disability

At 43 years old, Melanie Hawkes had her first sexual encounter with a male escort. It gave her the confidence to pursue love.

Hannah Diviney has addressed the National Press Club to call for better disability representation and for the next Minister for the NDIS to undergo empathy training.

People with disabilities are twice as likely to experience discrimination and harassment at work, according to new research.

Sex work funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) could be ruled out by proposed legislation from the Albanese government.

We need more than just the medical model if we are to find practical solutions to the challenges faced by people with disabilities.

When creating a supportive environment for people with disabilities to thrive, advocate Lisa Cox says the answer is in “representation”.

The medical model still views disability as a “problem” that needs to be fixed. It is still “wrong”. It still requires intervention.

Although dyslexia is often perceived as a disability, it actually bestows incredible superpowers, as I discovered later in life, writes Charlotte Blair.

UK’s Labour Party has drafted a Race Equality Act that would extend full equal pay rights to ethnic minority workers and people with disabilities.

Women are under-represented as NDIS participants and over-represented as carers. But the NDIS review did not address it.

Slater and Gordon lawyer Cassandra Grey says workers with disability are particularly vulnerable to wage theft.