This position is only available for those who identify as a person with disability as allowed under ‘special measures’ of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010, no other applicants will be considered. The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, a Disabled People’s Organisation and a National Cross-Disability Peak, represents people with disability and their families, and is […]
Source: AFDO
Following the AFDO Board meeting held last week, we are pleased to announce that AFDO Vice President, Trevor Carroll has been re-appointed to the role of International Coordinator for AFDO, for a further 12-months. This role is a 12-month appointment and we have been extremely fortunate to have Trevor in this role since 2018, and […]
Source: AFDO
The complicated story of CapTel was under the spotlight at a hearing in the Commonwealth Parliament. An estimated 4 thousand people with hearing and speech difficulties throughout Australia will lose their CapTel phone service next year. A Senates Estimate hearing on 21 October 2019 asked questions of the senior officers at the Department of Communications […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
CapTel was in the spotlight at a hearing in the Commonwealth Parliament. An estimated 4 thousand people with hearing difficulties throughout Australia will lose their CapTel phone service next year. A Senates Estimate hearing on 21 October 2019 asked questions of the senior officers at the Department of Communications involved in negotiations with the CapTel […]
Source: Deafness Forum of Australia
Disability Support Pension (DSP) applicants and recipients face multiple obstacles to claiming their benefits and feel the process is ‘unfair’ and ‘stressful’. A study by Monash University looked at 248 applicants and receivers of the DSP discovered that 86 per cent of DSP receivers and 96 per cent of applicants found the application process complex. […]
Source: DANA
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has published the findings of its 2018 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers. In 2018 there were 4.4 million Australians with disability, 17.7% of the population, down from 18.3% in 2015 Prevalence of disability increased with age – one in nine (11.6%) people aged 0-64 years and one in […]
Source: DANA
