Disability discrimination
Alternative labels
Anapirophobia
Ablism
Ableism
Discrimination against people with disabilities
Report
Building belonging: review of Queensland’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
In 1991, the introduction of the Anti-Discrimination Act was an important plank in the Goss Government’s agenda to modernise Queensland laws, and offered the promise of equal and effective protection against discrimination to a range of historically disadvantaged groups. This report makes 46 recommendations directed at modernising and strengthening Queensland’s discrimination protections.
Submission
Ask what we want
This submission calls for a new approach to supporting people with disability into fairly paid work and urges the Australian government not to press ahead with a rushed and inadequate review of Disability Employment Services in isolation, without adequately seeking support from with people with disability and their advocates.
Position paper
Free and equal: a reform agenda for federal discrimination laws
This position paper sets out the Australian Human Rights Commission’s proposals for reforming federal discrimination law in Australia.
Guide
PWDA language guide: a guide to language about disability
This guide has been written by people with disability to assist the general public and media outlets in talking about and reporting on disability. The guide covers topics such as social model of disability, human rights model of disability, identity-first vs person-first language, ableism and the impact of ableist language, and reporting on disability.
Report
Involved from the beginning
This is the final report from Women with Disabilities ACT’s 2021 'COVID-19 Outreach Project.' Findings demonstrate that women with disabilities in the ACT have experienced an exacerbation of pre-existing disadvantage.