The Advancing Women with Disability in the Workplace project seeks to increase the representation of women with disability in leadership roles; increase participation in the workplace by women with disability.
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NDIS Review | Submission 3 to the Independent Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
From March to July 2023, PWDA conducted consultations with people with disability on their experiences of the NDIS. This involved several focus groups and surveys on the experiences of people with disability with the NDIS (including one Easy Read version). Participants in these consultations primarily involved people with disability with a broad array of experiences. Some families, carers and support people of also participated in the surveys and focus groups, but represented a small percentage of participants and predominantly participated as representatives of people with disability.
Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations Call for Healing
As Disability Representative Organisations, we jointly acknowledge there will come a time when we will need to discuss the response to the final recommendations of the Disability Royal Commission, with the people who have been the most hurt at the heart of this response. We will do this in our own time, and our own space.
Hear us: end the segregation, end the exclusion of people with disability
It is time to honour our fundamental human rights. It is time to respect the stories we have shared. Hear us. The time for justice, for healing to begin, is now. We demand nothing less.
Summary report: COVID-19: Where to from here?
Summary report of consultations People with Disability Australia
completed with its national membership, on what people with
disability want with the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
completed with its national membership, on what people with
disability want with the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
COVID-19 Position Statement
This position statement and the below recommendations is based on what we heard from our members through the survey and the online member forum.
NSW budget a missed opportunity, more support needed for people with disability
As the Disability Royal Commission prepares to issue its final report and recommendations, PWDA is calling for a swift and decisive response from Governments.
PWDA Calls for a Radical Response to End Segregation and Discrimination
As the Disability Royal Commission prepares to issue its final report and recommendations, PWDA is calling for a swift and decisive response from Governments.
Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023
Disability Representative Organisations (DROs) and other individuals and organisations supporting this submission welcome the opportunity to provide feedback on the exposure draft of the Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023.
NDIS Review: Survey Summary Report
From March to May 2023, People with Disability (PWDA) undertook a survey of people with disability in Australia to better understand people’s experiences with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).