Three years after the Disability Royal Commission, PWDA is urging governments to commit to eliminating restrictive practices and set out consistent plans for how they will get there.
Category: Blog (page 2)
Three Years from DRC: Disability discrimination law puts the burden on the people it should protect
PWDA is calling for urgent reform of the Disability Discrimination Act so organisations have greater responsibility to prevent discrimination before it happens.
NDIS changes forum and more information you need
PWDA held a NDIS Changes Community Forum to provide practical, accessible information about what is changing, when they will happen and what people can do.
20 years of the UNCRPD: What will it take to make rights real?
Twenty years on from the UN adoption of the CRPD, the challenge is increasingly clear: how do we turn rights on paper into rights in practice?
Learn how to join the Aviation disability standards consultation
PWDA, AFDO and JEC hosted a Community Information Forum to help people in the disability community participate in the new aviation disability standards consultation.
NDIS changes start today: what you need to know
New laws making significant changes to the NDIS start taking effect today, Thursday 27 August 2026. Here is what people with disability need to know about the changes happening now and what is coming next.
Twenty years of the CRPD Event Wrap-Up
PWDA hosted an event to mark Twenty years of the United Nations Convention on the Rights for People with Disabilities (CRPD): From Commitment to Change
Megan Spindler-Smith, National Press Club Address 10 August 2026
Speaking at the National Press Club, PWDA Acting CEO Megan Spindler-Smith said the Bill abandoned the original promise of the NDIS by asking people with disability to pay the price for a policy choice the Government did not have to make.
PWDA member blog: ‘Barriers’ – a poem by Nerida Kingsford
PWDA member Nerida’s poem, “Barriers”, highlights the everyday obstacles that many people with disability continue to face when accessing shops, restaurants and public spaces.
The NDIS helps Zeahn live safely with the level of support he needs every day
Our Reasonable. Necessary. Ordinary campaign asked “What does the NDIS make possible in your everyday life?”
This is Zeahn’s story.
This is Zeahn’s story.