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Restless Dance company fighting for its life after funding loss shock

February 25, 2021 • Artist • dance • disability • funding • Restless Dance company training. • Restless Dance Theatre • Talent

For dancer Michael Noble, the Restless Dance company is his life and he can't imagine a future without it.

Expensive, Isolating, Lonely: New Survey Reveals Experiences Of People With Disability During COVID-19

February 25, 2021 • Covid-19 • disability • Survey

We are very concerned to hear about the increasing number of new COVID-19 cases over the last week in Victoria, and other states, and that Stage 3 lockdown has been reimposed to contain the virus.

Disabled racing driver Billy Monger embarks on 140-mile challenge for Comic Relief

February 18, 2021 • accessible sports • amputee • Comic relief • disability • fund raise • paralympic athlets • sport

Billy Monger, a professional car racer and double leg amputee, is going to walk, cycle and kayak 140-miles in four days to raise money for Comic Relief. The 21-year-old from Charlwood, Surrey, had both legs amputated following a car crash in 2017.

The Adventures Of The Boy Who Was Told He’d Never Speak

February 18, 2021 • ableism • anti bullyig • Anti discrimation • disability • disability law • disability stereotypes • education

For Year 7, I started at a little school in the NSW outback with an enrolment of 150 students from K-12. At first, there were no problems, then things started to go wrong, writes William McIntosh.

Content note: Descriptions of bullying, ableism and a mention of suicide.

They’re Denying Us A Basic Human Right, And That Will Never Be Okay

February 18, 2021 • access • cerebral palsy • disability • disability law • education • human rights

Here in NSW, Year 12 and the HSC is one of the most stressful times in a young person’s life. Society tells us that the mark we get at the end of those exams will define our future – deciding the paths we take as adults and which doors will be open to us in the mystical world of careers and money.

Restless Dance company fighting for its life after funding loss shock

Expensive, Isolating, Lonely: New Survey Reveals Experiences Of People With Disability During COVID-19

Disabled racing driver Billy Monger embarks on 140-mile challenge for Comic Relief

The Adventures Of The Boy Who Was Told He’d Never Speak

They’re Denying Us A Basic Human Right, And That Will Never Be Okay

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