DLI members in the news – March 2024

Yenn Purkis – TEDx Canberra, Autigender and allyship

Shane Hryhorec – Disability advocate Shane Hryhorec says he was ‘patronised’ and ‘humiliated’ on Virgin Australia flight

Frances Kupke Smith – Organisers accused of falsely promoting Bill Shorten’s attendance at NDIS conference

Dan Stubbs, Colleen Furlanetto – Disability Commissioner visits Shepparton

Debbie Heron, Disability Leadership Institute – Forging a new trajectory: leader Debbie Heron joins Life Without Barriers as co-CEO intern

Shane Hryhorec – Council wins inclusivity award but shuts accessible toilet

Muthu Didi – Outrage over insensitivity in ‘Ihusaas’: a hopeful step towards acceptance and inclusivity?

Shane Hryhorec – Uphill challenge as beach users with disabilities call on governments for equal access to Australia’s coast

Shane Hryhorec – Uphill challenge as beach users with disabilities call on governments for equal access to Australia’s coast

Akii Ngo, Ruth Bonser, Haidi Badawi – Leading Change: Disabled Women, Gender Diverse Reflect on IWD 2024

Shane Hryhorec – One in five Aussies miss out on beach fun due to accessibility issues

Emma Bennison – “Stressful and humiliating”: Blind disability charity executive abandoned at airport

Kat Reed – ACT Budget – disability groups call for whole of Government disability response and boost to struggling disability advocacy services

Simon Darcy – Is the travel industry ageist

Haidi Badawi – Empowering Disabled Women on International Women’s Day

Belle Owen – The one major reform needed to improve Access Taxis

Carly Findlay, Christina Ryan, DLI – It Is Still Legal To Pay Disabled People Below Minimum Wage

Lisa Cox – Ignite Change through Connection: A night of inspiration and action

Shane Hryhorec – Aussie beaches missing one ‘simple’ thing causing thousands to miss out

Yenn Purkis – In Our Words, exploring the intersections of identity

Disability Leadership Institute – How culture, confidence and capital bar the way to more women-led businesses