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24 August 2009People with Disability Australia Incorporated (PWD) is a national peak disability rights and advocacy organisation. Its primary membership is made up of people with disability and organisations primarily constituted by people with disability.

PWD also has a large associate membership of other individuals and organisations committed to the disability rights movement. PWD was founded in 1981, the International Year of Disabled Persons, to provide people with disability with a voice of our own. The organisation has a cross-disability focus - representing the interests of people with all kinds of disability. PWD is a non-profit, non-government organisation.

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