Acknowledgement of country//
3CR would like to acknowledge the Kulin Nations – true owners, caretakers and custodians of the land from which we broadcast. 3CR pays respect to Elders, past and present of the Kulin Nation. We recognise their unceded sovereignty./
Catherine McAlpine//
Catherine McAlpine is the CEO of Inclusion Australia, the peak national organisation of people with intellectual disability and their families. They joined us to speak on the labour exploitation of people with a disability and The Disability Royal Commission./
Elise Almond//
Elise Almond is a lawyer at Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service, a state-wide service that represents disabled people/people with a disability. This includes providing assistance with NDIS appeals to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). She joined us to speak about the large spike in NDIS participants who have had their funding slashed, often without warning, in the recent months. With many taking their cases to the AAT./
Adam Bourne//
Associate Professor Adam Bourne, Acting Director of La Trobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society caught up with Priya this year to discuss a recently-released report that he co-authored for the Disability Royal Commission which explores issues of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of LGBTQA+ people with disability. Listeners, please be advised that our discussion includes mention of quite devastating findings related to experiences of abuse and violence experienced by people with disability based on their gender of sexual orientation. If you wish to speak with someone about any of the issues mentioned in this interview, you can always call lifeline on 13 11 14. If you are at risk of domestic, family or sexual violence, please call 1800 RESPECT, that’s 1800 737 732. You can also contact the National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline on 1800 880 052. LGBTQIA+ listeners may also wish to contact QLIFE on 1800 184 527 between 3PM and midnight, or visit qlife.org.au. A link to Disability Gateway will also be posted with our show notes after the program, which includes many of these these numbers and links to more resources./
El Gibbs//
El Gibbs, award-winning writer with a focus on disability and social issues, speaks with us about the systemic issues with Disability Employment Services and breaks down current government approaches to disability employment at the September Jobs and Skills Summit./
Songs//
Emily Cowlrick, Inez Winters, Leila Baptist, Priya Kunjan
