PWDA has lifted its voice, urging the Australian Government to set measurable targets for its new National Disability Strategy (NDS) for the coming decade. On behalf of our members, we wrote to Department of Social Services last Friday, 18 December…
Author: People with Disability Australia (page 13)
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Rethinking recruitment
It seems fair that the person who says the right things, the person who fits, should win the job. Yet therein lies an implication that you are as valuable as your charisma. Not your skills, knowledge, or potential to grow, writes Alex Creece.
Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020
PWDA has long raised concerns about the Cashless Debit Card, and have opposed all forms of compulsory income management. Our concerns with any Bill before the Parliament to introduce compulsory income management flows from: · The inadequate research and evaluation of…
#EndSegregation Joint Media Release
42 disability rights and advocacy organisations are calling for an end to segregation of people with disability in Australian education, housing and workplaces. With the release of a new paper, 42 disability rights and advocacy organisation are calling upon the…
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The Stolen Generation and the Disability Royal Commission
3CR’s Gavin Moore interviews Lisa Zammit, CEO of Connecting Home, about disability services for the stolen generation, and recommendations she would like to see from the Disability Royal Commission.
Submission in response to National Disability Strategy Position Paper: Stage 2 consultations
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the Australian Government’s Stage 2 Consultations for the National Disability Strategy. You can access the full submission in [PDF] or [Word].
#MakeItSafeToSpeak Campaign Update
A huge thank you to everyone who signed our open letter to the Attorney-General, or wrote in yourselves, asking for changes to legislation to protect the confidentiality of submissions and information provided to the Disability Royal Commission into violence, abuse,…
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They’re denying us a basic human right, and that will never be okay
I eventually won the fight to get the provisions I needed, but the road was convoluted and demeaning, writes Hannah Diviney.
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Accessible education should be the norm, not the alternative
I don’t think I will ever be able to describe what it meant to me, the first time a teacher asked “What can I do to make this easier for you, to support you?” That should be the norm, writes Issy Hay.
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Adventures of the boy who was told he’d never speak
For year 7, I started at a little school in the NSW outback with an enrolment of 150 students from K-12. At first, there were no problems, then things started to go wrong, writes William McIntosh.