‘Urgent action’ needed over high proportion of Indigenous women in prison – ABC news
‘Urgent action’ needed over high proportion of Indigenous women in prison, report says By Philippa McDonald Posted, updated 31 March 2020 Link to article The number of Indigenous women in custody has been called “one of the most challenging human rights issues facing Australia”. Key points: Research shows a “disturbing over-representation” of Indigenous prisoners Poverty, family violence, abuse and trauma […]
Adelaide woman’s ‘degrading’ death shows community’s ‘devaluation’ of people with disabilities – ABC News
Adelaide woman’s ‘degrading’ death shows community’s ‘devaluation’ of people with disabilities – ABC News By Eugene Boisvert and Daniel Keane Posted 16 May 2020 Click here for link to article The case of an Adelaide woman who died after being left by carers in a cane chair 24-hours-a-day for a year shows the community still does not value people with disabilities […]
Only Human Radio Show
Only Human Radio Show – Stay Sane in this Mad World Advocacy Journalism in action! Social Justice, Disability Rights, Community Events and Solidarity Only Human airs on Brisbane Community Radio 4ZZZ on MONDAYS 12 noon on 102.1fm and Zed Digital DAB+ TUESDAYS 6pm. It is produced by a diverse team of journos and guests […]
Now is the time to act on pandemic measures for people with disability
Now is the time to act on pandemic measures for people with disability APRIL 3, 2020 / UNCATEGORIZED People with disability, and their organisations, across Australia are calling for urgent action, again, to keep us safe during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Over 70 national, state and territory disability organisations have come together to urge the […]
COVID-19 Update – WWILD Services
What to do if feeling sick – COVID-19 & Influenza WWILD’s programs use WWILD’s Physical Health and Well-being Safety Plan. WWILD has a duty of care to its client and staff group to provide a healthy space for individual and group activities. WWILD is an essential service and will provide necessary support to all clients, […]
International Women’s Day lifts the lid on human rights for women and girls with disability – Women with Disabilities Australia
International Women’s Day lifts the lid on human rights for women and girls with disability – Women with Disabilities Australia Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) has launched a new website, Our Place, just in time for International Women’s Day. The ‘Our Place’ website has been developed to support women and girls with disability to […]
Research: Causes and contributors to deaths of people with disability in Australia – NDIS report
Research: Causes and contributors to deaths of people with disability in Australia – NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission report Excerpt: The research In early 2019, to further inform our work in this area, we engaged Professor Julian Trollor, Chair, Intellectual Disability Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry at the University of […]
Rough justice: How police are failing survivors of sexual assault – ABC News
Rough justice: How police are failing survivors of sexual assault by Inga Ting, Nathanael Scott and Alex Palmer Updated 29 Jan 2020, 11:11am Published 28 Jan 2020, 5:05am Excerpt More than 140,000 sexual assaults were reported to Australian police in the 10 years to 2017. Police rejected nearly 12,000 reports on the basis that they do not believe a sexual assault occurred. To see […]
Community Radio Providing Opportunities For Voice In Brisbane And Beyond By Kim Stewart, Paul O’Dea and Michael Cherry – IDA magazine
COMMUNITY RADIO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOICE IN BRISBANE AND BEYOND By Kim Stewart, Paul O’Dea and Michael Cherry Published by Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability (ASID) in the IDA Magazine (Excerpt) Everybody has a right to participate in the democratic dialogue of our communities, to express their needs and shape cultural change. Participation in the […]
Yooralla under pressure at Disability Royal Commission – ABC’s PM radio program
Yooralla under pressure at Disability Royal Commission – ABC’s PM radio program By Julia Holman on PM, Reported by Rachel Mealey Today the institution at the centre of sexual abuse allegations fronted the Disability Royal Commission. Yooralla is Victoria’s oldest and largest disability provider, receiving millions in state and federal funding. But in 2012 […]
