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  1. DLI Members in the news – December 2024

    Caroline Bowditch – 2024 Sidney Myer Creative Fellows Announced

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA Welcomes National Action Plan For LGBTIQA+ Health And Wellbeing, Calls For Strong Implementation

    Shane Hryhorec – Video Podcast: The fight for disability rights on flights

    Shane Hryhorec – ‘Sky is the limit’: the untapped potential of accessible tourism in Australia

    Katie Kelly – Parker’s Paralympic Gold Leads Aussie Triathlon’s Night of Nights

    Katie Kelly – Historic Champions Jacobs and Kelly Join Triathlon’s Greatest

    Matt Warren – Awards Celebrate Victorian Work On Disability Inclusion

    Shane Hryhorec – ‘Enough is enough’, say aviation disability advocates

    Kat Reed – Our Lives,Our Voices – shaping the future through voice, power, identity and self-direction.

    Shane Hryhorec – Govt Must Ensure Disabled Airline Access, Not Airlines

    Shane Hryhorec – ‘Enough is enough’: Disability advocates call for air travel to be more accessible

    Kat Reed – DISABILITY FOUNDATIONAL WORK NEEDS COMMUNITY FUNDING

    Alastair McEwin, Megan Spindler Smith – Voice Of Our Own Online National Conference

    Megan Spindler Smith – Outback beekeeper looks to hire NDIS clients

    Emma Bennison – Meet the recipient of the Lesley Hall Lifetime Achievement Award

    Morwenna Collett – Musically able: music from composers and performers with disability connected to Sydney

    Simon Darcy – Are airlines failing in their duty of care to people with disabilities?

    Christina Ryan – Why aren’t there more disabled people in leadership roles?

    Disability Leadership Institute – Breaking barriers: Elevating disability leadership for a more inclusive future

    Kat Reed – COMMUNITY TAKES DISABILITY DAY LEAD

    Carly Findlay – “Resilience and strength”: IDPwD highlights value disabilities

    Emma Bennison, Disability Leadership Institute – SBS midday news bulletin

    Disability Leadership Institute – ABC features stories by, for, and about Australians living with disability

    Disability Leadership Institute – Enhancing disability representation in leadership

    Emma Olivier – Why we need more people with disability in leadership

    Gemma Smart – International Day of Persons with Disabilities: community and action

    Carly Findlay – Sensitivity readers: why do we need them?

    Sarah Langton – What does the future hold for the NDIS – and its participants?

    Disability Leadership Institute – Deaf defying: disability leadership as an act of resistance — with Dr Scott Avery
    The Disability Leadership Oration

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA Urges Gov’t to End ADEs After Rapporteur Call

    Shane Hryhorec – Traumatic reason Aussie passenger ‘will never cruise’ with MSC again

  2. DLI Members in the news – November 2024

    Samantha Jenkinson – Newman History 6753 (podcast)

    Megan Spindler Smith – Would you benefit from the nine cost-of-living report recommendations?

    Fiona Yeang – Standing meeting lacks insight

    Gemma Smart – SUPRA officers elected to CAPA

    Dan Stubbs, Christina Ryan – SDAC24 Interviews (videos)

    Carly Findlay – Hear from a lived experience

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA Responds To NDIA STA And Respite Changes

    Yenn Purkis, Disability Leadership Institute – Ways to celebrate I-Day in Canberra

    Disability Leadership Institute – Australians with disability tell their stories for International Day of People with Disability 2024

    Megan Spindler Smith – ‘Paying the price’ Final Report a missed opportunity to alleviate cost of living crisis for people with disability

    Lisa Cox – Unstereotype Alliance Australia to present Disability in Advertising panel at Bus Stop Film’s Driving Change Disability Employment Summit

    Lisa Cox – Unstereotype Alliance Australia to unveil Unilever, Mars Wrigley-backed research at disability employment summit

    Christina Ryan – Here are the Australians of the Year for the ACT for 2025

    Christina Ryan – Office for Women turns 50

    Christina Ryan – ACT nominees for 2025 Australian of the Year awards named

    Christina Ryan – Rugby legend in the running for ACT Australian of the Year

    Shane Hryhorec – Escooters blocking footpaths at centre of disability discrimination case

    Caroline Bowditch – The art of landing in your skin, TEDxCastlemaine

    Christina Ryan – Revealed: who’s in line to be the ACT’s Australian of the Year for 2025

    Christina Ryan – 2025 ACT Australian of the Year Nominee

    Carly Findlay – New Powerd podcast Access Granted explores the intersection between disability and change politics

    Christina Ryan – Revealed: who’s in line to be the ACT’s Australian of the Year for 2025

    Carly Findlay – On Why Using Facial Disfigurement As A Halloween Costume Causes ‘Hurt & Harm’

    Megan Spindler Smith – Death of 26yo woman who lived with ‘significant’ disabilities prompts call for safeguards

    Claudia Forsberg – Costumes and trick or treating draw bulk of Halloween retail spending

    Matt Warren, Megan Spindler Smith, Vicki Winfield, Shevonne Joyce, Disability Leadership Institute – Executive internship program nominated for Victorian Disability Award!

  3. DLI members in the news – October 2024

    Shane Hryhorec – Top cop nominated for Australian of the Year after family tragedy

    Jodie Haigh – They want to feel supported: why so many women feel buying a home is crucial

    Laura Pettenuzzo – Ableist language has no place in parliament (or anywhere)

    Claudia Forsberg – Authorities warn against feeding kangaroos after bin-diving wildlife rescues

    Megan Spindler Smith – Voting access for Queenslanders with a disability ‘not sufficient’, advocates say

    Kat Reed – Disability IS an election issue: Gender, anti-violence and families

    Kat Reed – Disability IS an election issue: Housing

    Carly Findlay – Vote Your Fave Aussie Into The National Portrait Gallery

    Christina Ryan – SDAC 2024 keynote

    Dwayne Fernandes – Australian Space Diversity Alliance announces inaugural National Committee

    Kelly Schulz – New Consumer Group To Shape Future Of Eye Research

    Claudia Forsberg – Aussies saving money by cycling

    Claudia Forsberg – Australian families switching to cycling as car-running costs rise

    Megan Spindler Smith – From tarot cards to gaming therapy: The treatments no longer covered by the NDIS

    Megan Spindler Smith – Flawed Process Undermines Transitional Support Lists

    Alastair McEwin – Australian Disability Enterprises can pay workers a fraction of the minimum wage. What place do they have in today’s society?

    Shane Hryhorec – Urgent call for strata regulation reform in South Australia: Homeowners face massive repairs and legal battles amid rising apartment issues

    Ebe Ganon – Are universities doing enough to support neurodivergent students?

  4. DLI members in the news – September 2024

    Megan Spindler Smith – Disability advocates voice concerns about new NDIS provider regulations

    Morwenna Collett – Australian Women in Music Conference, First Nations Women’s Music Program + Awards Ceremony & Concert

    Carly Findlay – Writing Your Own Piece with Carly Findlay and Andy Jackson

    Rosie Putland – I don’t know how i feel (podcast)

    Kate Fiedler – Community Inclusion

    Shane Hryhorec – Disability Advocate Takes City of Yarra to VCAT Over Footpath Accessibility

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA: Co-Design, Choice Key to Registration Success

    Alastair McEwin – NDIS ‘navigator’ plan could save up to $5b

    Daniel Stubbs – Weeding out the bad apples

    Katie Kelly – I’ve really enjoyed the leadership and advocacy coming out of the Australian team

    Gemma Smart – BlakOut Issue 2 launch reportback

    Shane Hryhorec – ‘I nearly vomited’: Warning after ABC star’s horror accident

    Shane Hryhorec – ABC presenter’s horrific bathroom incident prompts warning to travellers

    Katie Kelly – Katie Kelly on Classification

    Katie Kelly – Paralympics Day 9 Wrap

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA responds to NDIS Minister Bill Shorten’s retirement from politics

    Megan Spindler Smith – Outgoing Shorten promises ‘green shoots’ for NDIS

    Belle Owen – Vision Australia podcast (transport standards)

    Katie Kelly – Paralympics Day 8 Wrap

    Katie Kelly – I’ve never known anyone who trains as hard and as consistently as Lauren

    Katie Kelly – Paralympic Wrap Day 7

    Katie Kelly – It’s vital to take that time to process the emotion

    Simon Darcy – Paris Adds New Chapter to Paralympic History

    Lisa Cox – Unstereotype Alliance Australia advocates for progressive disability representation in media

    Lisa Cox – Unstereotype Alliance calls for disability representation in advertising beyond the Paralympics

    Katie Kelly – There is almost a process of grief

    Katie Kelly – Paralympic Wrap Day 5

    Katie Kelly – She can become one of Australia’s most acclaimed Triathletes

    Megan Spindler Smith – 3CR breakfast program

    Katie Kelly – Paralympic Day 4 Wrap Up

    Katie Kelly – They’ll be getting so edgy wanting to get out and race

    Emma Bennison – After ‘generations’ of discrimination, people with disability hope the Aviation White Paper will lead to change

    Katie Kelly – Paralympics Wrap Day 3

    Katie Kelly – The team would be absolutely devastated

    Katie Kelly – Steelers looking for redemption in Paris

    Katie Kelly – Day 2 Wrap of Paralympics

    Bailey Wemyss – Rental advocates warn heat-related deaths will increase if Queensland regulations aren’t tightened

    Katie Kelly – Day 1 Wrap of Paralympics with Ned Hall

    Katie Kelly – The Conversation Hour What does an Athlete look like anyway?

  5. DLI members in the news – August 2024

    Jane Britt – For a deafblind woman like me, the NDIS changes are a blow. I fear for my future.

    Cat Walker – ‘Last-minute homework vibes’: Inside Shorten’s NDIS reforms

    Megan Spindler Smith – An NDIS reform bill has passed through parliament, but disability advocates want it scrapped

    Mark Pietsch – SBS News

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA Devastated by NDIS Amendment Bill Passage

    Carol Taylor – Quadriplegic fashion designer axed from company she thought she ‘co-owned’

    Katie Kelly – The path to the Paralympics

    Disability Leadership Institute – Why employers need more data about disability in their workplace

    Debbie Heron – Appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal and Administrative Appeals Tribunal

    Caroline Bowditch – Roadmap to Success – Learning Module 1, Finding Your Mentor

    Katie Kelly – Aspiring Olympians get help to access top level coaching

    Sarah Langston – The Deep Dive, Helping out Neurodivergent Parents through The ANPA.

    Katie Kelly – New England athletes on path to Olympics

    Lisa Stafford – Griffith awarded more than third of Future Fellowships

    Christina Ryan – The disability royal commission demanded extensive change. Are the government responses big enough?

    Megan Spindler Smith – PWDA Responds to Gov’s Disability Royal Commission Reply

    Lisa Cox – ABC, Netflix, Screen NSW and Unilever partner with Bus Stop Films for the Inaugural Driving Change Summit in November

    Shane Hryhorec – Travel blogger Shane Hryhorec helps wheelchair users to explore the world, but not without ‘challenges’

    Christina Ryan – Government reveals response to disability RC

    Akii Ngo – ‘My existence is a resistance’: Akii Ngo on non-tokenistic representation and intersectionality

    Yasmine Gray – Breaking barriers: Yasmine’s journey to revolutionise accessible tourism

  6. DLI members in the news – July 2024

    Katie Kelly – Is this the year you enter the Casino Fun Run?

    Shane Hryhorec – Meet the leaders in this year’s 40 Under 40

    Akii Ngo – Wheelchair user calls for accessibility standards after Jetstar apology for ‘unfortunate accident’

    Akii Ngo – Jetstar apologises to wheelchair user who fell at Adelaide Airport while being pushed by a staff member

    Shane Hryhorec – Aussie traveller’s 2.5 hour airport ‘trauma’ leaves him ‘worried’ about flying again

    Shane Hryhorec – Changing the game for people with disabilities

    Colleen Furlanetto – AV Community Advocates Visit Kyneton And Bendigo

    Tricia Malowney – Equity in cervical screening webinar

    Lisa Cox – How a chance meeting with Birdsnest’s Jane Cay in a shopping centre car park sparked this founder’s mission to make advertising more inclusive

    Carly Findlay – Carly Findlay reveals she is battling cancer after hysterectomy: ‘Taking it one day at a time’

    Yenn Purkis – Step Up Step down mental health facility birthday

    Caroline Bowditch – Queering the Collection through pride and prejudice

    Megan Spindler Smith – Reflections on my first week as Deputy CEO

    Vaughn Bennison – Disability Voices Tasmania losing all employees as funding ends

    Akii Ngo – New Advisory Council members to strengthen independent advice on Australia’s Disability Strategy