The UN has twice called on Australia to dismantle its indefinite detention system for people with cognitive impairments and mental illness, which disproportionately affects Indigenous people.

The Hastings Center in the US honours Jackie Leach Scully, Director of the Disability Innovation Institute at UNSW.

My work is very much focused on contributing to bettering the lives of people living with a disability, says UNSW’s Professor Iva Strnadová. 

 

The Disability Innovation Institute at UNSW (DIIU) is in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

New research shows almost 20% of families caring for children with special needs were unable to buy essential medication during coronavirus.

A conversation between Harvard Law School’s first deafblind graduate and the world’s first blind newsreader covers everything from advocacy to finding friends and dancing.

Human rights need to be protected during the coronavirus pandemic, leading academics say.

Jackie Leach Scully

Professor of Bioethics and Director, Disability Innovation Institute UNSW

The COVID-19

The government has made several announcements to safeguard aged care residents and those in hospitals, but we're yet to see the same attention paid to the one in five Australians with a disability.