PWDA will administer a funding program for people to attend the 2026 Australian Disability Strategy Conference in Adelaide on 24 – 25 February 2026.
Tag: inclusion
PWDA IDPwD 2025: Highlights From the A Voice of Our Own National Online Conference
On Wednesday 3 December 2025, PWDA hosted A Voice of Our Own, its second International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) national online conference created by and for people with disability.
“When we’re united, we raise the standard of what this country believes is fair, possible, and just”
On Thursday 13 November at the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), PWDA member Emma Bennison MBA GAICD delivered a moving address to members.
Disability Royal Commission Progress Report 2025
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) acknowledges the release of the Disability Royal Commission Progress Report 2025. Our team is currently reviewing the report and will provide a more comprehensive analysis and formal response for our members and community after our review.
16 Days of Activism 2025: Gender-based Violence in the Digital Age
16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence campaign runs from Tuesday 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) until Thursday 10 December (International Human Rights Day).
How Disability-Affirming Language Builds Connection, Confidence and Customers
Speech delivered by Acting CEO Megan Spindler-Smith at the City of Sydney event for International Day for People with Disability (IDPwD).
Join us on 2025 International Day of People with Disability
This IDPwD, PWDA invites you to come together to share our voices, experiences and discuss what our future must be.
Express your interest to join NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Focus Group
PWDA is helping to recruit for an online focus group for the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission creating new videos about the NDIS Code of Conduct.
Review of the Roads Act 1993
PWDA responds to the review by Transport for NSW of the Roads Act of 1993. The reforms focus on how local and state government could work, but they do not address the concerns, disabling barriers, or safety risks posed to people with disability.
Submission: Addressing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination
WWDA and PWDA have made a joint submission to the UN CRPD in response to its call for input on draft guidelines for addressing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination against women and girls with disability.