Have Your Say

The Safer Me Safer You project invites you to join their 2026 Big Meeting, a free event to bring together people with disability to talk about sexual and social safety, and how it shapes their lives.

It will feature speakers, performers and panelists with disability to highlight the voices and experiences of people with disability, while also challenging the stereotypes and stigma they face in finding safety.

Join in-person in Canberra or online via Zoom on Tuesday 23 June 2026. Find out more here: https://safermesaferyou.org.au/

Researchers at the University of Melbourne are exploring how AI affects job applicants with disability and from culturally diverse groups when used by employers in recruitment. They hope to better understand the impact of AI to improve laws and policies that protect the human rights of disadvantaged job seekers.

You can participate if you:

• Have experienced interacting with AI to get a job or promotion in Australia
• Are aged between 18 and 64 years
• Meet one or more of the following:
  • Identifies as a person with disability or chronic health condition, including mental health conditions
  • Identifies as belonging to a culturally or racially marginalised group
  • Was born outside Australia
  • Has English as a second language

This paid opportunity involves an interview or group discussion. For more information, click here.

To participate, contact Dr. Natalie Sheard by email (n.sheard@unimelb.edu.au).

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is currently looking for new mentors and mentees for their Access to Enterprise program.

Funded by the NSW Government, it aims to support women and feminine-identifying individuals with disability to access free education and mentoring to grow their business.

The program starts in April and continues until January 2027. They are looking for:

• 10-15 mentors living in New South Wales who are women with disability who have successfully started and continued small or micro businesses.
• 10-15 mentees living in NSW who are women with disability who have started growing their small or micro business for one year or more.

For more information, please see this PWDA guide.

To find out more or sign up, click here.

Do you experience chronic pain that impacts your work?  

Researchers at the University of New South Wales are conducting a project about the role that chronic pain plays in finding and keeping employment, and what supports or accommodations can help NDIS participants to find or keep paid work. 

For this project, they would like to interview people who want to discuss their experience and needs. This would be online and take about 45 minutes to complete. They are looking for people who are: 

• current NDIS participants, 
• over 18 years old, 
• lives with chronic pain, and 
• have been looking for a job/been in paid employment at any point in the last 12 months. 

This is a paid opportunity to give voice to NDIS participants and inform future advocacy and policy work across Australia. 

To find out more, email Molly Saunders here (molly.saunders1@unsw.edu.au), or call on 0466 873 040.