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We put out a media release early this year asking for specific measures to protect our community during COVID-19, and another sharing the results of our survey on the experiences of people with disability during COVID-19.

The Disability Royal Commission held their 5th public hearing on the experiences of people with disability during the pandemic, and published a report with 22 recommendations.

For more details on what we’re asking the government to do, check out our COVID-19 Disability Plan post.

We’ve also signed on to a call for the Australian Senate to establish a Select Committee with broad powers to review and report on the Federal Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Related Articles

12/6/2020: Survey reveals COVID-19 experience has been “expensive, isolating and lonely”

9/06/2020: New survey reveals the financial costs of COVID-19 for people with disability

31/03/2020: ‘I could be dead by then’: slow NDIS support puts thousands of lives at risk

26/03/2020: Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on people with disability

24/03/2020: Calls to extend coronavirus supplement to DSP recipients

19/03/2020: Coles and Woolworths urged to expand services to people with disabilities during coronavirus crisis

18/03/2020: Disability royal commission given chance to reset with hearings halted

12/03/2020: Coronavirus may impact services delivered to people with disability

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