The Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, the Hon Susan Ryan AO, announced that the Australian Human Rights Commission would be holding a National Disability Forum. The forum would look to take stock on the status of the enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities. The forum would also have a thematic focus on employment related issues (which the outgoing Disability Discrimination Commissioner had identified as a key area of focus for the future).
Ahead of the forum, the Commission conducted a survey to consult with the disability rights’ sector and wider community about the key issues affecting persons with disabilities. The survey results are available here, on the AHRC website
White Guard to Black Student with Down Syndrome: Assume the Position (as a joke)
David Perry, How Did We Get Into This Mess? 4th September 2014
Sometimes I write about Down syndrome and comedy and why I think it's so important. I get the pushback - lighten up, it was only a joke, don't take things so seriously, and so forth. So here's this story ... a prime example of why I am so concerned about how we represent disability, how we make sure we tread people with disabilities as full people, not as objects ...
ADHC,14 Aug 2014
NSW Minister for Disability Services John Ajaka this evening welcomed the passage of the Disability Inclusion Bill through the NSW Parliament, which sets in place a legacy of inclusion and protection for people with disability during and following the transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The legislation will replace the Disability Services Act 1993 that has been in place for the past 21 years ... read more here and here (effects of the new Act are detailed in a series of fact sheets)
Govt Cuts Shutdown Disability Advocacy - Innes
- News report: Syracuse district fires white school guard for 'joke' having black child assume the position
ADHC,14 Aug 2014
NSW Minister for Disability Services John Ajaka this evening welcomed the passage of the Disability Inclusion Bill through the NSW Parliament, which sets in place a legacy of inclusion and protection for people with disability during and following the transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The legislation will replace the Disability Services Act 1993 that has been in place for the past 21 years ... read more here and here (effects of the new Act are detailed in a series of fact sheets)
Govt Cuts Shutdown Disability Advocacy - Innes
ProBono News Australia, 5th August 2014
The Federal Government is effectively trying to shut down an advocacy voice in the disability sector through funding cuts, says former Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes. Former Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes at the Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference.
Innes, who made the opening keynote address at the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit’s (DARU) two-day Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference on Monday in Melbourne, said recent decisions by the Federal Government, particularly the recent Budget, were driven by a philosophical agenda.
He also said that despite the Government knowing the efficiency of systemic advocacy, it had chosen to wind it back ...
Attitude Foundation
Chaired by Graeme Innes, former Disability Discrimination Commissioner
The Federal Government is effectively trying to shut down an advocacy voice in the disability sector through funding cuts, says former Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes. Former Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes at the Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference.
Innes, who made the opening keynote address at the Disability Advocacy Resource Unit’s (DARU) two-day Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference on Monday in Melbourne, said recent decisions by the Federal Government, particularly the recent Budget, were driven by a philosophical agenda.
He also said that despite the Government knowing the efficiency of systemic advocacy, it had chosen to wind it back ...
Attitude Foundation
Chaired by Graeme Innes, former Disability Discrimination Commissioner
CHANGING ATTITUDES WILL CHANGE LIVES.You can join with us in changing attitudes and changing lives. We are working to give a voice to the 4 million Australians with disability by telling positive stories. Stories that are life changing.
Attitude was established to tell stories about Australians with disability using video. Attitude is partnering with Attitude Pictures Australia Pty Ltd to develop a documentary series to be screened on ABC television.
ABOUT USWe work with you to change attitudes to people with disabilities. By changing attitudes, we can change lives. Attitude Foundation Limited was established in 2014 by people who are passionate about the inclusion of people with disabilities in society and are passionate story tellers.
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