Access Hub provides information about communication options and services to assist you to make a phone call and connect online, including the National Relay Service, for people who are d/Deaf, hard of hearing and/or have speech communication difficulty. You’ll find information in plain English, Auslan, pictures and videos, accessibility features such as high contrast text and easy ways to find the information you need
Accessibility for people with disabilities has been in the spotlight this year, and disability affairs reporter Elizabeth Wright looks at what FIFA is doing to ensure the World Cup is providing enough support for fans with different needs.
Ms Harvey has been working as an access and advocacy officer at Spinal Life Australia, trying to educate tourism operators and businesses on how they can improve. “Accessible tourism hasn’t been looked at as a top priority but it should be,” she said.
“Disability is a part of the rich tapestry of human diversity, and something that nearly all of us will experience at some point in our lives,” explains Jackie Dilworth. “It’s also a significant identity that defines how we experience the world. Yet people with disabilities have been marginalised and misunderstood for generations.”
The Planning Inclusive Communities (PIC) project stems from research on mobility, participation, and the diverse experience of everyday life in the planned and designed city centres, towns and neighbourhoods of Australia. This report presents the thoughts, experiences, and ideas of 97 participants on what makes communities inclusive, their current experiences of living in their communities and what change is needed to make communities and cities more inclusive.
Victoria is lagging other countries by effectively excluding people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision from serving on juries. The state’s law reform commission is calling for an overhaul of the justice system to enable juries to be inclusive, a change it said was “well overdue”, in a report tabled in parliament on Tuesday.
Jury duty is an important civic duty associated with active citizenship. Barriers to jury service in current law and practice are out of touch with community expectations, laws and policies about non-discrimination and the inclusion of people with disabilities in public life. This report recommends ways to remove barriers from current law and practice that prevent people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision from serving on juries.
Excluding people with disability from beach culture is both unfair and unlawful. Australia could be a world leader in making beaches accessible to people of all abilities.
Closing date: May 31, 2023
Cerebral Palsy Australia is seeking applications from individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) to join its Working Group as Lived Experience Members. This is a paid opportunity for members who take part in meetings and other work. Cerebral Palsy Australia is the national voice for people with cerebral palsy. As a sector peak organisation, it is … Continued
This week is National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week – 2-8 May 2023. Learn a little bit about Tourette Syndrome from the unique perspective of lived experience with Jason McCurry. This is part of DARU’s ‘What does inclusion mean to me’ series. You can get more information and resources from Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia Inc. … Continued
However, existing social bias, historical exclusion and insufficient research and data sets pose a challenge for the successful development and implementation of cognitive diversity policies.
This resource involves hundreds of people from culturally diverse communities talking about living well with a disability in 24 languages. The power of storytelling is harnessed through podcast and radio to share the personal experiences, skills and talents of people living with a disability. Many stories focus on the power of advocacy, peer support and education about legal rights. You’ll also find Interviews with guest speakers who share information about inclusive places, activities and opportunities that all Australians can enjoy.
A Victoria University student is fighting to study all her law classes online, saying her disability and chronic health issues mean coming to university is not safe or accessible.
Decades of community activism have advocated for the rights of d/Deaf and Disabled people to participation, self-representation, employment and economic opportunity in the arts sector. While there is a great deal of goodwill in the mainstream arts and an acknowledgement that things should change, many people do not know how to go about it.
It feels entirely appropriate that children be watched over by the newly unveiled bronze statue of Stella Young as they tumble and squeal in Stawell’s accessible playground. The much-admired disability advocate grew up in the small western Victorian town where she was today immortalised at an emotional ceremony.