In Australia, about 70 per cent of children and young people with a disability aged between birth and 14 are able to make friends outside of their family and paid staff. But between the ages of 15 and 24 this changes, according to new data gathered by the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Target and Kmart feature young stars — some wearing hearing aids and using walk frames — in their January catalogues, modelling a range of products including new back-to-school items.
As representatives of many religious traditions and different faiths, we stand together in affirming that all people have gifts and contributions that enliven and strengthen the community to which they belong and seek to ensure that people with disabilities have equal opportunity to participate in the faith community of their choice.
Ten years ago, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was successfully negotiated by the very people whose lives it would touch. Today, people with disabilities have gone from being an excluded group to a force that is making the world a more inclusive place.
Being an ally to the disability community isn’t a token effort, it’s not a light little thing that you buy or forward or pass on. It’s a deeper effort of seeing, establishing, sustaining and strengthening connections with people who might seem really different from yourself. It’s about reaching out and standing up for things that may not … Continued
Ensuring that your employees, customers and stakeholders are able to access your premises, products and services in a safe, equitable and dignified way is an integral part of being a disability confident organisation. Design for Dignity assists organisations to build dignified access into their upfront design, as well as mapping out practical strategies to improve existing … Continued
This website was developed to support people with a disability, disability support workers and service providers get access to communication aids and resources. Friends, family and carers of people with disabilities and organisations may also find this website useful.
Imagine being excluded from an inside joke shared among all your best friends simply because you can’t see the photo they’re laughing at.
It is estimated there are more than 30,000 people in Australia living with spinal cord injuries and amputations who could potentially drive modified vehicles. Paul Crake believes that number could be even greater when the needs of others who require modifications to drive are factored in. His company has a first for Australia: a van … Continued
In Australia in the 21st century, people with disabilities occupy a strange liminal world, at once accepted and ostracised. We have made enormous steps as a society when it comes to people with disabilities; we have given them financial support, anti-discrimination legislation, and even the opportunity to participate in sport. However we seem reluctant to … Continued
Rania Saab, a Sydney lawyer who works in the Family Court, was born with hearing loss. She believes discrimination against hard of hearing people is rife in the legal system.
Voice at the Table(VATT) is a pilot project which aims to increase the number of people with cognitive disabilities sitting on boards, committees and advisory groups within government, service providers community and mainstream organisations at a local, state and national level, in order to inform and actively participate in planning, advocacy, policymaking, service development, delivery … Continued
Working parents say they are going without pay to care for their disabled children because of Glen Eira’s inadequate respite services. Frustrated parents said the strain is at its worst during school holidays which are set to begin next week.
A Disability campaigner says she was refused service in two Mentone eateries because she had her assistance dog with her.
A cafe in Melbourne run by deaf staff is helping to break down communication barriers and ready students for the hearing world.