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Depicting the Disability Royal Commission’s ‘Respectful Listening’

Depicting the Disability Royal Commission’s ‘Respectful Listening’

Communications & Culture Indigenous

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

Bill Shorten takes aim at NDIS issues with COVID

Health Politics & Economy Social Justice

NDIS workers could in some cases be better off under the new Jobseeker allowance according to Bill Shorten.  Notoriously underpaid,...

Disability Royal Commission to investigate advocacy rights and community attitudes

Disability Royal Commission to investigate advocacy rights and community attitudes

Politics & Economy Social Justice The Law

On Tuesday the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability published its latest issues paper,...

Community Radio Engagement Project facilitates access to NDIS

Community Radio Engagement Project facilitates access to NDIS

Communications & Culture Social Justice

The National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) in partnership with the National Disability Insurance Agency and the National Ethnic and Multicultural...

Disability advocates calling for more safety measures to protect those at risk from COVID-19

Disability advocates calling for more safety measures to protect those at risk from COVID-19

Health Politics & Economy Social Justice

Over 70 national disability peak advocacy organisations, including People With Disability Australia (PWDA) and several high profile disability advocates are...

First Nations people with disabilities struggle to self-isolate against COVID-19

First Nations people with disabilities struggle to self-isolate against COVID-19

Communications & Culture Health Indigenous

Growing concerns are afoot for First Nations and Indigenous people with disabilities not being able to adequately prevent themselves from...

COVID-19 supplement payment a ‘no go’ for disabled Australians and carers

COVID-19 supplement payment a ‘no go’ for disabled Australians and carers

Health Politics & Economy Social Justice

Despite the federal government announcing billions of dollars in stimulus spending to help keep the economy running, many Australians who...

Adelaide Fringe – Floral Peroxide

Adelaide Fringe – Floral Peroxide

Communications & Culture

A multi-sensory performance centred around living with the physical disability, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, audiences are immersed into the beauty and...

Connect2Abilities project launched to de-stigmatise disability in the global arts sector

Connect2Abilities project launched to de-stigmatise disability in the global arts sector

Communications & Culture International

Last Tuesday, a team of researchers from UniSA and the Australia-Korea Foundation launched the Connect2Abilities project, which is about having...

Legal Aid offered to those wanting to report to the Disability Royal Commission

Legal Aid offered to those wanting to report to the Disability Royal Commission

Social Justice The Law

A new website launched last week helps people with a disability to access independent legal help if they want to...