Disabled people deserve an accessible future, and there are lots of things we can do to make sure this happens.
Here are some things you can support, read, watch, listen to, learn from and/or think about to be part of making our future accessible.
This is just a starter list – there’s so much more out there, and we encourage you to keep looking out for ways you can be more inclusive to disabled folks and how you can help make everything more accessible!
Support
- Have your say by sharing your experience with the Disability Royal Commission:
- Contribute to disability justice advocacy campaigns:
- Find support for yourself, or for someone else (if they ask for support!):
- Disability Gateway: https://www.disabilitygateway.gov.au/
- Disability Advocacy and Resource Unit: https://www.daru.org.au/
- Housing Hub: https://www.housinghub.org.au/
- Support disability-led organisations by attending their events, sharing their resources, donating, volunteering and more:
- People with Disabilities Australia: https://pwd.org.au/
- First Peoples Disability Network Australia: https://fpdn.org.au/
- VALiD: https://valid.org.au/
- National Ethnic Disability Alliance: https://www.neda.org.au/
- Women With Disabilities Australia: https://wwda.org.au/
- Women With Disability Victoria: https://www.wdv.org.au/
- Arts Access: https://www.artsaccess.com.au/
- Youth Disability Advocacy Service: https://www.yacvic.org.au/ydas/
- Children and Young People with Disability Australia: https://www.cyda.org.au/
- Amaze: https://www.amaze.org.au/
- Open That Door: https://linktr.ee/Openthatdoor
Read
- Disability Visibility: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/disability-visibility-9781984899422
- Growing Up Disabled in Australia: https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/growing-disabled-australia
- Demystifying Disability: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646508/demystifying-disability-by-emily-ladau/
- Different, not less: https://www.chloehayden.com.au/shop/p/different-not-less-book
- Romance novels with disability representation: https://www.yacvic.org.au/ydas/blog/disability-romance-novels/
Watch
- Crip Camp: https://cripcamp.com/
- ‘I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much’ – Stella Young: https://www.ted.com/talks/stella_young_i_m_not_your_inspiration_thank_you_very_much?language=en
- Advocacy at the Intersections: https://www.queerspace.org.au/advocacy-intersections/
Listen
- The Accessible Stall Podcast: https://www.theaccessiblestall.com/
- Disability Visibility Podcast: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/podcast-2/
- Disability Done Different Podcast: https://teamdsc.com.au/podcasts
Learn
- Get training for yourself, your organisation or group to improve your accessibility and disability inclusion:
- First Peoples Disability Network Australia: https://fpdn.org.au/training/
- Together Training: https://www.yacvic.org.au/ydas/resources-and-training/together-2/
- People with Disabilities Australia: https://pwd.org.au/services/training/
- Arts Access Victoria: https://www.artsaccess.com.au/creating-change/training/
- Follow and engage with disability educators and creators:
- Carly Findlay: https://carlyfindlay.com.au/
- Chloe Hayden: https://www.chloehayden.com.au/
- Sonny Jane Wise: https://livedexperienceeducator.com/
- Akii Ngo: https://twitter.com/akii_ngo
- Hadley Johnson: https://www.instagram.com/openthatdoor__/?hl=en
- Ruby Allegra: https://www.instagram.com/rvbyallegra/?hl=en