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Sharing inclusivity and accessibility as a disabled woman with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
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Honouring Courage: How Civil Rights Impacted Disability Equity
This must-see documentary called Crip Camp provides compelling insight into the American civil rights movement as it relates to people with disabilities, which influenced the birth of Australia's disability discrimination laws.
Equity would be a real blessing
Pre-election, former Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison made his now infamous and controversial ‘blessed to have non-disabled children’ statement. I’m a disabled woman. But I get it.I might have said something similar 30 years ago as an able-bodied woman.
Five reasons you should be employing people with disability
Whether you are in retail or hospitality finance or construction, there are many compelling reasons why you should be actively hiring people with disability. And in these post-pandemic times, with less available Visa workers, this is more pertinent than ever.
Ableist, Me
Acquiring the symptoms of a progressive condition takes some getting used to but why do so many of us feel the need to cloak these changes in an ugly cape of lies (to ourselves and others), excuses and denial? Why do we cling to the old normalcy so frantically? And what harm are we doing to ourselves in the process?.