I'd take a cure for the pain, but I wouldn't take a cure for my appearance. This is who I am and why should I change myself to make other people more comfortable?

Heating (and cooling) is an access need. Truly. Today’s temperature in Melbourne was a top of 11 degrees Celsius, it felt like 7. It was very cold. For some of the day, I worked in a very cold, old bu...

When Frances Ryan began researching her new book Who Wants To Be Normal?, she discovered that there's one part of life that's stuck in the dark ages for disabled women

I’m looking for some work! I’d like to supplement my part time job, so I’m looking for one off gigs like: - speeches, MCing, training at conferences, team building days, awards etc (specialising in to...

Many will have heard that Chioma was hit by a car on Somerville Rd on Sunday 25th of May.… Amelia Begbie needs your support for Support Chioma and her family.

No Spoons to Give · Episode

It’s neurodiversity celebration week! I am Neurodivergent. I have a partial ADHD diagnosis. It’s partial (or provisional) because it costs a lot of money to get an assessment for a full diagnosis, and...

Being poor in this country is getting harder, 62-year-old South Australian says, as two major reports call for the jobseeker rate to be lifted

Content warning: ableism, suicide, death This is from the audiobook of a chapter of my memoir, Say Hello - the chapter is called “Grief (and hope)”. It’s a long piece of audio, but please stick with i...

I’m processing my feelings in the best way I know how - writing it down. I am having a hysterectomy because I have a large growth on my ovary. I have had symptoms which I thought were related to bowel...

I’ve been watching Apple Cider Vinegar - the Netflix series based on Belle Gibson’s life. The series comes off the back of the book investigating Belle Gibson - The Woman who Fooled the World by two A...

Foundational supports are meant to begin rolling out later this year. Sara explores the timeline, the inter-governmental conflict, everything we know about what the supports might look like, and more.

I’ve been feeling wobbly these last few days. Mentally wobbly - my body feels much stronger and more flexible thanks to doing half frog and happy baby poses at yoga on Monday! I have felt worried abou...

Lily Lumintang was reading an ABC story about her family's plea to remain in Australia when her lawyer called to say Home Affairs had granted their family visas, allowing them to avoid deportation and...

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I’m Co-Founding a Feminist Media Collective: Here’s Why Disability Will Be All Over It from the Start   s.e. smith   Fifteen years ago, in October 2009, a mostly feminist group of comrade…

The Australian Conservation Foundation wants your help to spot platypus across south-east Queensland.