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Samantha Grasso
The Daily Dot
Thursday 18th October, 2018
past two years of blockbuster hits featuring underrepresented communities, such as Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians, have reaffirmed that representation in media matters. However, it’s not enough to just
BBC Radio
Thursday 1st March, 2018
Interviews and discussion with a personal and often humorous touch. With guest presenters plus Kate Monaghan and the Ouch blog team. Ouch is available exclusively online.
Ellen Coulter
Wednesday 26th September, 2018
Ms Desmond said the school needed to be held to account for inappropriate decisions, but the buck stopped with Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff. "Parents are fighting day after day, year
S.E. Smith
Vox
Thursday 20th September, 2018
Unwittingly, critics of “useless products” are sitting at the core of a battle the disability community has been engaged in for decades: The right to live in their communities, and
Louise Bruton
Irish Times
Tuesday 18th September, 2018
Having written about my disability publicly for the guts of nine years, I’ve come to learn that, under the guise of inclusivity, there’s also tokenism and the act of being
Lisa Cornish
devex
Thursday 20th September, 2018
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will welcome Australia’s first female representative to the committee — Rosemary Kayess. “What I do is try to create
Fran Kelly interviews Senator Jordan Still-Johns
ABC RN Breakfast
Wednesday 19th September, 2018
The horror stories of neglect and abuse of people in care are not confined to older Australians living in nursing homes. Last night, Greens Senator Jordon Steele John held the
Alexandra Beech
ABC News
Tuesday 18th September, 2018
As the first person with a disability to sit in the Upper House, Senator Steele-John said he often heard of horrific cases of abuse in the disability sector. "We speak
Tania King & Anne Kavanagh
The Conversation
Friday 10th August, 2018
If we could stop the high levels of bullying that adolescents with a disability experience, we could make a big difference to their health, learning and wellbeing. So school anti-bullying
Sarah Matthews
ABC News
Thursday 12th July, 2018
Oliver Morton-Evans has sought the services of sex workers over the years, because dating can be especially tough for anyone with a disability. Despite having tried "every dating app out
Emma Younger & Danny Tran
ABC News
Tuesday 26th June, 2018

A Melbourne man with a profound intellectual disability and autism, who was accused of assault and then left in a high-security prison because there was nowhere else for him to…

Paul Carter
ProBono News
Tuesday 26th June, 2018

Only a royal commission into violence and abuse against people with a disability can fund the social sector to support victims to give evidence, get justice and heal, a peak…