Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Politics & Society
Analysis
Now is the time to get disability human rights into Australian anti-discrimination law
Two major opportunities for reform of the Disability Discrimination Act have been overlooked, including being respected as decision-makers on an equal basis as others and discriminatory migration practices
Health & Medicine
It's time to improve employment for Australians with disability
New research finds that for people with disability, working in a job that's a good match for their skills and needs can improve mental health. But the reverse is also true
Health & Medicine
Deeper data needed to understand scale of abuse faced by people with disability
The size and scale of the problem of violence against people with disability remains obscure because the data is too fragmented. A new project aims to change that.
Politics & Society
Fighting for the rights of Australians with disability
Geoff Bell was a pioneer in the Australian disability rights movement and his archive shows how far we’ve come in 40 years, and how far we have yet to travel