Diversity is under threat. Regressive societal and political forces are targeting the values of inclusion, equity and accessibility, and in doing so are actively pushing back the hard-won advances of disability rights. What can we do to keep disability rights front and centre of societal progress?
Join us this Diversity Festival as we make the case for disability rights to be kept on the National Agenda. We gather disability advocates, academics and community leaders who will discuss how and why ableism has gained so much momentum, and what can be done to counter it.
Former Disability Discrimination Commissioner and current Professor of Practice Alastair McEwin AM will provide the keynote address, followed by a response from the panel, facilitated by Ebe Ganon.
As part of this event, we will be producing a Statement document that calls for greater support for inclusion, particularly in research, education, and innovation.
Image credit: Transport for All Protest, Melbourne, 2022, Ed Gorwell https://www.instagram.com/edgorwell/rwell/