That's right, it's that time of the year - our #Disability Confidence Awards are now open! 🎉

Find out more about the #awards and how to apply: australiandisabilitynetwork.org.au/news-and-event…

New Year means BIG NEWS! 🚨
We are changing our name to Australian Disability Network!
Our new logo shows the free-flowing movement of a ribbon, like the boundless human spirit. 🎗️
We are excited to continue working together to build a disability confident Australia.

Our very own CEO, Corene Strauss, made a panelist appearance at the #NationalDisabilitySummit in Melbourne today!
Corene was able to speak on the rewards of #DisabilityEmployment , systemic barriers, accessing Employment Assistant Funding and much more.

I was interviewed on SBS News about the Business Council of Australia report showing employers want to hire people with disability but employment rates aren't improving. @ANDisability is working with our 450 members to bring about meaningful change. Amanda Rishworth MP #inclusion

Our CEO Corene Strauss was happy to share the full-page ad celebrating our 2023 disability confidence award winners, which ran in The Australian newspaper, with the wonderful MC of our National Conference Tim Ferguson. The ad also featured our amazing 440 member organisations.

'Everyone enters the museum through the same front door, and proven to everyone heritage barriers can be overcome' Amanda Farrar from Australian Museum
#ANDCONF2023 #Accessibility #Inclusion

'Access and inclusion is everyone's business' Amanda Farrar from Australian Museum
#ANDCONF2023 #Accessibility #Inclusion

Panel Discussion
Service Design for Success: Strategies and Best Practices.

'People don't want to go to places to be tolerated but to be celebrated.' Amanda Farrar Australian Museum #ANDCONF2023

'We are leaders in our communities. We are advocates and activists, and we are building a legacy for people in our communities.' @jaxjackibrown

'Disability is socially created. Disabilty is part of human variation.' @jaxjackibrown

Duncan Sinclair shared a step by step outline of how ANZ created accessible and inclusive products, services and spaces.
#ANDCONF2023 #Accessibility #DisabilityInclusion

'To represent an organisation well it is important to represent the community' Amber O'Shea, AND #ANDCONF2023 #DisabilityInclusion

Sharon Bennett from NSW Department of Communities & Justice 'Executives are important but all staff are important. Educating them and getting them to be an ally.'
#ANDCONF2023 #DisabilityInclusion

Brent Phillips from Deaf Connect '95% of Deaf people are born into families that are not Deaf and they lack communication at the dinner table regularly' #ANDCONF2023 #DisabilityInclusion

Our Amber O'Shea, Deaf Connect's Brent Phillips and the NSW Department of Communities & Justice Sharon Bennett shared their insights about steps that organisations can take to ensure greater representation of people with disability in senior roles.

Samantha Dancey, TTC Global 'How are you shifting and how are you factoring accessibility into your procurement?' #ANDCONF2023 #DisabilityInclusion

TTC Global's Samantha Dancey shared top tips for organisations to make their technology accessible and useable for everyone. #ANDCONF2023 #DisabilityInclusion

Wonderful insights from Vicky Little from Specialisterne, Kate Halpin from Employ for Ability and Ant Raje from Transport NSW on our panel: Neurodiversity in the Workplace: Thinking Outside the Box for Recruitment and Career Development. #ANDCONF2023 #DisabilityInclusion

Top 10 tips for inclusive recruitment, number 1:

Remember our Guiding Principles:
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Ask the Person​
Never make assumptions ​
Everyone's experience is unique

#ANDCONF2023 #DisabilityInclusion

Top 10 tips for inclusive recruitment, number 2:

Ask the right questions​. Behavioral style questions and focus on candidates demonstrating their skills and outcomes.

#ANDCONF2023 #DisabilityInclusion