News — disability
Why we need more people with disability appearing in the media and the ABC's IDPwD initiatives to be more inclusive
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They are the words that shatter the lives of hundreds of Australians every year.
Those words take away your dreams, steal your independence and strip you of a livelihood you had come to know so well.
Blind apprentice chef Sarah Elliot a trailblazer for disability sector
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Nowra woman Sarah Elliot is laying claim to being New South Wales' first blind female apprentice chef after completing a TAFE cookery course.
Don't underestimate the blind marketer. Karan's not letting his eyes stop his career vision
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Karan Nagrani says in some ways "coming out" as having a disability was harder than coming out as gay. This is his story of life with retinitis pigmentosa.
Kate Disher-Quill lost her hearing as a child. Now she's telling stories of the Deaf community in a book, Earshot
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When you are three and the world of sound starts disappearing, your life's narrative is rewritten and the script is not always controlled by you.
The 'autism advantage' at work and how it's giving firms a competitive edge
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Gordon Douglas spent most of his 20s on welfare, struggling to find an employer who would look past his "differences" and give him a break.