With heavy hearts, we mourn Sir Robert Martin, a disability rights champion and pioneer of the self-advocacy movement.

As one of the first self-advocates on our Council and the first CRPD Committee member with an intellectual disability, he raised voices for inclusion globally.

[Content warning: violence, abuse and neglect of children with disability]

Segregation is harm, inclusive education is a human right.

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#HumanRights #EndSegregation #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights

Very sad to hear of the passing of the wonderful Sir Robert Martin, the first intellectually disabled member of the UN Human Rights Committee on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, who fought for inclusion and to end segregation. Vale Sir Robert, you were the best of us.

A privilege to appear alongside exceptional colleagues to speak up for the right of NSW students with disability to inclusive education.

Over the past month, we have seen so much support for the Accessible Beaches campaign urging the Federal government to increase funding to make more of our beaches accessible to all Australians. We need your help to get us 5,000 signatures.Sign and share: buff.ly/3W3zIAF

All Means All SSTUWA Tony Buti Thank you for highlighting this. Terrible abuse of power. Exploiting disabled children for union gains, worsening the stigma our community already faces daily.

We have been meeting with Ministers throughout the year to advocate for better systems and our advocates support hundreds of people every year with issues related to housing and accommodation.

Find out how we can help you: buff.ly/3xBbl3c

60 minutes shared a disturbing story of abuse inflicted upon a woman with disability in a Melbourne residential facility. (TW for abuse): buff.ly/3VYyfvh

Lifetime bans are not enough. We need to end segregation. We need to separate provision of housing and supports.

Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years… 😂🙌🙌🙌
#blueysurprise

Do you know about the social model of disability?

The social model sees an environment that does not accommodate for a person with disability's needs as disabling, not the disability itself.

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Choice and control: will NDIS reforms mean people with disability don’t get to decide who they live with? theconversation.com/choice-and-con… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

All Means All AEU Indeed.
Disabled and neurodivergent children, and their families, already face stigma, bullying abuse every day we go to school. These union messages make it even more unsafe for us.

Dear AEU please let your members know that using media to target vulnerable disabled and neurodivergent kids as contributing to violence in school is not ok, whatever your goal. It's harmful, ableist and alienating to families.

A new article from our team: Conceptualising the everyday harm experienced by people with cognitive disability: A scoping review of microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse
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Happy Auslan Day! #AuslanDay

Have you heard of Belonging Matters belongingmatters.org? They've written helpful guides for families and supporters of people with intellectual disability about:

- How To Support Everyday Decision Making belongingmatters.org/product-page/s…

- Circles of Support belongingmatters.org/product-page/c…

Fantastic, well done to all involved! The disability community will continue to fight for the human right to inclusive education as recognised by the #CRPD and to #EndSegregation as long as it takes

Fantastic, well done to all involved! The disability community will continue to fight for the human right to inclusive education as recognised by the #CRPD and to #EndSegregation as long as it takes