The Disability Royal Commission Legal Service is a free national legal service to give information and advice to people who want to tell their story to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. The DRC Legal Service can provide free, independent legal advice to: people with disability their families, […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
The Disability Royal Commission wants to hear about the experiences of students with disability. Students and families can make a submission. The Royal Commission wants to hear about: Experiences of violence, abuse, neglect or exclusion of students with disability (including early childhood, schools and tertiary education) Suggestions to prevent violence, abuse, neglect or exclusion of […]
Source: DANA
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability will hold its third public hearing in Melbourne this week, with a particular focus on group homes in Victoria. (Group homes refer to supported accommodation for up to six people with disability.) The Disability Royal Commission will hear from people with disability […]
Source: AFDO
Reports have been coming in from NRS users who are being blocked from calling through internet relay because their ISPs are regarded as foreign. Others are waiting 15-30 minutes to be connected to a relay officer. It’s tragic that the Government will axe CapTel despite the huge impact it will have on older Australians. But […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
Reports have been coming in from NRS users who are being blocked from calling through internet relay because their ISPs are regarded as foreign. Others are waiting 15-30 minutes to be connected to a relay officer. It’s tragic that the Government will axe CapTel despite the huge impact it will have on older Australians. But […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
Former Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes wrote an Op-ed piece in The Sydney Morning Herald today about how employer attitudes need to change about hiring people with disability. As a community, our perceptions around and understanding of disability has come a long way, but there is still a long way to go, and barriers to […]
Source: AFDO
