Tag: Disability and Accessibility

Disabled voices leading the national conversation

Respected disability rights lawyer and advocate, Natalie Wade writes about her experience as Orator for the inaugural Disability Leadership Oration.

Response to Establishing a Disability Employment Centre of Excellence

DCA provided a submission to the Department of Social Services on establishing a Disability Employment Centre of Excellence.

DCA Response to Department of Social Services Issues Paper

DCA provided a submission to the Department of Social Services to support a strong and diverse community sector, including funding for organisations that support specific disadvantaged and marginalised communities.

Inclusive Employer Case Study: Future Group

Discover how Future Group, DCA 2023-2024 Inclusive Employer, began their D&I journey and how staff-led groups, private groups and mentors have contributed to key inclusion initiatives.

Building a culture of accessibility at (and with) Microsoft

Discover Microsoft’s Culture of Accessibility. It’s a technology-led initiative, driven by Microsoft 365, that you can learn from and implement today.

Willing and able: a new narrative for disability

Annabelle Williams OAM and Gwynnyth Llewellyn speak about disability and unemployment in this episode of DCA podcast The Art Of Inclusion.

My secret at work: I stutter

Stuttering is as unique as our DNA, so have a conversation with the person about stuttering and see what accommodations they would like related to their speech.

At a loss

Lisa Gallate, author of Hitting My Reset, shares how multiple losses informed her book and Christopher Hall, a psychologist and the CEO of The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement shares his expertise.

Thinking outside the box

In this episode, autism advocate Yenn Purkis shares their experience of being an employee with autism and leading autism researcher Darren Hedley of LaTrobe University shares their expertise.  

Neurodiversity: different not lesser than

DCA CEO Lisa Annese, spoke with Chris Varney, founder and CEO of the I CAN Network to better understand neurodiversity.