Our organisation is governed by First Peoples with lived experience of disability. FPDN won the Improving Advocacy and Rights Promotion Award at the 2014 National Disability Awards.
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The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is failing First People with disability living in remote communities, advocates have told the Disability Royal Commission in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) today. “Whilst the…
MEDIA RELEASE 16 June 2022 Source: Disabled Peoples Organisations Australia The Australian Civil Society Delegation is currently in New York attending the 15th Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on…
First people with disability today told the Disability Royal Commission that it is time for action to make disability rights real. “It’s been more than a decade since Australia signed…
The Disability Royal Commission has released a draft report calling the vaccine rollout for peoples living with disability as “seriously deficient”. The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation…
45%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with disability or long-term health condition
7.7%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with severe or profound disability
2.1x
More likely to be living with disability than other Australians
19%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability participate in the workforce
5x
More likely to experience mental illness than other Australians
First People with disability participate in cultural activities at the same rate as First People without disability
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We are proud to announce Jeff McMullen as a Patron of FPDN.
Through his work, Jeff has campaigned for improvement in health, education, and access to human rights for Indigenous Peoples.
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Wonderful to meet with Minister @LindaBurneyMP and the Attorney General to hand over the signatures of 200 THOUSAND PEOPLE calling to #RaiseTheAge to at least 14 years old!
Hey @DRC_AU , we know that 'circumstances beyond your control' meant no live Auslan Interpreting for 2 days, but there's also now no live captioning! What gives?? #DisabilityRC
This is the final day of the #DisabilityRC public hearing 25 , where we are hearing from the NDIA. Transcripts of day 1-3 are now on the DRC website
Public hearing 25: The operation of the NDIS for First Nations people with disability in remote and very remote communities
The Royal Commission’s twenty-fifth public hearing will be held from 11 to 15 July 2022 (Public hearing 25) at the Alice Springs Convention
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‘We need to change the indigenous champion in the NDIS from a white person to an indigenous person’ says @FPDNAus on @ABCthedrum - in possibly the most obvious statement ever!!!! #DisabilityRC
Wouldn't it be excellent if these Champions also were disabled people? What were we saying earlier about racism and ableism?
