Disability discrimination
Alternative labels
Anapirophobia
Ablism
Ableism
Discrimination against people with disabilities
Discussion paper
What we have heard: moving towards development of a National Autism Strategy
The National Autism Strategy will be a whole-of-life plan for autistic Australians of all ages, and not just those eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The purpose of this paper is to seek feedback from autistic Australians and other stakeholders to inform the strategy.
Guide
Resistance and backlash to gender and disability inclusive practice
This resource describes the ‘spectrum’ of forms of resistance and helps identify how it can take place in the workplace when implementing preventing initiatives. This tool will help to better identify and challenge barriers of ableism and gender inequality in workplaces to prevent violence against women with disabilities.
Guide
Taking action guide: prevention of violence against women with disabilities
Women with disabilities experience the same kinds of violence experienced by other women but they also experience ‘disability-based violence.’ This guide provides information to increase awareness, skills, knowledge, and confidence to implement prevention of violence against women strategies in their workplace.
Strategy
National disability advocacy framework 2023–2025
The National Disability Advocacy Framework aims to make it easier to access advocacy services for people with disability. It is a high‑level and principles based framework which commits the Australian, state and territory governments to collectively work towards improved national consistency and access to advocacy services for people with disability.
Report
Hey! Hear me out
This project aimed to understand what helps, and what makes it hard for First Nations NDIS participants who are deaf or hard of hearing, to use their NDIS plans in a way that meet their needs and aspirations.