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This Week

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NDIS New Framework Planning: Share Your Initial Thoughts with PWDA Survey
Get help - People with Disability Australia
Join PWDA’s Small Business Mentoring Program for Women with Disability - People with Disability Australia
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Submissions and reports - People with Disability Australia
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Join PWDA in the 2026 Pride Events in Sydney and Melbourne
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New Framework Planning Pool

PWDA Website

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Events - People with Disability Australia
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Home - People with Disability Australia
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Membership - People with Disability Australia
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Newsletters - People with Disability Australia
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We Are PWDA - LGBTQIA+ People with Disability

PWDA MEDIA RELEASES

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Appointment of PWDA Board Executive Officers - People with Disability Australia
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Disability representative organisations call for transparency on ‘Computer-Generated NDIS Plans’ - People with Disability Australia
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PWDA Statement: NDIS Needs Assessment Tool I-CAN Version-6 - People with Disability Australia
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PWDA joins 106 organisations and experts in a call for inquiry into Human Rights Act for NSW - People with Disability Australia
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Daniel Flynn announced as Interim President of PWDA - People with Disability Australia
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MEDIA RELEASE: PWDA Welcomes the Announcement on the New Support Needs Assessment Tool and the Commitment to Adapting the Tool Through Co-design to Ensure it is Fit for Purpose - People with Disability Australia
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Queensland risks condemning generations of students to segregated schooling - People with Disability Australia
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Disability representative organisations call for accountability after NDIA conduct targeting person with disability - People with Disability Australia
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Joint Statement on New NDIS Funding Periods
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PWDA want to seek the truth behind FOI revelations and NDIA actions - People with Disability Australia
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Media release: NSW Budget is missing key opportunities
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PWDA calls for clarity and inclusion following delays to foundational supports rollout - People with Disability Australia

PWDA Blogs

Nothing about us, without us - People with Disability Australia
Nothing about us, without us - People with Disability Australia
16 Days of Activism 2025: Gender-based Violence in the Digital Age - People with Disability Australia
16 Days of Activism 2025: Gender-based Violence in the Digital Age - People with Disability Australia
PWDA IDPwD 2025: Highlights From the A Voice of Our Own National Online Conference - People with Disability Australia
PWDA IDPwD 2025: Highlights From the A Voice of Our Own National Online Conference - People with Disability Australia
“When we’re united, we raise the standard of what this country believes is fair, possible, and just” - People with Disability Australia
“When we’re united, we raise the standard of what this country believes is fair, possible, and just” - People with Disability Australia
Why We Need to Let All Kids Learn Together - People with Disability Australia
Why We Need to Let All Kids Learn Together - People with Disability Australia
Consent is a human right: An article in collaboration with People With Disability Australia
Consent is a human right: An article in collaboration with People With Disability Australia
International Women’s Day 2025: What does it mean to women and girls with disability? - People with Disability Australia
International Women’s Day 2025: What does it mean to women and girls with disability? - People with Disability Australia
PWDA and community organisations condemn government failure to act on DSP Senate Inquiry Report
Exclusive: NDIS crackdown wrongly withdraws support
Exclusive: NDIS crackdown wrongly withdraws support
Media Statement from Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations regarding Government Response to Disability Royal Commission today Wednesday 31 July - People with Disability Australia
Media Statement from Australia’s Disability Representative Organisations regarding Government Response to Disability Royal Commission today Wednesday 31 July - People with Disability Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics releases new disability statistics - People with Disability Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics releases new disability statistics - People with Disability Australia
CEO statement - eligibility reassessments
PWDA Welcomes National Action Plan for LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing, Calls for Strong Implementation - People with Disability Australia
PWDA Welcomes National Action Plan for LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing, Calls for Strong Implementation - People with Disability Australia
Free PWDA Webinar: Australian Digital Health Technologies Overview
What You Need to Know About the Recent NDIS Changes - People with Disability Australia
What You Need to Know About the Recent NDIS Changes - People with Disability Australia
Childhood sexual abuse - People with Disability Australia
Childhood sexual abuse - People with Disability Australia
PWDA “Devastated” at the Passage of the NDIS Amendment Bill - People with Disability Australia
PWDA “Devastated” at the Passage of the NDIS Amendment Bill - People with Disability Australia

Submissions and reports

United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention - People with Disability Australia
United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention - People with Disability Australia
Disability and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Backgrounds (2025) | Disability Gateway
Disability and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Backgrounds (2025) | Disability Gateway
Submissions and reports - People with Disability Australia
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Tomoya Obokata*
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Tomoya Obokata*
All You Need To Know About Changes to NDIS Pricing and Claiming from 1 July 2025 - People with Disability Australia
All You Need To Know About Changes to NDIS Pricing and Claiming from 1 July 2025 - People with Disability Australia
Support for a nationally consistent approach to assistance animals - People with Disability Australia
Support for a nationally consistent approach to assistance animals - People with Disability Australia

News and Articles

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New Government… Now What for the NDIS? | Reasonable & Necessary LIVE
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How Louis Braille’s musical notation system remains relevant 200 years after its invention - ABC News
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I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off? | Ezra Sholl | The Guardian
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How Disability-Affirming Language Builds Connection, Confidence and Customers - People with Disability Australia
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Disability advocates recognised among fi... | Disability Support Guide
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Disability Discrimination Commissioner urges Qld Govt to scrap plans to build more segregated schools
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The NDIS is changing in WA. What can people expect?
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Left behind – the deadly gaps in emergency preparedness for…
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CripChat Australia#208: Emergency Planning for People with Disabilities in Natural Disasters
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Advocates urge Labor to act quickly on reform
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Perth mother's plea to stop bullying of son with Tourette syndrome
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CripChat Australia #212: Political Discourse and People with Disabilities

Conference of the States Parties (COSP18) Blog Series

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COSP18 – Megan Spindler-Smith Intervention
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PWDA highlights from Day 3 at COSP18
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PWDA highlights from COSP18 official opening day: Tuesday 10 June
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Ending restrictive practices against First Nations people with disability: Finding a culturally sensitive way forward - People with Disability Australia
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PWDA bringing all the highlights from day one at COSP18 in New York - People with Disability Australia
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PWDA at the 18th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD - People with Disability Australia

Previously shared links

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Work with us - People with Disability Australia
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Snap Survey Responses – Supports and the NDIS – Advocacy for Inclusion
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LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Foundation | 28 May #SeenAndBelieved
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National Reconciliation Week 2025: Bridging Now to Next
How to access photo identification in Australian States and Territories - People with Disability Australia
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People with Disability Invisible in Election Debates and Housing Promises
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PWDA 2025 Federal Election Hub
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Events - People with Disability Australia
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$10 MILLION TO STRENGTHEN MEDICARE FOR THE LGBTIQA+ COMMUNITY — Mark Butler MP
National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025–2035
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Membership - People with Disability Australia
Submission on Registration for Supported Independent Living and Support Coordination
Submission on Registration for Supported Independent Living and Support Coordination
PWDA Responds to Registration of NDIS Participants Who Self Direct Their Supports - People with Disability Australia
PWDA Responds to Registration of NDIS Participants Who Self Direct Their Supports - People with Disability Australia
Choosing between a world without conversation or without music
Choosing between a world without conversation or without music
Accessibility of the Trainlink Coach Network in NSW - People with Disability Australia
Accessibility of the Trainlink Coach Network in NSW - People with Disability Australia
After the storm: how Northern Rivers communities are leading disaster resilience
After the storm: how Northern Rivers communities are leading disaster resilience
'Collateral Damage' Report Into Australia's COVID-19 Pandemic Response
'Collateral Damage' Report Into Australia's COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) | A-Z medicine listing
Submission on the nine Strategic Regional Integrated Transport Plans - People with Disability Australia
Submission on the nine Strategic Regional Integrated Transport Plans - People with Disability Australia
Get help - People with Disability Australia
Get help - People with Disability Australia
ChatGPT shown to overlook job applicants with disability | Disability Support Guide
ChatGPT shown to overlook job applicants with disability | Disability Support Guide
Inaccessible housing article - ABC News
Inaccessible housing article - ABC News
Why PWDA member Caitlin is ‘Proud and Free to be Me’ - People with Disability Australia
Why PWDA member Caitlin is ‘Proud and Free to be Me’ - People with Disability Australia
Register your interest - Australian Bureau of Statistics
PWDA’s response to the NSW Homelessness Strategy - People with Disability Australia
PWDA’s response to the NSW Homelessness Strategy - People with Disability Australia
PWDA’s NSW Pre-Budget Submission - People with Disability Australia
PWDA’s NSW Pre-Budget Submission - People with Disability Australia
Building Access Workshop and Networking
Building Access Workshop and Networking
President Trinity Ford on Doin Time with 3CR Radio
PWDA’s 2025 Federal Pre-Budget Submission for People with Disability - People with Disability Australia
PWDA’s 2025 Federal Pre-Budget Submission for People with Disability - People with Disability Australia
Left behind – the deadly gaps in emergency preparedness for…
Left behind – the deadly gaps in emergency preparedness for…
States and Territories Abandon People with Disability as NDIS Reforms Tighten Access - People with Disability Australia
States and Territories Abandon People with Disability as NDIS Reforms Tighten Access - People with Disability Australia
Supporting Students with Disability - People with Disability Australia
Supporting Students with Disability - People with Disability Australia
Disability advocates call for policy ambition to be matched with action - People with Disability Australia
Disability advocates call for policy ambition to be matched with action - People with Disability Australia
Independent review of NDIS funded music and art supports | NDIS

News articles

Is the Disability Support Pension fit for purpose? Advocates say it needs a transformation
Is the Disability Support Pension fit for purpose? Advocates say it needs a transformation
Bra maker giving disabled people independence - ABC listen
Bra maker giving disabled people independence - ABC listen
Tuesday Breakfast - 27 August 2024 - Tuesday Breakfast
Tuesday Breakfast - 27 August 2024 - Tuesday Breakfast
Australia Updates Migration Rules for Kids with Disabilities
Australia Updates Migration Rules for Kids with Disabilities
Major NDIS changes are weeks away. Felicity's worried about what it means for her kids
Major NDIS changes are weeks away. Felicity's worried about what it means for her kids
How perpetrators of domestic violence weaponise disability
How perpetrators of domestic violence weaponise disability
NDIS participants still in dark about changes - ABC listen
NDIS participants still in dark about changes - ABC listen

External links

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Federal Register of Legislation - Migration Amendment (Public Interest Criteria 4005 and 4007) Regulations 2024
Our watch resources
Our watch resources
Independent review of NDIS funded music and art supports | NDIS
Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s Second Inquiry
Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s Second Inquiry
Events - People with Disability Australia
Speaking from Experience: Asking workers with a disability what needs to change to address workplace sexual harassment? | Humanitix
Speaking from Experience: Asking workers with a disability what needs to change to address workplace sexual harassment? | Humanitix
Letter to the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Slavery - People with Disability Australia
Letter to the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Slavery - People with Disability Australia
Article on d/Deaf women experience of violence
Article on d/Deaf women experience of violence
AI article on the Conversation
AI article on the Conversation
NDIS and Sexual Supports and Services Survey
NDIS and Sexual Supports and Services Survey
Joint Statement: Ten Organisations Call for People with Disability’s Access to NDIS Funded Sexuality Services to be Protected - People with Disability Australia
Joint Statement: Ten Organisations Call for People with Disability’s Access to NDIS Funded Sexuality Services to be Protected - People with Disability Australia
Joint Statement: Disability organisations are calling for urgent funding lifeline to address rising demand for advocacy - People with Disability Australia
Joint Statement: Disability organisations are calling for urgent funding lifeline to address rising demand for advocacy - People with Disability Australia
More information on Australian Digital Health Agency Consultation
More information on Australian Digital Health Agency Consultation
Participant First: Help improve the NDIS
Draft National Autism Strategy Submission - People with Disability Australia
Draft National Autism Strategy Submission - People with Disability Australia
PWDA responds to the Federal Budget: Some immediate relief but little for our future - People with Disability Australia
PWDA responds to the Federal Budget: Some immediate relief but little for our future - People with Disability Australia
Membership - People with Disability Australia
Membership - People with Disability Australia
National Redress Scheme project - People with Disability Australia
National Redress Scheme project - People with Disability Australia
Hidden disabilities sunflower lanyards
Hidden disabilities sunflower lanyards
NDIS reforms Bill
Media Release: PWDA responds to the NDIS Reform Bill
Media Release: PWDA responds to the NDIS Reform Bill
ABC article on living with disability and being queer
ABC article on living with disability and being queer
Disability Support Pension increases
NDIS taskforce to crack down on overcharging
NDIS taskforce to crack down on overcharging
Watch Leading Change Webinar - IWD 2024
Watch Leading Change Webinar - IWD 2024
Advancing Women project - People with Disability Australia
Advancing Women project - People with Disability Australia
Media Release: People with Disability Must be Equal Partners in Reform - People with Disability Australia
Media Release: People with Disability Must be Equal Partners in Reform - People with Disability Australia
Media Release: Westpac Committed to Advancing Women with Disability in the Workplace
Media Release: Westpac Committed to Advancing Women with Disability in the Workplace
Our Future is NOW! - People with Disability Australia
Our Future is NOW! - People with Disability Australia
Sign the petition: The NSW Government must adopt the Livable Housing Design Standard
New report: PWDA’s Response to the Disability Royal Commission Final Report
New report: PWDA’s Response to the Disability Royal Commission Final Report
Media Release: PWDA Call for Choice and Control Over Our Bodies, Identities and Sexualities During Mardi Gras - People with Disability Australia
Media Release: PWDA Call for Choice and Control Over Our Bodies, Identities and Sexualities During Mardi Gras - People with Disability Australia
Leading Change – A Webinar for Women with Disability on Leadership | Humanitix
Leading Change – A Webinar for Women with Disability on Leadership | Humanitix
National Disability Data Asset Planned Panels – expressions of interest
Blog - NDIS Review recommends changes to the participant experience
Blog - NDIS Review recommends changes to the participant experience
We're hiring: Director People and Culture
We're hiring: Director People and Culture
Talk Up project - People with Disability Australia
Talk Up project - People with Disability Australia
Blog - Proposed changes to regulation and oversight of the NDIS workforce - People with Disability Australia
Blog - Proposed changes to regulation and oversight of the NDIS workforce - People with Disability Australia
Response to the Medicare Telehealth Draft Report
Response to the Medicare Telehealth Draft Report
Budget Measures to Progress the Disability Agenda in NSW
Budget Measures to Progress the Disability Agenda in NSW
Joint submission: Recommendations to the Review of Australia’s visa Significant Cost Threshold
Joint submission: Recommendations to the Review of Australia’s visa Significant Cost Threshold
PWDA unpacks the NDIS Review report
PWDA unpacks the NDIS Review report
Night of Nights – The inaugural Gympie All Abilities Ball
Night of Nights – The inaugural Gympie All Abilities Ball
PWDA Responds to the NDIS Review: More Supports for People with Disability Welcome
PWDA Responds to the NDIS Review: More Supports for People with Disability Welcome
Needs Assessment & Gap Analysis Findings: Advancing Women with Disability in the Workplace
Needs Assessment & Gap Analysis Findings: Advancing Women with Disability in the Workplace
Disability Royal Commission Final Report including Easy Read disability.royalcommission.gov.au
Disability Royal Commission Final Report including Easy Read disability.royalcommission.gov.au
Supporting students with disability | Disability Advocacy Futures Education Program
Supporting students with disability | Disability Advocacy Futures Education Program
COVID-19 Position Statement
COVID-19 Position Statement
PWDA Calls for a Radical Response to End Segregation and Discrimination
PWDA Calls for a Radical Response to End Segregation and Discrimination

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