On Transgender Day of Visibility, People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is proud to celebrate and acknowledge the strong and resilient diversity that trans and gender diverse (TGD) people bring to our society especially the TGD community with disability.
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) wholly condemns the anti-trans rally and hate speech held outside the Victoria parliament on the weekend and stands in solidarity with the trans and gender diverse (TGD) community.
PWDA’s submission to the Community Affairs References Committee inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia makes several recommendation: Read the full submission here: PDF, Word document
Our advisory boards give advice and support to our Board of Directors and Executive Staff in many important areas.
Too often, child sexual abuse goes unreported. PWDA is here to support people with disability who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
On 21 May this year, most adult Australians will vote in the Federal Election. However, there is a whole section of our community who can be removed from the Electoral Roll and disallowed from having their say: people deemed to…
Whilst there are some welcome recommendations in the Report, we urge the government to take responsibility for taking action on addressing the level of need and distress that people with disability experience while trying to survive on income support. Australia…
We’re Australia’s peak advocacy organisation for people with disability or who are d/Deaf. Since 1981, we’ve been advancing and protecting the rights, health and wellbeing of the people and communities we serve.
Australia’s peak disability organisations have released a statement expressing deep concern about the impact on people with disability of the new Religious Discrimination Bill which will be debated in Parliament tomorrow.
Until my thirties, I was under the misguided illusion that police protect and serve the public.
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