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Disability Rights
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14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Disability and Employment: Submissions - round 1
This page lists submissions made to the Australian Human Rights Commission's National Inquiry on equal employment opportunity and participation for people with disabilities prior to the release of the Inquiry's Interim Report, and provides links to those submissions which have been provided electronically and on which no restriction on publication has been requested by the authors. Wordprocessor format files have been zipped (compressed) to provide smaller file sizes for downloading, but files are otherwise in the formats provided by their authors. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Making rights relevant
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. Whilst planning this speech, I was thinking that it was a long time since the first time that I addressed an NDS (then Acrod) conference. I was asked to give the Kenneth Jenkins memorial oration at the Acrod conference in the early 80s, as the first President of DPI Australia. The speech then was just the type that you would expect from the head of an advocacy organisation finding its feet, to the conference of the service provision organisation. It was brash, assertive and demanding. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
The Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport: where are we?
I'd like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Ngunnawal people, in whose language Canberra means meeting place as you probably know. -
28 November 2014Book page
Resources
Activity and Resource Sheets Rights Ed Activity Sheet: Picture Difference Pictures A Picture 1A Source : http://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/good-bad-and-ugly-design-and… Picture 2A Source: http://www.sydneytrains.info/stations/station_details.htm Picture 3A Source: Photograph taken by Wotjek Gurak on Flikr Rights Ed Activity Sheet: Picture Difference Pictures B Picture ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2007-2008: Chapter 2 - Human Rights Education and Promotion
A central function of HREOC is to undertake education programs that increase public awareness and generate discussion of human rights and anti-discrimination issues within Australia. HREOC’s legislative responsibilities are: -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
The DDA and employment of people with a disability
The standard sort of speech that is often delivered by people in my sort of position at this sort of event is a combination of pep talk and pamphlet, with some bits of a law lecture thrown in: telling people with a disability and their advocates that they have rights under discrimination law, and telling employers that they have responsibilities, and attempting to set out the terms and the effect of the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act (or "DDA"). -
Children's Rights
3 February 2020Publication
Children’s Rights Report 2019
The Children’s Rights Report 2019 — In Their Own Right tells the story of how well children’s rights are protected and promoted across Australia. -
28 November 2014Book page
Lessons
Lesson 1 What makes a community liveable for diverse groups of people? Australian Curriculum links ACHGK043 The factors that influence the decisions people make about where to live and their perceptions of the liveability of places investigating students’ interpretations of the concept of liveability and choices about where to live, including considerations of a broad range of disabilities ... -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Speech - iPhone or Trombone: Age or Disability Don't Have to be Barriers (2012)
Alan used to work as a civil engineer, and is a trombone player with two orchestras and two bands. He has competed in the Australian Band Championships for the last three years. He sold his soils laboratory to 'retire', and has never looked back. He still works part-time in soil testing, but as well as trombone playing he is a volunteer in a Rotary shop, walks 30-40 kilometers weekly, won a silver medal in the 10 km Road Race in the Australian Masters Games 2012, and completed a novel for pre-teens called 'Alex', designed to raise awareness about healthy lifestyles. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
Working paper for e-commerce reference: web accessibility
Because the digital economy by definition requires a dynamic Internet environment, the very functionality required by the disability community can satisfy this dynamic requirement for web-based transactions. Accessible web design enables dynamic web sites- whether or not it is for business transactions, voting or long-distance learning. In addition, many benefits are emerging in the application of accessible web design. Accessible web design enables CD and videotapes to be archived through captioning. Accessible web design also enables electronic textbooks to be accessible. -
Disability Rights
13 January 2016Project
Assistance animals and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)
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 provided can come from a range of sources, including by trained and skilled assistance animals. The issues relating to the use and regulation of assistance animals by people ... -
28 November 2014Book page
Lessons
Teachers can access a series of lesson plans that were created by the Commission to help students build an understanding of human rights issues -
Education25 February 2015Webpage
Statistics and factsheets on disability rights
Discover statistics on disability rights in Australia. Get the facts and figures you need to better understand human rights and inclusivity. -
14 December 2012Book page
Towards Accessible Telecommunications for People with Disabilities
2.1 Introduction 2.2 Telephone Network Evolution 2.2.1 Mainstream Technology Developments 2.2.2 Customer Access Alternatives 2.2.3 Implications for People with Disabilities 2.3 Wireless Communications 2.3.1 Mainstream Developments in Mobile Telecommunications 2.3.2 Implications for People with Disabilities 2.4 Development of the Internet 2.4.1 Mainstream Internet Development 2.4.2 World Wide Web 2.4.3 Media Streaming 2.4.4 Customer Access to the Internet 2.4.5 Implications for People with Disabilities 2.5 Next Generation Networks and Convergence 2.6 Telstra and Optus Initiatives 2.6.1 Telstra -
Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechPast Achievements and Future Strategies in Educating the Public about Human Rights
Let me preface my remarks today with the assertion that, generally speaking, Australia has a strong and proud record on human rights. The Australian Government is formally committed to supporting the universal observance of human rights both at home and abroad saying that this policy helps to achieve a more stable and just international order, which benefits the security and prosperity of everyone. In this statement, the Government links peace to the observance of human rights, a topic to which I shall return. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageAmicus - Hervey Bay:
If the court concerned is satisfied that there has been unlawful discrimination by any respondent, the court may make such orders (including a declaration of right) as it thinks fit, including any of the following orders or any order to a similar effect: -
Disability Rights
30 October 2020Submission
Submission in response to the National Disability Strategy: Position Paper (2020)
1. Introduction The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to provide the Department of Social Services (DSS) with this submission in response to the National Disability Strategy: Position Paper [i] (the Position Paper) regarding the development of a new National Disability Strategy (the New Strategy). The Commission is Australia’s national human rights ... -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
Captioned movies inquiry (2001)
The introduction of cinema captioning in Australia has received recognition from the Australian Caption Centre and the WA Disability Services Commission in two separate awards. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
3rd National Conference on Human Rights and Mental Health
I would like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal People , the traditional owners of the land on which we stand, and pay my respects to their elders past and present.