Ableism
Blogger Shane Hryhorec on the challenges of travelling as a wheelchair user
After a life-changing accident, entrepreneur and disability advocate Shane Hryhorec has turned his experience into a platform for change. He’s......
Street Harassment: How is it Still Happening?
According to research conducted by University of Melbourne criminology lecturer, Dr Bianca Fileborn, and PhD Candidate, Sophie Hindes, street harassment......
Disability Royal Commission examining barriers in open employment for disabled Australians
This week the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is overseeing its ninth public......
Disability Royal Commission exposes outdated and flawed behaviour management methods
Last week the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability undertook its seventh public hearing......
Disability Royal Commission unveils attitudinal indignation and over use of psychotropic medication in treating ‘behaviours of concern’
This week the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is holding their sixth public......
Intersectional discrimination forcing Indigenous Australians with disabilities to avoid essential services
Researchers from Western Sydney University and The University of Melbourne have released findings that outlines greater social inequality and intersectional......
Disability Royal Commission to investigate advocacy rights and community attitudes
On Tuesday the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability published its latest issues paper,......
Disability advocates disappointed over mismanaged processes with the Disability Royal Commission
This week the first round of public hearings for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People......