Posted August 27, 2021
As a teenager, Judy went to summer camp and found a community of other disabled kids with high expectations like her. Together they became a generation of disability rights activists who changed the world; staging sit-ins and protests to introduce a slew of radical changes from wheelchair accessible bathrooms and buses, to demanding sign language interpreters. Judy was later invited to join both President Clinton’s and President Obama’s administrations, and she became the World Bank’s first adviser on disability and development.
Posted August 20, 2021
Closing date: October 30, 2021
In a ground-breaking new documentary series, SBS seeks to explore how stigma and prejudice impact the lives of millions of Australians, by getting to the heart of what people really think about disability, old people and obesity. Three-part series What Does Australia Really Think About… hosted by Kurt Fearnley, Noni Hazlehurst and Casey Donovan, premieres … Continued
Posted August 16, 2021
Mr Mung’s NDIS plan has provided him with a mobility scooter and he accesses physiotherapy and swimming classes with the help of a Burmese-speaking support worker. But securing that help was a battle.
Posted August 6, 2021
About 47% of adults with disability have experienced violence, yet the lack of accessible and inclusive services makes escaping violence extremely difficult for women with disability. Researcher within the Disability Health Unit, at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Jen Hargrave, says this problem is unfortunately common for people with disability.
Posted August 2, 2021
Ms Smith’s death sparked numerous investigations and reviews, including by police, the state government and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. The NDIS Commission’s independent investigation led to 10 recommendations, including that vulnerable NDIS participants should have multiple carers.
Posted July 19, 2021
When Nathan Basha was born, his parents were given three options: to “institutionalise” him, adopt him out or take him home. The decision they made was life changing. “My parents made a pact to do everything they could do to make my life as ordinary as possible,” he said.
Posted July 2, 2021
“I think it’s really important that we do show faces like mine on TV, that maybe have eyes that don’t look like other people’s eyes,” says Nas Campanella. “We live in a community that’s made up of so many different people and TV needs to reflect that. It’s about normalising it and reflecting the community we live in.“
Posted June 27, 2021
Ms Mitchell recently needed urgent renovations to her bathroom at their home in Toowomba to make it safe for Joshy as his mobility declines, but chose to dip into her superannuation rather than apply for funding. “We signed up for help, not to be constantly fighting,” she said.
Posted June 15, 2021
Trenbath says the disability employment provider seemed to only see her cerebral palsy, not her academic achievements and job skills. “They thought that because I was disabled that I was on welfare, and they didn’t need to find me a job, that they could just take their time,” Trenbath said. “I’ve never been on welfare and I don’t get any NDIS funding, so I have to work. I not only want to work, I need to work to be financially independent … I don’t want to rely on government funding.”
Posted June 15, 2021
Mr Fairbairn said he was also usually asked if he had “one of those blade things. People’s perceptions seem to be that all lower-limb amputees must be sports people,” he said.
Posted June 4, 2021
Australians know that spending money to support people with disability is not simply a cost, but an investment. An investment that we all benefit from. So next time you hear someone claiming the NDIS is unsustainable, ask yourself – is the alternative sustainable?
Posted May 28, 2021
Jeffrey Smart, who has Parkinson’s disease, told a parliamentary committee investigating the National Disability Insurance Scheme his independent assessment was inaccurate, incomplete and irrelevant. He said the report would not be useful to determine eligibility or levels of support.
Posted May 28, 2021
“For most of last year, due to COVID, I wasn’t able to spend my money for therapies,” Mr Monks told ABC Radio Perth’s Nadia Mitsopoulos at a specially-convened forum to discuss the NDIS. “At this year’s review they used that against me, saying ‘you didn’t spend the money so we will take some away from you’.”
Posted May 20, 2021
Surviving my injury wasn’t the only battle I faced. I also had to learn the bureaucracy and confusion that is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), a scheme supposedly designed to help me.
Posted May 18, 2021
While marketers and content creators routinely debate and swap advice on if, when and how to use these practices, a disabled person can’t choose if, when and how to be disabled. For them, digital accessibility is a full time, lived experience.
