Disability discrimination
Alternative labels
Anapirophobia
Ablism
Ableism
Discrimination against people with disabilities
Report
A fair go? Measuring Australia's progress in reducing disadvantage for people with disabilities, 2001-2016
The aim of this report is to build on this work by examining trends in the extent of disadvantage and inequality experienced by working age adults with disability in Australia between 2001 and 2016.
Report
Access to health services by Australians with disability
This web report uses data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC) to examine access to a range of health services by people with disability aged under 65 who lived in the community.
Technical report
A fair go? Inequality, wellbeing and Australian adults with disabilities 2001–2015
People with disabilities are at risk of being disadvantaged in many areas of their lives. In 2008 Australia ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). In doing so, Australia entered in to an international obligation to progressively realise the rights of people with disabilities and eliminate disability discrimination in all...
Discussion paper
Acknowledging ability: overcoming the barriers to employment for people living with disabilities
This discussion paper highlights the connection between disability and poverty, and explores how to help people with disabilities to thrive.
Discussion paper
Modernisation of the Anti-Discrimination Act: discussion paper
The NT Department of the Attorney-General and Justice has released this discussion paper, as part of the review into the Anti-Discrimination Act.