How National Adaptation Plan will help Australians with disability impacted by climate change. Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, says the plans will help Australians live with the consequences of climate change. Read more: powerd.media/news/how-nat...

Weekly wrap of news from Powerd for the week ending Friday 29nd August 2025, featuring Thriving Kids, responses from the community, a feature on Ali France & disability within Australian universities. Read more: https://loom.ly/DIMxyx4 ID: A person in bed reading a newspaper

Weekly wrap of news from Powerd for the week ending Friday 11th July 2025 Featuring NDIS removing a participant, tube feeding risks, the accessibility of medical preventative tests. https://loom.ly/JAFNNqw ID: A person in a red shirt holds a newspaper and takeaway drink cup next to a yellow car

Queensland risks condemning generations of students to segregated schooling. "I don't know if there was any community consultation prior to this announcement" Read more: https://loom.ly/lU5W480 ID: An internal courtyard of an institutional looking building

Maybe quit voting for their fucking bills then? Maybe quit confirming their nominees? Maybe shut down the Senate with the many procedural tools available to you? Maybe do something other than send sternly worded letters?

Removal of autistic children from NDIS creates uncertain futures for thousands. Many children living with Autism and their families are facing uncertain futures as the NDIS continues to disconnect them from the scheme. Read more: powerd.media/news/removal... #NDIS #Autism #AusPol

Calls for Women with disability to be at the heart of reform WWDA is calling on the re-elected Albanese Government to deliver meaningful reform... read more: powerd.media/news/calls-f... #NDIS #FoundationalSupports #DRC #NDISReview

New Minister shares why the NDIS is now moving closer to Health. Connecting health, disability, and aged care... read more: powerd.media/news/new-min... #NDIS #AusPol #Disability #HealthCare

Media Diversity Australia Prize - Finalists! CBAA/Powerd Media journalist Emma Myers is among the finalists for the The Walkley Foundation for Journalism Media Diversity Australia Prize. Read more: powerd.media/news/media-d...

Powerd's weekly news wrap - featuring a lot about foundational supports! News Wrap: Friday 23rd May 2025: powerd.media/news/news-wr... #NDIS #NewsWrap #FoundationalSupports #AusPol #Disability

great piece from @gnomes-chainey.bsky.social about being disabled at work

The best parts of being autistic: voices from the autistic community. Being autistic can be such a joy, especially when we feel safe, when our needs are accommodated, and our differences are celebrated. powerd.media/article/the-...

What's in a name? The government's making a distinction between the NDIS and 'disability' more generally: powerd.media/news/whats-i... (Republished with the kind permission of Ability News.)

Disability advocate Hannah Diviney has long pushed for more accessible public spaces. Now, Melbourne Design Week exhibition Beyond Barriers offers proof that inclusive design benefits everyone.

Weekly wrap of news from Powerd for the week ending Friday 16th May 2025, featuring news on NDIS and Ministerial appointments: powerd.media/news/news-wr... #NDIS #AusPol #Disability

"Even though tenancy rights aren't great, lots of people with disability don't even have those.…If you are a person with disability who lives in specialist disability accommodation, you often don't even have basic tenancy rights." @bluntshovels.bsky.social powerd.media/news/social-...

All the national disability organisations today launched an Economic Justice Blueprint “Cost of living is hitting people with disability particularly hard, and yet it has not featured in the campaign, so we have come up with our own solutions” dana.org.au/economic-jus...

Weekly wrap of news from Powerd for the week ending Thursday 24th April 2025. Featuring: risks of NDIS cuts, the inclusive education roadmap, and disability organisations speaking out on the cost of living crisis. powerd.media/news/news-wr... #AusPol #NDIS #Education #Disability

More than Bricks and Mortar: Finding a solution to the housing crisis will require some actual policy. powerd.media/news/more-th... #AusPol #Accessibillity #Affordability #Housing

as a patriot I'm voting using invisible ink, that way the aec wont know to erase it

MORE THAN SEMANTICS... Person-first or identity-first? Doesn't much matter. Both options are unapologetic, unafraid, and unrepentant about #ClaimingDisability. Let that guide you. Because life is too short to carry around someone else’s shame. #DISABLED. #SayTheWord

News Wrap: Friday 11th April 2025: - Liberal WFH policy binned - Bullying of disabled students increasing - Voting for people with intellectual disability - WFH: Q&A with El Gibbs powerd.media/news/news-wr... #AusPol #WFH #Education #Employment #Disability #Election

Powerd opinion writers have shared how work from home is a critical disability accommodation for them... Remote work is not a luxury: powerd.media/article/remo... 1/3 #AusPol #Disability #Election

Triumph for employees working from home as Liberals bin policy #AusPol #Disability #WFH The Liberal party has change its mind about working from home. powerd.media/news/triumph...

Budget surplus is just the Government taking more money from you than they're actually spending on you. Chief Political Analyst Amy Remeikis unpacked why we don't always want a surplus in the Budget at last night's Politics in the Pub! @amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol

Calls for clarity amid massive funding allocation for foundational supports: $364.5 million was announced in the budget - what other details do we have? powerd.media/news/calls-f... #Budget #AusPol #Budget2025 #NDIS #FoundationalSupports

Advocate predictions as Federal Budget nears powerd.media/news/advocat... #AusPol #Disability

With #CycloneAlfred approaching, it's time to reshare this news piece: Left behind – the deadly gaps in emergency preparedness for Australians with disability powerd.media/news/left-be...

Left behind – the deadly gaps in emergency preparedness for Australians with disability Despite making up 18% of the population, people with disability account for nearly half of fire-related fatalities. powerd.media/news/left-be...

Changing eligibility assessments for NDIS participants: the NDIS is now allowing 90 days to provide additional information. Read the full news story: powerd.media/news/changin... #NDIS

Stop privately discussing it and fucking do it. www.axios.com/2025/02/04/s...

When no one comes to save us, we'll do it ourselves I’m proud of disabled people, how we rally around one another in times of need. Simultaneously, I wish we didn’t have to. We know that no one is coming to save us, so we do our best to save each other. powerd.media/article/when...

The disabled community is so diverse—so why do we rarely see that represented? Despite the increase in some representation, it’s clear we have a problem when it comes to representing the diversity within the disabled community. powerd.media/article/the-...

Weekly wrap of news from Powerd for the week ending Friday 31st January 2025: powerd.media/news/news-wr... #AusPol #News #DisabilityNews

Great to see renewed focus on improving community attitudes in the Updated ADS powerd.media/news/updated...

Ableist language has no place in parliament (or anywhere). "As a disabled person in 2024, there’s very little ableist behaviour that can shock or surprise me, especially when it comes from those in power." https://powerd.media/article/ableist-language-has-no-place-in-parliament-or-anywhere

It’s time to ditch the tokenism in disability inclusion. Some thoughts post #IDPWD by Zoe Simmons: powerd.media/article/its-...

Need a new podcast? Try out Spaces. Hosted by Sam Drummond, spaces asks: What makes a great space? How does it influence the way we live, who we interact with, where we see ourselves in our communities? Listen below or search for it in your favorite podcast app. powerd.media/audios/serie...

Today is the International Day of People with Disability #IDPWD and we’re shining a spotlight on some of the amazing community media organisations that are working with people with disability to create a more inclusive media landscape. powerd.media/videos/serie...

Access Granted is a new podcast series by Powerd and CBAA's Canberra-based journalist Emma Myers - putting you in charge of the conversation. The next episode will come out on Monday featuring Curtis McGrath OAM. In the meantime, you can catch up on previous episodes: powerd.media/audios/serie...

Dinesh Palipana OAM is an Australian doctor, lawyer, scientist and disability advocate. Here Dinesh provides insight into his career, how his accident changed his outlook on life, and if anyone has refused to be treated by him. Formats: audio and written (transcript). powerd.media/audio/defyin...

Delighted to be joining Bluesky and leaving the other place. Powerd is a media platform created by and for people with a disability. We're here to amplify the voices and stories of the disability community. You can read more about us: powerd.media/about-powerd

“Disabled people must be at the table during the development of AI technologies, shaping decisions that directly impact their lives. AI tools should also be accessible and affordable, potentially supported by Australian government initiatives”. powerd.media/article/ai-a...

Loved this episode of “Spaces” with Sam Drummond and Jax Brown reminiscing about Hares and Hyenas in Fitzroy, Melbourne. powerd.media/audio/spaces...

“This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism”

Jo and Phil's story and trip to Japan: A Seeing Eye Dog handler shares some of her life and travel experiences. Listen to this episode of Seeing Eye Dogs Show by Vision Australia. loom.ly/mo-6DGo Formats: audio and written (transcript). #disability

Episode 2 of Access Granted now live on Powerd media! In this episode, Shane Hryhorec explains why physical access to locations is so important. #disability powerd.media/audio/wheeli...

Disabled people are often canaries in coal mine - anything that will harm or impact others tends to hit us harder & faster (climate issues, healthcare cuts, medication & supply chain issues) Depending on others for survival is precarious Include us in any resistance efforts. Don’t leave us behind.

For the disability community, remote work is not a luxury. It is, in some cases, a necessity. loom.ly/-3Z9l9E