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Rowan Forster
Geelong Advertiser
Thursday 2nd November, 2017

A wheelchair using Indented Head man has launched a 15,000-signature strong petition demanding ticket agencies equal the playing field for disabled event-goers.

Daniella Miletic
The Age
Tuesday 19th September, 2017

Getting a ticket for a preliminary final can be exhausting, especially when tickets to the public are exhausted. But spare a thought for footy fans like Sam Jackson, a Tigers…

Barbara Miller
ABC News
Tuesday 15th August, 2017

When a degenerative disease robbed Holly Craig of her eyesight, she gave up on her dreams of a career on stage. Almost a decade later, Craig, now 27, is beginning…

Katie Dupere
Mashable
Thursday 20th October, 2016

A new comic series, called The Disabled Life, is using humour and sarcasm to chronicle what it’s like to live with a mobility-related disability. Created by Jessica and Lianna Oddi,…

Ashley Argoon
Herald Sun
Monday 1st August, 2016

A formal complaint against the AFL will be lodged by representatives of the Deaf community to the Human Rights Commission today.

Autostraddle
Monday 25th July, 2016

Disabled people deserve to know, from our school days, that we’re not just cases, diagnoses, or “not really disabled”; we’re part of a community with its own histories and triumphs….

Greta Lannen
Geelong Advertiser
Saturday 23rd July, 2016

GEELONG’S own Chris Van Ingen is set to star in the fourth and final episode of ABC’s hit new television series Barracuda. The television series, based on Christos Tsiolkas’s novel,…

Gary Kerridge
The Rebuttal
Thursday 19th May, 2016

The Rebuttal is an Independent Ezine and website that aims to promote and create discussion about Deaf and hearing impaired issues. This post is an interesting account on the Deaf

Sarah Kanake
The Conversation
Friday 22nd April, 2016

An interesting and riveting essay on the portrayal of people with Down Syndrome in storytelling.

DnD, SARU and stART Community Art
Wednesday 30th March, 2016

Dangerous Deeds features art developed by people with disabilities which explores their passions and tells the stories of their involvement in the disability, advocacy and self advocacy movements. This collection…

Yoni Prior
The Conversation
Wednesday 23rd September, 2015

As the late, great disability advocate, writer and comedian Stella Young reminded us, valuing difference does not mean adhering to conventional pieties and ignoring the fact that disability presents significant…

Joanna Crothers
ABC News Online
Tuesday 9th June, 2015

A holographic exhibition that has been shown at human rights conventions in Geneva and New York is shedding light on the challenges faced by disabled Indigenous Australians.