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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8 October 2020 People with disability and our representative organisations are campaigning for legislation to protect the confidentiality of people telling their stories to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect…
The First Peoples Disability Network has told the Disability Royal Commission that COVID-19 exacerbated already existing issues of food insecurity, poverty and lack of access to services. By Keira Jenkins…
Source ABC News By disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella View on the ABC website here After a serious car accident 10 years ago, Dinesh Palipana was told he would have to…
FPDN CEO Damian Griffis yarns with 3KND Kool N Deadly specialist Journalist Natasha Ferre about the amazing work that FPDN are doing with mob and about The Disability Royal Commission…
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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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Indigenous Leaders Call for Input to Renew Indigenous Suicide Prevention Strategy
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Disability Royal Commission Hearing: Experiences of people with disability during the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. #FPDN #Indigenous #disability #community #bethechange #coronacare #disabilityrc #grassrootstruths https://t.co/dL8auXTQsQ
We have developed some questions to help people prepare for a private session and to help people make a submission. Find our more on our website #DisabilityRC https://t.co/0Tjq6NVEVi
Are you a lawyer, interested on working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disabled people? Come and work with @FPDNAus @PWDAustralia and ACDL on our new project.
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Great to be back out west delivering care packs @FPDNAus and thanks to everyone at the Cultural Centre at Brewarrina for the fish traps tour. Spirtual place. Oldest man made structure on earth @allylwong
