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Category: Media Releases (page 13)
Advocates Warn Vaccine Stroll-Out Makes People with Disability ‘Sitting Ducks’
Call For More Transparency Around Disability Vaccination Data Advocates have warned people with disability will die or end up in intensive care after it was revealed an unvaccinated resident of another disability care home had caught COVID-19. The COVID-19 case…
Media Release: Advocate calls for People with Disability to Have Vaccine Choice
Advocacy organisation People with Disability Australia has called for people with disability and their treating practitioners to be able to assess their risk of getting COVID-19 and choose what vaccine to get after residents and workers at a disability group…
Media Release: Disability community calls for reform after discrimination claims become ‘impossible to prove’
A frustrated alliance of lawyers and community organisations has lobbied the Commonwealth Attorney-General to rewrite Australia’s disability discrimination laws after a court case made discrimination claims “near on impossible to prove.” The alliance of 46 disability rights, community and legal…
Media Release: NSW Government Needs to Get Serious About Essential Services for People with Disability
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) and the Physical Disability Council of New South Wales (PDCN) have urged the NSW Government to get serious about ensuring people with disability can access essential services like transport and housing. PWDA Chief Executive Officer…
Media Release: New survey points to need to speed up vaccine rollout
PWDA chief executive officer Sebastian Zagarella has acknowledged that while people with disability were left out of the Australian Government’s initial response to the COVID pandemic a new survey from the organisation points to a way forward. Mr Zagarella said…
Media Release: The Disability Royal Commission will hear evidence this week regarding death of NDIS participant Ann-Marie Smith
The Disability Royal Commission holds its second hearing on disability service providers this week. The 5-day investigation is expected to focus on service provision in South Australia, including the circumstances surrounding the death of Ann-Marie Smith.
Media Release: Segregated living situations for people with disability are a recipe for abuse and neglect
The Disability Royal Commission is holding a hearing this week on “preventing and responding to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation in disability services”.
People with Disability Struggle to Access COVID vaccine
Disability representative organisation People with Disability Australia has found people with disability are struggling to work out if they are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines and are getting extremely inconsistent access to vaccination appointments. The national disabled people’s organisation has surveyed…
PWDA celebrates 17-month extension to the Disability Royal Commission
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) has welcomed a 17-month extension to the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability, now slated to end in September 2023. PWDA chief executive officer Sebastian Zagarella said…