David WakehamAug 2, 2024

I understand how Bill Shorten and Amanda Rishworth could have mistaken my intent that I wrote this based on the disgusting result of the Disability Royal Commission.

#auspol #disability #poverty #DisabilityRoyalCommission #equality #inclusion #SocialJustice #accessibility #ToxicPositivity #InspirationPorn #neurodiversity #gaslighting
#InclusiveEducation
#UniversalDesignofLearning

https://medium.com/@dwtutoringeducation/slaying-goliath-why-toxic-positivity-and-disability-porn-need-a-reality-check-9b3a998d35d4

Beyond David vs Goliath: Disability Advocacy | Medium

Explore the complexities of disability experiences, oversimplification pitfalls, and collective action's power in challenging institutional biases.

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Pat Hudson CartoonsJul 31, 2024

Better look into it

Today’s cartoon

#auspol #DisabilityRoyalCommission

Dale ReardonJul 31, 2024
Labor announces disappointing $371m package in response to disability royal commission – video https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2024/jul/31/labor-announces-371m-package-in-response-to-disability-royal-commission-video #Disabilityroyalcommission #Australianpolitics #AnthonyAlbanese #Australianews #BillShorten #Disability via Guardian
Labor announces $371m package in response to disability royal commission – video

The Australian government has accepted or accepted in principle 130 of the 172 recommendations that the commonwealth has sole or joint responsibility for

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Dale ReardonJul 31, 2024
Labor focuses on job opportunities in response to disability royal commission that revealed violence and neglect https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/31/labor-focuses-on-job-opportunities-in-response-to-disability-royal-commission-that-revealed-violence-and-neglect #Disabilityroyalcommission #Australianpolitics #AnthonyAlbanese #Australianews #Disability via Guardian News
Labor’s disability royal commission response ‘deeply disappointing’, advocates say

Government announces $371m package but disability representatives said it failed to respond to the scale of exploitation

The Guardian
SimoneJan 23, 2023

#Gratitude Day 23

#Today I’m grateful for the #DisabilityRoyalCommission.

Last year I worked on two group submissions which collated experiences of hundreds of people living with #mecfs. The Royal Commission responded to the submissions, showing that they’d clearly read them & acknowledged the key issues raised.

It’s so rare for a government process to provide such thoughtful & considered responses to submissions. I can’t tell you how validating it is.

What are you grateful for today?