Disability
Making STEM more equitable and inclusive for young disabled Australians
To coincide with National Science Week, Dr Kirsten Ellis from Monash University will be holding virtual workshops demonstrating how to......
Disabled Australians ‘snubbed, ignored’ by federal government’s COVID-19 response
Yesterday representatives from some of Australia’s prominent national disability peak advocacy bodies, including People With Disability Australia and First Peoples......
Disability Royal Commission seeking insights and expertise from disabled First Nations people
On Tuesday the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability released another issues paper which......
Working from home; The future of workplace accessibility
Disability advocates have long been pushing for further inclusion and accessibility in traditional workplaces, in order to cater to the......
South Australia’s troubled disability sector
Despite the death of Adelaide disabled woman, Ann-Marie Smith occurring almost two months ago, many within Australia’s disability community including......
NDIS can be used for sexual health services: Federal Court
This month, the Federal Court overruled the decision from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) of not funding services on......
Ann-Marie Smith’s death provokes outrage and demands for answers
Back in April this year, 54 year old Ann-Marie Smith, who lived with cerebral palsy died from septic shock, pressure......
Disability Royal Commission releases another issues paper examining employment discrimination
In the midst of growing, astronomical unemployment numbers in the era of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Royal Commission......
Depicting the Disability Royal Commission’s ‘Respectful Listening’
Uncle Paul Calcott believes that art can convey messages that are often difficult to summarise clearly in words. His latest......
Bill Shorten takes aim at NDIS issues with COVID
NDIS workers could in some cases be better off under the new Jobseeker allowance according to Bill Shorten. Notoriously underpaid,......