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Government announces $371m package but disability representatives said it failed to respond to the scale of exploitation

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Almost a year after the Disability Royal Commission delivered its damning report, the government has released its response to a mixed reaction.

Police found 61 videos depicting 'various sexual acts' on phone.

Experts have warned new rules have ‘flavour and smell’ of the unlawful program but NDIS minister says comparison is ‘without basis’

'This model will take away a lot of saying no to people.'

This past June, Charisma Mangahas — a young woman with Guillain-Barre Syndrome — shared on TikTok that she had been denied disability access service at Disneyland in California. She is one of many disabled individuals who say they are being denied access to this service after Disney parks revised their…

"Black disabled people are particularly seen as problematic in the eyes of the state and a threat," expert says

‘It’s hard to describe the pain millions of Americans with disabilities are feeling in response to Donald Trump’s newly-reported comments,’ Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth said

ESA reserve astronaut John McFall's story inspired a study suggesting that the space community's inclusion efforts should be used in other fields, especially medicine.

After the spate of allegations against IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, last week the UPSC said she had misused the disability quota and filed a case against her. But this changed the course of the conversation, with several bureaucrats raising questions on the need for the quota.