People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is proud to be part of the Disabled Peoples’ Organisations Australia (DPOA) delegation to the 16th session of the United Nations Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Author: People with Disability Australia (page 9)
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Submission: NDIS Review of Participant Safeguarding
This is a submission responding to the NDIS Review Secretariat, Participant Safeguarding Review.
Submission: Gender Equality Discussion Paper
This is a submission responding to the Australian Government’s National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality discussion paper.
Submission: Redress Matters to Address
This is a submission responding to the Joint Standing Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme.
Submission: Transport Standards review
This is a submission responding to the 2022 Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002.
Submission: Disability Inclusion Regulation review
This is a submission responding to the Disability Inclusion Regulation review.
Submission: Safeguarding the future
This is a submission responding to the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Frameworks Issues Paper.
Endorsement: Consultation impact of acoustic alert systems on electric vehicles
PWDA endorses this Blind Citizens Australia submission in response to the call to mandate Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems (AVAS) for new electric, hydrogen fuel cell and hybrid vehicles in Australia.
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A just voice for generations
This 2023 National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June) People with Disability Australia (PWDA) joins the theme, Be a Voice for Generations, in honour of the efforts of advocates and activists over time who have laboured for justice in Australia.
Ableism and disablism
Ableism and disablism both refer to types of disability discrimination. The nuance between the two words are important for acknowledging, detecting, and dismantling the types of barriers people with disability encounter.