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Disability Rights

Accessible Housing Project

One of Commissioner Gauntlett’s term goals is to increase access to accessible housing for people with disability.
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Disability Rights

Assistance animals and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)

What the Disability Discrimination Act says about Assistance animals It’s widely recognised that some people with disability require support services and assistive technology to facilitate their active participation in public life and for personal activities. The types of support that can be...
An elderly man wearing a plaid shirt rides a red mobility scooter on a sunlit sidewalk, with a tall green hedge in the background.
Disability Rights

Mobility Scooters in Registered Clubs

The use of mobility scooters has become more prevalent in public spaces. Mobility scooters have also become cheaper and are seen as a viable aid to mobility. At the same time, scooters are tending to have a larger footprint, be heavier and may also be constructed with a dual purpose, eg travelling...
A man in a wheelchair sits behind a desk with a microphone, speaking to another man in glasses whose back is to the camera. The scene appears to be in a formal or courtroom setting.
Disability Rights

Access to justice in the criminal justice system for people with disability

Synopsis The Report focuses on people with disabilities who need communication supports or who have complex and multiple support needs and who have come in contact with the criminal justice system. Negative assumptions and attitudes, coupled with a lack of support services and minimal provision of...
A black and yellow banner features a wheelchair symbol forming the number 20, with the words Years Stories and a bottom caption: celebrating 20 years of the Disability Discrimination Act.
Disability Rights

Twenty Years: Twenty Stories

Twenty Years: Twenty Stories celebrating 20 years of the Disability Discrimination Act Twenty years ago, life for millions of Australians got easier. The then Deputy Prime Minister in the Keating government, Brian Howe, introduced an Act that would, for the first time at a national level, make it...
A purple sign with rounded corners features the words Missed Business? in large, light green text. The letter B in Business is stylized with a dollar sign. Orange background visible around the sign.
Disability Rights

How to attract more customers by providing better access to your business

Missed Business - How to attract more customers by providing better access to your business Last updated: 29 November 2004 Missed Business is a guide developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission and Marrickville Council. It aimed to provide small businesses with information on how they can...
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Disability Rights

Accommodation issues under the DDA and Disability Convention

Accommodation issues Last updated 17 August 2012 Section 25 of the DDA makes it unlawful to discriminate in provision of accommodation on the grounds of disability of a person or his or her associates: by refusing an application for accommodation; or in the terms or conditions on which the...
Disability Rights

Access to tertiary education materials: Papers from 2002 HREOC forum

Access to tertiary education materials: Papers from participants in HREOC forum Some of these papers have been converted by HREOC to HTML for ease of access. Others which our software does not appear to convert fully accurately remain in the formats submitted by participants. Please advise us by...
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Disability Rights

Living wills

Living wills Discussion Paper A Discussion Paper on "living wills", or advance directives, and their potential in the mental health area. Responses to discussion paper Mark Lacey (Grampians Psychiatric Services) NSW Association for Mental Health Office of the Public Advocate South Australia Office...
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Disability Rights

The Sterilisation of Girls and Young Women in Australia: 1997 report

The Sterilisation of Girls and Young Women in Australia A report by Susan M Brady and Dr Sonia Grover: December 1997 Commissioned by Federal Disability Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Hastings See now 2001 update report Summary Links to full report Other documents and developments Summary The...