Paralympic Experience and Discursive Disability Embodiment
Paralympic discourse reveals how disability experiences are constructed through the interplay of historical memory, media mediation, and embodied practice. Read more...
Transforming attitudes to sport
Disability Sports Australia launches groundbreaking online program for people with disability.
ABC indulges in ‘inspiration porn’ to frame disability narratives
Originally Published on Independent Australia on 21 Jan 2025. ANALYSIS The ABC’s framing of tragedies featuring ‘inspirational’ disabled people is, in fact, perpetuating discrimination against people with disabilities, writes Melissa…
Social media ban: More harm than good
Originally Published on Independent Australia on 12 December 2024. Australia’s world-first social media ban has passed the parliament, but it will do little to protect Australian children, writes Melissa Marsden.…
‘Insiders’ ignores hard facts of housing crisis
Originally Published on Independent Australia on 1 October 2024. A discussion on ABC’s Insiders sidelined the plight of the elderly and disabled through Australia’s housing crisis, focusing on problems of…
Para-Dressage Spring Championships Achieves Greatness
Originally Published in Dressage South Australia Moving Forward Magazine ISSUE 142 Dec 22/Jan 23. The 2022 South Australian Para-Dressage Championships held a successful event in Strathalbyn last month. Run in…
Political and Media Contests: Which Side (Eye) are YOU on?
Image from au.news.yahoo.com (Photos sourced from Twitter/AAP) This post was originally published on The Australian Independent Media Network on 12th May 2022. A photo says a thousand words, and Opposition…