The @dana_advocacy Prize for the best ePoster has been awarded to Minnie Vo and her team at VMIAC. Check out the submission at the Virtual Disability Conference on 25 September. 🎫Register now Virtual Disability Conference 2024: New Frontiers (arinex.one)

What’s the future for people with disability subjected to institutionalised lives and expectations?  Join us for a panel discussion with high-profile panellists Rosemary Kayess @stephaniegotlib Tim Chan & Sue Swenson vdc.arinex.one

A strong foundation: how well-designed foundational supports could save the NDIS. Join our panellists as they provide evidence-backed need for designing and commissioning foundational supports. Catherine McAlpine El Gibbs George Disney Sue Olney vdc.arinex.one

It’s been a year of reflection following the Disability Royal Commission findings and the NDIS report. Register now to hear from keynote speakers Alastair McEwin AM and @rosemarykayess as they discuss CRPD through the Disability Reform Agenda. vdc.arinex.one

The support of our sponsors allows us to provide a world-class experience for attendees. A big thank you to 📢 Scope 📢 @dana_advocacy 📢 NDS 📢Victorian Disability Worker Commission 📢Melbourne Disability Institute 📢National Disability Research Partnership (NDRP) Register at (arinex.one)

⌛The 2024 Virtual Disability Conference is fast approaching. Did you know registration entitles you to 12mo access to the conference materials? Register to rewatch at a time that suits you. Virtual Disability Conference 2024: New Frontiers (arinex.one)

This year’s symposium will present the benefits, opportunities and lessons learned so far from Australia’s first disability workforce regulator Victorian Disability Worker Commission. Hear from Commissioner Dan Stubbs and board members Jessica Sullivan and Kelly Schulz. (arinex.one)

The Virtual Disability Conference is tomorrow! It's not too late to grab your ticket. You won't want to miss the fantastic line up of presentations, including the session on Community Visitors Schemes from Rae West

"The Virtual Disability Conference theme, ‘New Frontiers’, inspires us to consider how the reform agenda can pave the way for a new way of thinking where human rights are integral to law, policy and practice..." Read more from Rosemary Kayess go.unimelb.edu.au/rh78

There’s still time to register for the 2024 Virtual Disability Conference. Join us tomorrow or if you’re unable to attend you can still register to access the footage any time that suits over the next 12 months. Don't miss out (arinex.one)

Attending Virtual Disability Conference learning more about NDIS and #DisabilityRoyalCommission. You can read Inclusion Australia & others' response here: inclusionaustralia.org.au/government-res… Only 13/222 recommendations have been fully accepted.

.Rosemary Kayess Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Virtual Disability Conference Calling for the dismantling of #ableism which legitimises segregation, institutionalisation and the denial of humanity

Virtual Disability Conference Sue Olney talking about the gap between what was promised to people outside of NDIS and what was available to them ... Living on the Margins

Scope’s Caroline Hart, Mimari Hartono and Annie Loughens are now speaking about inclusive research at Scope with their presentation ‘Co-research: The development and delivery of a research course for people with disability’ bit.ly/3N0HipK 🔗

.Sue Olney #coproduction needs more time and more money [Yes it does!! 🇦🇺 🌎 🇬🇧] Virtual Disability Conference Education@Sheffield NIHR School for Social Care Research

.Sally Robinson paying attention to #EveryDayHarms in the lives of people with intellectual disability to think about repair and how to prevent future harms ... Virtual Disability Conference blogs.flinders.edu.au/caring-futures…

Our very own Annette Davis and Reece Adams are chairing productive sessions on ‘Human rights and addressing the inequality ineducation, healthcare and political participation’ (bit.ly/3XSe177) and ‘Advancing inclusive communities’ (bit.ly/3zqHDiB)

Starting now - MDI's Rae West at the Virtual Disability Conference - she will speak about Community Visitors Schemes and safeguarding of people with disability in group homes within the NDIS and OPCAT landscapes

Interesting research on cycle of exclusion from political life for people with intellectual disability Political culture is not inclusive - jargon dominates ⁦Virtual Disability Conference⁩

A big thank you to our presenters, sponsors and attendees for another engaging and thought-provoking Virtual Disability Conference. You can still register to access the footage and resources from the conference, available for 12 months. vdc.arinex.one