Have Your Say

WWDA regularly seeks feedback from our diverse community to improve our work and better understand the  issues that matter to you.

We invite everyone – women, girls and gender-diverse individuals with disabilities, their families, carers, friends, allies and professionals to share their insights through our surveys. 

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Opportunities

Learning

Webinars and modules for LGBTQIA+ people with disability

On 16 September 2026, our friends at People with Disability Australia (PWDA) are hosting a free Community Attitudes webinar, focused on intersectional inclusion and creating safer, more welcoming environments for LGBTQIA+ people with disability. Click here to register.

PWDA have also released a new online learning module ‘Rights, Self-Advocacy and Speaking Up’. It is designed to help LGBTQIA+ people with disability understand their rights, make informed choices, ask for support, and decide what to do if something does not feel fair, accessible or respectful. Click here to register.

Story

Share your story for Women's Health Week

For Women’s Health Week 2026 (7-11 September), Jean Hailes for Women’s Health are looking for women who would like to share their lived experience.

The campaign’s theme ‘Do It Anyway’, is about taking small steps towards your health.

Click here to get involved or find out more.

Research

Disability and Health Priorities

Researchers at the Disability Innovation Institute at UNSW are conducting a project about the methods that are most useful when researching the health and health priorities of people with disability.

They are looking to recruit people who:

  • Are 18 years of age or over 
  • Are a recognised representative of a Disability Representative Organisation or Disabled People’s Organisation 
  • You can communicate with the English-speaking researcher. This may include using Auslan through an interpreter, alternative or augmentative communication devices (AAC) with assistance from a support person, or writing responses in English.  
  • Live in Australia

This research requires participants to take an online questionnaire, join an online focus group, or attend an online one-to-one interview. It is a paid opportunity.

To register your interest, contact Jodi Lamanna by email (j.lamanna@unsw.edu.au) or call 02 9348 3307.

Campaign

End Partner Income Testing

WWDA supports the End Partner Income Testing (PIT) campaign as part of broader, urgent reform to the Disability Support Pension.

Right now, programs, such as the Disability Support Pension, involve partner income assessments to determine whether people with disabilities “need” support payments. This can force women, girls and gender-diverse people to rely on their partner’s income or assets, even when that relationship is unsafe or unstable.

Disability support reform is essential to ensuring people can live safely, independently and with dignity.

Click here to find out more or share your story.