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PWDA joined the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for international development and humanitarian agencies and the Australian Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC), and 18 disability and…
The ABC is featuring stories by people with disability in partnership with the International Day of People with Disability. From November 19 to December 10, the ABC celebrates the wins,…
This research study is part of a larger study that is aimed at understanding and improving how people with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) understand and access support, education, services and assessment…
Powerful words from Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Rosemary Kayess, at the National Virtual Disability Conference! The address focused on New Frontiers, and how the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…
The current legal frameworks in Australia do not effectively protect, promote or advance the rights of people with disabilities. Australia’s current approach to human rights and anti-discrimination is fragmented and…
A new, faster pathway to better meet the needs of people living with disabilities and a terminal diagnosis has been discovered. Palliative Care Australia (PCA) chief executive Camilla Rowland said,…
Sex work will be banned from being funded through the National Disability Insurance Scheme under NDIS Minister Bill Shorten’s planned reforms, the minister has confirmed. The decision to exclude sex…
People with Disability Australia (PWDA), the national cross-disability peak body and representative organisation, has reissued its call for governments to prioritise and fund action plans that support the transition away…
In recent years legal aid services around the country have warned that too little government funding has left them struggling to ensure everyone can equal access to justice, regardless of…
In this opinion piece, freelancer John Loeppky argues that seeing disability as a culture fosters connection and encourages more support for disabled people.
At the heart of the Commission’s work is a vision for a fair, safe and inclusive Victoria where every person is respected and treated with dignity. To achieve this vision,…
Prominent human rights lawyer Rosemary Kayess has told the ABC the disability discrimination act needs reform, in her first interview in the role.
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