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Invisible Autism – Growing up as an Autistic girl

May 9, 2022

An image of a young Autistic person with fair skin and long light brown hair. They are wearing a black face mask and doing a peace sign with one hand. They are sitting down with their knees to their chest, wearing navy stockings. Leaning on their legs is Goose, a golden retriever service dog. In the background are trees.
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Government Laws, Policy and Advocacy
New NDIS Fact Sheet for women and girls with disability!

May 2, 2022

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Join our WWDA LEAD Peer Networking on Education and Disability – May 18

April 28, 2022

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Leadership and Decision-making: Empowering for Life

April 26, 2022

A photo of Kerryn sitting at a wooden table, leaning their head on one hand and smiling at the camera. Kerryn has white skin, short mousy brown hair, and is wearing a navy blazer and brooch over a light blue blouse.
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Disclosing Disability: An Important Step on the Road to Representation

April 11, 2022

A digital illustration of Selma Blair on a sage green background, with the definition of accessibility written in cursive script. Selma has light skin, a short blind bob, and is wearing a pink dress and purple shoes. She is wearing sunglasses, holding a coffee cup in one hand, has a black handbag over one shoulder, and is using a walking stick in the other. Selma’s figure is outline in a yellow silhouette to contrast the background text.
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2022 WWDA LEAD Scholarships announced!

April 11, 2022

Pink square tile background. In the middle is the WWDA LEAD Scholarships logo with an illustration of two women wearing graduation gowns and hats on either side, representing disability and diversity. Text reads: 'LEAD Scholarship Announced', "Learn, Share, Lead". With fireworks going off in the background
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Bringing Disability Pride to Sydney

March 28, 2022

A photo of a disabled pole dancer, upside down, mid-routine on stage. She is an amputee with one arm, has long brown hair, and is wearing a blue a pink lycra body suit. Beside the stage is a pair of white and black Adidas shoes, a protest sign that reads ‘Visibly Proud’ and a red festival banner that reads ‘Making the Invisible Visible, Funded by Inner West’.
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Far North COVID: The Pandemic ‘We Had To Have’, or, Life in Unofficial Lockdown

March 14, 2022

A digital illustration of the Earth, with a scale balancing on top of it. On the left-hand side of the scale, a pile of blue and grey vaccine vials weighs down the scale, with nothing on the other end, representing vaccine inequity and the unequal balance of vaccine distribution. At the bottom of the image is a reflection of the illustration, and in the background is an image of a light blue sky with white clouds.
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Leadership and Participation
Leadership Statement Launch Webinar – Recording Now Available!

March 11, 2022

Background with pastel blue, purple and pinks. In the top left is the WWDA LEAD Project Logo: which is pale purple circle with text "LEAD" and the WWDA logo. Around the logo are two women representing diversity and different disabilities in colourful clothes. Main text reads: ‘WWDA LEAD. Leadership Statement Launch. International Women’s Day. Tuesday 8 March 2022.’
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WWDA LEAD Leadership Statement

March 8, 2022

Background with pastel blue, purple and pinks. In the top left is the WWDA LEAD Project Logo: which is pale purple circle with text "LEAD" and the WWDA logo. Around the logo are two women representing diversity and different disabilities in colourful clothes. Main text reads: ‘WWDA LEAD. Leadership Statement
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Leadership and Participation
MEDIA RELEASE: Women with Disabilities Australia launches Leadership Statement to challenge ideas and definitions of ‘leadership’.

March 7, 2022

Background with pastel blue, purple and pinks. In the top left is the WWDA LEAD Project Logo: which is pale purple circle with text "LEAD" and the WWDA logo. Around the logo are two women representing diversity and different disabilities in colourful clothes. Main text reads: ‘WWDA LEAD. Leadership Statement Launch. International Women’s Day. Tuesday 8 March 2022.’
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The Future of Neurodivergence: Gender Bias and Hopes for the Upcoming DSM-5 Update

March 7, 2022

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How COVID is Affecting Me

February 28, 2022

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Join our WWDA LEAD Peer Networking-Impacts of Covid-19, March 16

February 23, 2022

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WWDA LEAD Scholarships NOW OPEN!

February 16, 2022

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Gaslit by the Government – COVID as a Disabled Musician

February 14, 2022

A photo of the Emerald Ruby, posing with a silver flute in one hand and a wooden recorder in the other. She has fair skin, shoulder length brown hair with butterfly clips, and is wearing pink lipstick and blue and gold eyeshadow in an angelic style. She is wearing a light blue and white turtleneck shirt, standing in front of a background of clouds and blue/green colours that had been staged in the background.
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Leadership and Participation
Apply to join our WWDA LEAD National Summit Codesign Committee!

February 8, 2022

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Blind and Vision Impaired Community Left Behind by COVID Testing

January 24, 2022

A COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit. A nasal swab and positive test cassette sit on top of the packet that has been torn open.
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Employment and Education
Leadership and Participation
WWDA LEAD Scholarships Round Two – Open Soon

January 17, 2022

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Why it’s Important to See Disabled Women as Leaders in Law

January 17, 2022

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