I write all over the web, so here’s everything in one place. Updated irregularly.
Housing
- I won the second Gavin Mooney memorial essay competition with ‘A place to call home‘.
- A bit of history about public housing in Australia
Disability (personal and policy)
- It’s time to fix the power dynamics that allowed the abuse of people with disability (with Leanne Dowse and Carolyn Frohmader.)
- Disabled women missing out on a share of the economic pie.
- Debunking myths that keep women with disabilities out of work.
- Why the Steptember fundraising campaign is out of date.
- Are we putting all our disabled eggs in the NDIS basket?
- Should the social model of disability apply online?
- Why the current approach on disability support pension won’t work.
- Why is work the only thing that’s valued?
- Impact of the 2014 budget on people with disability.
- A year since the NDIS started – what’s the verdict?
- Who pays for social services? (with Simon Copland)
- Who deserves the disability support pension?
- Who gets heard when talking about disabled people in institutions?
- Disabled people falling between the cracks in the justices system.
- Big long essay on what’s wrong with the NDIS as a model for disability support.
- I got a bit cranky about delays to NDIS funding.
- Reflecting on the passing of the NDIS (or DisabilityCare as it was briefly known.)
- The devil’s in the detail for the NDIS.
- The NDIS won’t work with out decent working conditions for disability workers.
- My first piece on the NDIS as a voucher system.
Feminism
- Senate inquiry asks questions about women’s retirement income.
- Where did the idea of a baby bonus come from?
Community Sector
- Selling off Home Care is a very bad idea.
- Why the community sector has more political capital than it thinks it has.
- About the proposed charity commission and whether it would cut red tape.
- A look at changes to the anti-discrimination legislation.
Other
- The only way to change mandatory detention of refugees is the change the party that started it.
- The election flyer you won’t receive and it’s all First Dog’s fault.
- Do politicians need income management?
El Gibbs I loved your piece “Taking the social model of disability online.” As a professor, I do my best to educate my students (soon to be teachers of individuals with challenges) to try to change and challenge their own ecological environments by always applying universal design practices. How can we not put in our daily practices, simple accessibility changes and solutions at the forefront of our thinking and functioning, thus allowing everyone to live effortlessly simultaneously. It is only right for all to have the opportunity to live, work, and socialize with less challenges in our world.