The Greens have secured a comprehensive review of the Significant Cost Threshold, an outcome with significant potential to reduce discrimination in Australia’s migration system and improve life for many families seeking to make a life in Australia.
Closing date: November 19, 2023
Would you like public transports in Victoria to be fully accessible for everyone, including people with a disability, parents with prams, elderly people and anyone with temporary and permanent mobility restrictions? Let’s start with Sydney Rd where between Brunswick Road and Bakers Road, Coburg North – a 5.5km stretch, we have no accessible tram stops.
Closing date: November 11, 2023
Thanks to the hard work of our supporters, we got mandatory minimum accessibility standards into the National Construction Code! The standards will be in the National Construction Code from 1 May 2023 with a transition period until 1 October 2023. That means that from 1 October 2023, all new homes will have to be built … Continued
The film industry hasn’t always been inclusive for people with an intellectual disability, but this program seeks to change that.
Closing date: January 1, 2024
The Ableist Cities Symposium is back this year and organisers are calling for abstract submissions. This free one-day symposium will examine topics of accessibility in Australian cities, thirty years on from the introduction of the landmark Disability Discrimination Act and the social model of disability as a framework for examining barriers in place for people with disability. … Continued
Click below to read the National Mental Health Consumer Alliance’s letter to Australian Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers in response to the AEC’s decision to exclude thousands of mental health consumers and mental health workers from voting in the Voice referendum.
When Tahj Burns is on stage singing to an audience, his shyness melts away and his confidence and charisma shine. The 20-year-old, who lives with autism, says performing as part of an all-abilities singing group in Wauchope on the New South Wales Mid North Coast has been life-changing.
DARU’s 2023 Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference (4th September 2023) looked at what lifeboats are afloat for Victorians with disability and showcase what’s going on at the grassroots to make inclusion real. You can watch the recording of the Conference via the link below.
We’re pleased to announce two new resource additions to the free ‘Inclusion is Everyone’s Business Toolkit’. The toolkit has been developed for businesses and community organisations who provide programs and activities for children to build the knowledge and confidence so children with disabilities and developmental delay can experience inclusive and meaningful participation in their areas … Continued
Consider a packed, dimly lit nightclub full of loud raucous conversations and music. It can cause sensory overload for neurodiverse people, prompting them to wonder if they should have stayed home because they find it incredibly difficult to acclimatise to an unaccommodating reality. It is far more difficult to meet new people and form friendships … Continued
Suncorp Group insurer, AAMI has joined brands ANZ, Bonds, Kia, McDonalds, Oral-B, nib, Tourism Australia, Pantene, TikTok, Uber, Virgin and Weet-Bix™ in launching the Shift 20 Initiative – committing to transforming their advertising to increase representation, inclusion and accessibility for people with disability.
Have you noticed any changes to television commercials for some of Australia’s best-known brands recently? The Weet-Bix kid, who dreams of scaling Everest, is in a wheelchair. The Bonds model is signing in Auslan. The ANZ employee who tells her colleague to stop speaking in a ridiculous voice is a bilateral above-knee amputee. And the … Continued
Felicity Thompson bought just one thing for her unborn daughter — a tiny outfit to bury her in. The Perth nurse had been told her baby would probably die. Then, when she was 30 weeks pregnant, doctors said the baby would live and diagnosed her with Russell-Silver Syndrome.
I am flying to Byron Bay for some writers’ festival events, which I’m looking forward to. From Melbourne to Ballina, the closest airport, is a two-hour direct flight. But the airline has refused to take me unless I travel with a carer. Its policy is to refuse assistance to disabled people who can’t transfer to … Continued
Jason East sits behind the steering wheel of a pontoon boat with nothing but the gentle breeze off the water and the passing sailboats to distract him. “When you’re out on the water it’s like leaving your disability behind,” Mr East says. “We’re all equal on the water and there’s a real freedom in that.”