One of the sub-themes for this year’s Conference of States Parties (COSP) is Participation of persons with disabilities in climate action, disaster risk reduction and resilience against natural disasters. First in our series of COSP-related stories is this powerful video by Sigrid, a Deaf community member from Lismore, who describes her experience of the recent floods…
A delegation of Australian disability advocates is set to travel to the United Nations in New York next week to work with advocates from around the world on increasing efforts to include people with disability in the next phase of the global response to COVID–19. Disabled Peoples’ Organisations Australia (DPOA) is participating in the 15th…
People with disability face restricted access to participation in all aspects of life as a direct result of inaccessibility of the built environment. DPO Australia supports the current Disability (Access to Premises – Building) legislation, which sets the standard for the accessibility of the built environment in Australia. We believe in the integrity of the…
People with disability and our representative organisations call on Acting Attorney-General Michaelia Cash and the Morrison Government to keep your promise and pass legislation in the next sitting of Federal Parliament that will protect the confidentiality of information given to the Disability Royal Commission. The Disability Royal Commission is expected to run for three years.…
People with disability have a right to a fair wage, fully inclusive education, and to choose where we live and who we live with. Right now we have an opportunity to tell the Disability Royal Commission that we need their support to end the segregation of people with disability in Australian schools, workplaces and homes.…
People with disability and our rights and advocacy organisations are fighting to end the segregation of people with disability in Australian education, housing and workplaces. We urge the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (Disability Royal Commission) to recognise that segregation of people with disabilities is discrimination and a…
