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Radio National International Day of People with Disability 2024

Deaf defying: disability leadership as an act of resistance — with Dr Scott Avery

In outback New South Wales, on the dried up, ancient clay shores of Lake Mungo, is a story that has become emblematic for profoundly deaf Worimi man Dr Scott Avery: what can it teach us about disability inclusion, leadership, and excellence?
A headshop of Dr Scott Avery
Duration: 53 minutes 24 seconds

Published: with Natasha Mitchell

Why aren't there more disabled people in leadership roles?

December 3 is the annual International Day for People with Disability and the theme of this year's celebrations is leadership. 
Steele-John gestures with a hand as he speaks in front of several microphones in a courtyard.
Duration: 11 minutes 6 seconds

Published: with Patricia Karvelas

Chiseling away at capitalism: Art, disability, and productivity

In a country of workaholics, obsessed with productivity, artist Amanda Bennetts questions how those living with different bodies and disabilities define themselves.
Duration: 10 minutes

Published: with Rachel Mealey

Are airlines failing in their duty of care to people with disabilities?

Flying can be a stressful time for even expert travellers, but the stakes are considerably higher for people with disability. 
A passenger plane flies low in a sunset sky
Duration: 15 minutes 3 seconds

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'It will save lives': Disaster emergency preparedness workshops offered for Tasmanians with disability in pilot project

When Taraidh became quadriplegic 18 months ago, it turned his family's emergency plans on their head. A new program is helping equip people like him with the tools they need to prepare.
Woman and a man in a wheel chair smile for a photo.
Duration: 24 minutes 59 seconds

Published: with Alex Hyman

How an accident redefined the possibilities of dance

In 1997, Australian dancer Marc Brew's life was changed forever by a devastating car accident that left him paralysed from the chest down. He tells his story in the deeply personal An Accident / A Life.
Dancer in a pose on the floor in front of a car with headlights on.
Duration: 54 minutes 5 seconds

Published: with Michael Cathcart

Time to act on inequality and discrimination: Disability Commissioner

It's International Day of People with a Disability and during the past year there's been lot happening in the sector from the Federal Government's response to the Royal Commission to major changes to the National Disablity Insurance Scheme. 
A middle-aged white woman sitting in a wheelchair
Duration: 3 minutes 25 seconds

Published: by Nas Campanella

Overbearing allies and Centrelink bureaucracy: what it's like having a disability in Australia

For International Day of People with Disability 2024, God Forbid is hosted by special guests Siobhan Marin and Nas Campanella.
Duration: 54 minutes 8 seconds

Published: with Nas Campanella and Siobhan Marin

The simple things you take for granted at work

Stepped entry points, heavy doors, images and documents without screen reader access: these are just a few of the things that make work harder for those with a disability. 
Close up of disability access sign on bathroom door
Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds

Published: with Lisa Leong

Stroke survivors in conversation with NDIS Minister Bill Shorten

There have been a lot of changes to the NDIS this year, with more to come. For many people on the Scheme these changes have been a cause of confusion and anxiety.
Man looks at the NDIS website, seen from behind
Duration: 12 minutes 33 seconds

Published: with Dr Norman Swan and Tegan Taylor

Times are hard for people with disabilities — we need to find solutions in spaces abandoned by the state

If there is any light in the present darkness, it is the fact that disabled people ourselves are coming together to push for changes in society.
Diverse hands encircling a symbol representing disability

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Watching “Wicked” from the disabled seats

Plenty of fans are praising “Wicked” as a film about overcoming difference — as though the mere performance of goodness counted as genuine allyship. As a person with a disability, I couldn’t help but see the film otherwise.

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'It was meant to be me' — the teenage TV star who feels 'lucky to be paraplegic'

Louise Philip had just scored her breakout role on Australian television, in Bellbird, when a horrific car crash threatened to derail the life she was forging for herself.  
Louise Philip
Duration: 52 minutes 54 seconds

Published: with Sarah Kanowski

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