a disability. The Disability Act
Elizabeth Wright
ABC
Saturday 12th August, 2023
Mackenzie Arnold has won millions of fans across the country thanks to her star turn as the Matildas goalkeeper at the Women's World Cup.  But what many new fans might
Imogen Kars
Escape
Friday 11th August, 2023
Just like every adventure, disabled travel varies from person to person; from trip to trip; and even from day to day. Sometimes, the vast chasm of ability can even shift
Viki Ntafillis
ABC
Tuesday 10th December, 2024
"It's getting me out … from where I live to what I call normal employment for someone semi-retired," Anthony said.  Anthony, who lives with a disability, said he has gained