Joint Media Release: Royal Commission to hear from culturally and linguistically diverse people with disability

This week, the Disability Royal Commission is holding a public hearing about experiences of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) backgrounds with disability. Lived experience witnesses throughout the week will tell the Royal…

Media Release: People with psychosocial disability living in institutional facilities face “significant” barriers to accessing NDIS support

A new research partnership between the University of Sydney and People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has found people with mental health diagnoses (psychosocial disability) living in institutional settings face “significant barriers” to accessing the NDIS. Commissioned as part of PWDA’s…