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News — no ‘dis’ in disability.

I used to hide my symptoms and disability from others. Now I want to be 100 per cent 'seen'

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Today, to put it bluntly, I lost the plot. Chucked a huge wobbly. I screamed, swore, cursed just about everyone in the world, was mean to my husband (the one part I'm genuinely ashamed of). I threw things. 

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As COVID-19 spreads around Tasmania, those living with disability say they're worried

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Elena Macdonald says she hasn't lived "much of a life" since many of the COVID restrictions Tasmanians were used to living with fell away and the idea of casual contacts was ditched.

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Why unconscious bias is not corporate jargon, but a reality for people with disability

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Why unconscious bias is not corporate jargon, but a reality for people with disability

Earlier this year, on a Tuesday in February, I left work as per usual and took the back exit to walk to the bus stop.

I pressed play on one of my favourite podcasts, and sat down for the ride home.

A few minutes later I was physically assaulted by a person I had never seen before who had been sitting in a row behind me. I hadn't even seen them as I boarded.

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How a wheelchair helped 18-year-old Mac embrace his true self

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How a wheelchair helped 18-year-old Mac embrace his true self

Growing up, Mac struggled with his identity.

He didn't want to be perceived as the "gay kid" or the "trans kid" and was frightened of what would happen to him if the wrong person saw anything out of the ordinary.

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The problem with 'cripping up' and why casting disabled actors matters

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The problem with 'cripping up' and why casting disabled actors matters

In June 2021, Jim Sheridan, director of the 1990 Academy Award-winning film My Left Foot, said he didn't think he could have made the film today without casting a disabled actor in the lead.

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