Parliamentary disability discourse reopening old wounds
(Screenshot via YouTube) Originally Published on Independent Australia on 13 October 2024. It’s not just the slur — it’s the fact that in this day and age a stigmatised disability…
Australia announces para-equestrian squad for Paris 2024
Originally published by Independent Australia on 9 July 2024. After months of intensive qualifying events, the Australian Paralympic squad for para-equestrian has been announced. The Australian Paralympics announced on Thursday…
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…
Jobs and housing: People with disabilities need a fair go
This post originally published on Independent Australia on 6 November 2022. An important part of housing affordability is employment (Image by Marcus Aurelius | Pexels) Australia’s Disability Strategy National Forum,…
Jobs Summit skims over solutions to disability employment
Originally Published on Independent Australia on 5 September 2022. Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott called out the Government’s lack of fairness in disability employment (Screenshot via YouTube) The Jobs…
Para-equestrians discriminated against in competition scandal
Originally Published on Independent Australia on 15th July 2022. Australia’s peak equestrian body has come under fire for not giving disabled athletes a chance to compete on a world level,…
#WeRide: Para-Equestrian Letting People with Disabilities Fly
Much of the discourse on people with disabilities focuses on accessibility, inclusion and exclusion. However, for those who participate in para-sport this discussion remains largely focused on the sports themselves…
Let Me In exhibition celebrates people with disabilities
Photo: Eden Lydia, Up in the clouds towards blue skies This post was originally published in S.A Life on 29 April 2022. An exhibition devoted to lifting up people with…
People with disabilities marginalised in politics and wider society
This post was originally published on Independent Australia on 31st March 2022 Diversity in Australia’s federal and state parliaments has been a hot topic for debate in recent years. There’s…
Aren’t you proud? What it is like (for me) having low vision
I'm not going to speak for everyone with low vision. Each experience is different.