It was an opportunity to speak to our issues when Deafness Forum chair David Brady met with Dr Fiona Martin, a Liberal Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament for Reid (Sydney) at the 2019 federal election. Before her election, Dr Martin was a...
International Day of Sign Languages is celebrated on 23 September with an objective of raising awareness of sign languages throughout the world. Among the Day's objectives: Promote deaf people as unique in having both perspectives of disability and linguistic minority...
ABC Television has created a webpage where it will file all its news stories on this Royal Commission – https://www.abc.net.au/news/story-streams/disability-royal-commission/
Some people with disability, their families and carers are unhappy about the time taken to consider their applications for access to the NDIS, to approve their plan, and support them through a review process if they disagree with decisions made about their plans. Some...
In this new report - People with Disability In Australia - the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare has information on life domains such as education, health, social support and employment. Download the short report, People With Disability In Australia - In...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been investigating the safety of button batteries and whether regulation is required under the Australian Consumer Law to address their hazards. Button batteries are used in hearing devices. ACCC have now...