Will the NDIS and individualisation of disability services enhance human rights?
If the NDIS is to truly make a difference in terms of the rights of people with disabilities, it will need to go beyond care services, writes Helen Dickinson.
Disability – Page 2
Involuntary Sterilisation of Marginalised Women
Forced sterilisation is the State’s way of discriminating against and controlling the fertility of the most vulnerable the world over; namely, marginalised women.
The Normality Beyond a Disability
Born with multiple deformities, Robert Hoge’s life story, documented in his memoir Ugly, is anything but, writes Maya Borom.
Riding the Wave of Asperger’s Syndrome
Gail Watts shares her insight and her son’s story on living with Asperger’s Syndrome – fighting for a fair chance at education and against negative stereotypes.
Silencing soft targets
We speak with Vicki Wilkinson about her efforts to raise awareness and create change for young disabled people forced to live in nursing homes.
Editorial: Technology and Human Rights
Right Now puts technology under the microscope in February.
After Humanity
As humanity merges with ever more advanced machines, we will evolve into a new species that blends human and technological traits – the posthuman. But do new technologies dehumanise us? Scott Arthurson explores what it means to be human.
Reporting Mental Illness the SANE way
No media outlet would ever run a story featuring the N word as an adjective. Maddie Smith asks whether the same can be said for disparaging descriptions of mental illness.
Breaking the Chains – Mid-Week Review
Breaking the Chains is both a sad and uplifting look into the rural Indonesian practice of – and response to – pasung, in which shackles are used as a treatment for mental illness, writes Maya Borom.
Deaf Deaf Same
Phoebe Tay learns about her own culture – Deaf culture – and the similarities and differences amongst Deaf communities around the world.
Estuary – Mid-Week Review
Sonia Nair reviews John Bartlett’s second novel Estuary, which explores the chasms of the modern Australian character through themes such as indigenous rights, mental health, sexuality and disability.
Disability and Voting Rights
Nathan Despott and Asher Hirsch argue for a new approach to disability policy in Australia that advances the right to democratic participation for disabled Australians.