People with Disability Australia (PWDA) announces that Jeramy Hope has resigned as President and Director of PWDA.
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PWDA COSP19 Side Event: Effective Co-design with People with Disability
2026 side event “Nothing About Us Without Us All: Effective Co-design with People with Disability in All Our Diversity” at the 19th Conference of States Parties (COSP19) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
“When support is withdrawn, the need does not disappear”
PWDA evidence at Public Hearings for Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 Thursday 11 June On Wednesday 12 June, PWDA gave evidence at the Public Hearings for…
More of your Stories: ‘The NDIS makes ordinary life possible for me’
Community share their Reasonable. Necessary. Ordinary stories about what the NDIS makes possible in their everyday life.
What You Need to Know About the NDIS Bill: Advocates Unpack the Sweeping Changes
PWDA joined advocates from Children and Young People with Disability Australia and Disabled People Against Cuts Australia on NDIS Insights with Dr George to discuss recent changes
Your Stories of Reasonable. Necessary and Ordinary NDIS Supports
As part of our Reasonable. Necessary. Ordinary campaign we asked our followers “What does the NDIS make possible in your everyday life?”
THE NDIS SAVED MY LIFE because… A Reasonable. Necessary. Ordinary story
We asked our followers “What does the NDIS make possible in your everyday life?”
Here is one of their stories…..
Here is one of their stories…..
NDIS Reform in Focus: Key Themes from the PWDA National Community Forum
PWDA hosted community forum for members and community to discuss NDIS changes. What we know, how people are feeling and what we can collectively do to push back.
The NDIS belongs to us. We fought for it. We sustain it. We’ll protect it, together
PWDA member and supporter Laura Pettenuzzo talks about the changes facing current and potential NDIS participants and what the NDIS has done for her
This is what ‘reasonable and necessary’ looks like for Jane Britt
This is what ‘reasonable and necessary’ looks like for petition supporter Jane Britt, a disability policy consultant who is deafblind and a NDIS participant.