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Disability Rights
10 May 2013Project
Access to justice in the criminal justice system for people with disability
Synopsis The Report focuses on people with disabilities who need communication supports or who have complex and multiple support needs and who have come in contact with the criminal justice system. Negative assumptions and attitudes, coupled with a lack of support services and minimal provision of adjustments, often means that people with disabilities are viewed as not credible, not capable… -
Disability Rights
9 April 2013Project
Twenty Years: Twenty Stories
Twenty Years: Twenty Stories celebrating 20 years of the Disability Discrimination Act Twenty years ago, life for millions of Australians got easier. The then Deputy Prime Minister in the Keating government, Brian Howe, introduced an Act that would, for the first time at a national level, make it unlawful for people with disability to be discriminated against. The genesis of change was the … -
Disability Rights
8 April 2013Publication
Know your rights: Disability discrimination
Learn about your rights regarding disability discrimination. -
Disability Rights
26 February 2013Webpage
Guides
Guides and advice by the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ The Commission may issue guidance and advice to assist persons and organisations with responsibilities under the legislation to avoid discrimination and meet their responsibilities. Unlike Disability Standards, this guidance or advice is not legally binding regulation. Guides Disability Action Plan Guide (2021) Guidelines on the… -
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Disability Rights
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry on employment and disability: Summary of Roundtable Meetings
National Inquiry on employment and disability: Summary of Roundtable Meetings Sydney , 31 March 2005 Melbourne , 7 April 2005 See also separate notes from employer forum, Brisbane 22 April and Sydney employer forum, 7 July 2005; see also NEEOPA forum, 10 October Purpose of meetings Barriers to employment of people with disabilities Issues for further exploration Suggested priorities and… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Employment and Disability: Employer consultation - Brisbane , Friday 22 April 2005
Participants made a number of specific suggestions about potential solutions and strategies to further the employment opportunities for people with a disability: -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes
Work continues on the development of comprehensive recommendations for the implementation of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). Over the past three months we have been considering all the issues, some of them quite complex, relating to an orderly transition to WCAG 2.0, and receiving a range of views from government, industry, and the web development community (including web… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Publication
Disability Rights: Not for Service - Report: Index
Not for Service - Experiences of injustice and despair in mental health care in Australia Not for Service Home | MHCA Home | Commission Home Not for Service Report Table of Contents Foreword: Dr Sev Ozdowski Foreword: Keith Wilson Foreword: Ian Hickie Executive Summary Recommendations Stories of Injustice and Despair Part One: Methodology Part Two: Key Summaries Part Three: Results of…
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