I eventually won the fight to get the provisions I needed, but the road was convoluted and demeaning, writes Hannah Diviney. Continue Reading They’re denying us a basic human right, and that will never be okay
My heart aches for all the other disabled young people, stuck between discriminatory education or none at all, because they weren’t as lucky as I was to find an alternative. Continue Reading Accessible education should be the norm, not the alternative
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. Continue Reading The Adventures Of The Boy Who Was Told He’d Never Speak
People with disability must be heard during Our Royal Commission The Disability Royal Commission is holding hearings between now and the end of the year addressing the the following issues: the experiences of people with disability in the criminal justice system, and long-term detention, the experiences of First Nations people with disability, training and education… Continue Reading Paid opportunity
We have two opportunities for our members in NSW to get involved in our projects and campaigns. Support Our Campaign: NSW-funded independent disability advocacy is under threat. Support Our Campaign: NSW-funded independent disability advocacy is under threat.Despite an independent review into advocacy funding in 2019 stating disability advocacy must continue, the NSW Government has yet… Continue Reading Opportunities for NSW members to Get Involved in our Campaigns and Projects
By Ashley Waite A bad experience with medication can leave lasting trauma and close us off to truly helpful and positive use later, writes Ashley Waite. I have not always had a healthy relationship with medication. As a child, I was over-medicated, resulting in an unpleasant, emotionally flat feeling lasting from early primary school to… Continue Reading Bad Medication