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Senator the Hon Anne Ruston
Media release
Monday 27th December, 2021

“A $41.6 million funding boost will enable over 81 providers across Australia to continue offering advocacy as well as trauma-informed counselling to support the work of the Disability Royal Commission,”…

Kate Stone Matheson
ABC Opinion
Sunday 9th January, 2022
Welcome to one of the bad days of living with disability or chronic illness. Despite what some might think, you don't automatically pick up traits like bravery and being an
The Law Report
ABC RN
Wednesday 1st December, 2021
We all enjoy legal rights, including the right to live free from discrimination. But how easy is it to use the law to uphold those rights? Could ‘chatbots’, a form
Alice Rumble
ABCOpinion
Sunday 21st November, 2021
Although we've had to grieve my past self and career plans, you've freed me from the weight of my own expectations about who and what I should be. You've helped
Melissa Parker
The Independent
Sunday 14th November, 2021
The moment Britney was placed under that conservatorship, she was considered disabled by the law, allowing her to be dehumanised and commodified.
Jack Gramenz
Canberra Times
Monday 8th November, 2021
Disabled people and their representatives are facing a "brick wall" in advocating for their human rights because a UN convention Australia has ratified is yet to be properly implemented into
Conversations
ABC Radio
Thursday 26th August, 2021
As a teenager, Judy went to summer camp and found a community of other disabled kids with high expectations like her. Together they became a generation of disability rights activists
Women with Disabilities Victoria (WDV)
Tuesday 27th July, 2021
This video introduces 6 keystones for understanding disability. By putting them in place, we can work together for a more inclusive and equitable society.
Lydia Wang
Refinery29
Friday 30th July, 2021
“We grow up learning that ‘disabled’ is a bad thing. It’s something you don’t want to be, that to call yourself that is somehow defeatist, that you should be trying
Rachel Clayton
ABC News
Friday 25th June, 2021
Doctors believed hours of auditory therapy a week and a cochlear implant would allow Oliver to learn to hear and speak. "We were told by the majority of our specialists
Living with Disability Research Centre
LaTrobe University
Friday 1st November, 2019
Being able to participate in making decisions is a basic human right. The foundation of current approaches to providing support for decision making are that everyone has the right to
Office of the Public Advocate
Monday 21st June, 2021
This guide has been created to help you put in place some safeguards to ensure the person with disability you care for is properly provided for, if something were to