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Like most young adults, Ruth Faragher is navigating independence. The 29-year-old, who has Down syndrome, has lived in a share house, managed her money, gone on holidays with friends and…
Disability advocates and comedians Madeline Stewart and Alistair Baldwin are here to challenge tired narratives that define love, sex and disability as mutually exclusive. They pull back the curtain on…
At the 18th session of the UN Conference of States Parties (COSP18), Tim Harte delivered a compelling speech on behalf of the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO).
Women and gender diverse people with disabilities in Australia face significant barriers to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and experience higher rates of sexual and intimate partner violence. Physical, structural,…
YDAS are seeking disabled young people who would like to share what’s important to them with the United Nations! YDAS are hosting Satara Uthayakumaran (she/her), 2025 Australian Youth Representative to…
Disability advocates and experts say cultural stigma and migration laws leave migrants living with disability further excluded and marginalised.
The Human Rights Act’s new report shows how the right to housing could help prevent evictions that push people into homelessness, and ensure housing laws and services put people first.
A family faces deportation to Indonesia after having their permanent residency visas rejected because of the expected cost of treating their son, who has cerebral palsy. Melbourne-born Jonathan has not…
Ever since I was born, I’ve felt like I had a target on my back. At the age of three, I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), global developmental…
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…
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