Posted May 6, 2022
Researchers asked more than 60 people from business, government, community and advocacy organisations around Australia about how to change community attitudes and looked at past studies on changing attitudes and behaviour. The research found that to create change there needs to be an ‘active presence of a diversity of people with disability across all life domains, including inclusive schooling, employment and communities’.
Posted May 6, 2022
Mary Sayers, chief executive of Children and Young People with Disability Australia, said the organisation was calling for federal funding for the plan to be created and rolled out over a decade.
Posted April 25, 2022
Closing date: June 30, 2022
Like any community, people with disability have diverse views. They deal with issues like accessibility, discrimination, and exclusion on a daily basis. Today we’re going to bring you some of those unique perspectives – all stories told by people with lived experience. Meet six Australians who share their own personal stories of living with disability.
Posted March 29, 2022
The effects of this complex and evolving disability, Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), are profound and poorly understood by many in the community. This session was part of the Health Discussions Project. Hear from Lisa, Manda and Anat who talk about their experiences of living with ABI.
Posted March 24, 2022
She inspired a heroic revolution. In the 90s, Barbara Lisicki and her then partner Alan Holdsworth together organised brave, co-ordinated protests that pushed the campaign for disabled rights into the spotlight. They chained themselves to buses and they blocked streets. Wheelchair users were lifted from their chairs by police and laid down in the roads to try to deter them. And now, a new BBC drama will tell the story. Barbara is in the studio to talk about the behind the scenes events that inspired the show.
Posted March 20, 2022
The data showed that ads rarely represent disabled people in everyday life, such as working, parenting, household chores or enjoying activities. But there is a slow movement occurring with advertisers challenging people’s perceptions, showing how inclusion can be beneficial to a company.
Posted March 15, 2022
In We’ve Got This, twenty-five parents who identify as Deaf, disabled or chronically ill discuss the highs and lows of their parenting journeys and reveal that the greatest obstacles lie in other people’s attitudes. The result is a moving, revelatory and empowering anthology.
Posted March 7, 2022
Posting my reality, of living with my disability, I’m quietly educating, opening minds and slowly expanding people’s definition of what a disabled person’s life can be. I hope through my presence on Instagram I am implicitly encouraging other disabled people to find the same power.
Posted March 4, 2022
I’m literally a neuroscientist, and I am finding it challenging to find love. Online dating can already be intimidating and confusing, and even more so for people with disability. As a 27-year-old living with cerebral palsy who uses dating apps, I’ve definitely experienced that people with disabilities have trouble being seen as potential lovers because of stereotypes perpetuated from media such as Love on the Spectrum.
Posted February 14, 2022
Monash flips on ‘ableist’ learning model
Monash University’s law faculty has sensationally scrapped its “ableist” ban on recorded lectures following fierce backlash from students.
Posted February 11, 2022
For many, getting access to a rapid antigen test has been a major challenge. But for those who are vision impaired, using at-home tests is near impossible.
Posted February 10, 2022
A negative reaction on the first meet unfortunately isn’t uncommon for many of the disabled people I spoke to for this article. Sometimes the experience is awkward; sometimes the date is just plain rude.
Posted February 8, 2022
“Having dolls visually representing various disabilities helps children feel included, but it also helps them to learn more about people who may be different from themselves, normalising disability in real life.”
