The government’s failure to take long Covid seriously has led to the formation of a group campaigning for the thousands of forgotten victims of the illness.
As the Russian invasion continues, people with disabilities and their families are facing even greater hurdles than most Ukrainians trying to reach safety.
During the second wave of the pandemic, it was revealed that Covid patients with learning disabilities were given DNR notices. While shocking, the news spoke to a long history of sacrifices disproportionately falling on the shoulders of disabled people.
To mark 25 years this month since the DDA came into effect, writer Frances Ryan argues that it's time to stop seeing disabled people as weak and to defend their basic rights.
Living with a chronic illness, Dawn Foster has seen first-hand how society discriminates against disabled people. She still faces prejudice on a regular basis.
After an accident 18 years ago, Paul Pritchard was told he'd never climb again. But now he's returned to Tasmania to conquer the climb that nearly killed him.