Lived expertise means experts

Lived expertise means experts

The need to include people with lived experience of an issue, such as disability, is becoming standard, but what does this really mean? Are we to be included to talk about only our personal stories, or are we to be included so our expertise in the systems and...
Do we matter?

Do we matter?

[This was my Patreon article from last Sunday, and is just as relevant today. Sign the petition to get action on vaccines for disabled people.] I’m angry and sad today, so this post has more swears than usual. Disabled people and disability workers in a group home in...

The health system revealed at the Disability Royal Commission

The third public hearing of the Disability Royal Commission heard from a wide range of people with disability, advocates, families and academics, who all told of failures in health care that are leading to the deaths of disabled people. The hearing heard directly from...