2024: The Year of the Person With a Disability.

On December 3rd 2023, the inaugural Disability Leadership Oration aired on <a href="https://iview.abc.net.au/show/disability-leadership-oration-2023" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">ABC TV</a>. This now annual event, to coincide with International Day of People with Disability, came off the back of the recently released Disability Royal Commission <a href="https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/final-report" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">final report</a> and was orated by Disability Rights lawyer Natalie Wade. Just as the Disability Royal Commission cemented that the key to ending violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disabilities is inclusion, Natalie Wade’s speech emphasised the importance of ending segregated employment, housing and education with the added emphasis on disability leadership to ensure future generations of disabled Australians enjoy equality and inclusion with non-disabled Australia. <a href="https://ainsleehooperconsulting.medium.com/2024-the-year-of-the-person-with-a-disability-e37bf7a7af4f">Learn More</a>