Please join us in creating this community care peer support space.

There is a particular reality around what it means to be disabled and engaged in movement and social justice work.

The space will be animated by questions such as:

What does it mean in our activism, in our movements, in our work and in our communities to be all in?
What sacrifices are inherent, what do we gain, what do we give up and what is expected of us?
Am I worthy, do I have the ability to be in the movement, do I have a place here?

Unfortunately, support groups at home are often not enough. We need expanded possibilities around how we live and work as disabled and chronically ill people.

Join us for an online grant writing workshop with Access2Arts that will help you to prepare your upcoming grant applications.

Note: These grant writing workshops are only for people who identify as being disabled (disabilities can include identifying as neurodivergent, and living with mental illness and/or chronic illness).

Grant Writing Workshop Online Reservation Form

At this launch, the research team and artist, Michelle Chan, will share their insights into the research, development, and creation of their zine, ‘Supporting Neurodivergent Comic Artists.’

This zine was created as part of a research project, ‘Supporting Neurodivergent Comics Creators’, funded by the Global Arts and Health Alliance via the University of South Australia, University of Adelaide and Flinders University. Researchers from these universities collaborated to understand the needs and experiences of neurodivergent comics creators in Adelaide. This zine visually represents the lived experience of the research project participants in their comics creation journey.

A space adjacent to Bradley Forum will be provided for anyone seeking a quiet place. 

Our NDIS is under attack. It’s time to unite, fight and show the Australian government that we are not an easy target.

Social and community participation budgets will be cut by 30% - replaced by block funded grants to 'host' us in the community (no idea how we get there)

All support workers providing Assistance with Daily Life will need to be from registered providers - too bad if you like employing the person who showers you directly

300,000 less people will be on NDIS and all participants will be reassessed - too bad if you've already provided all the traumatising evidence before (or three times before!)

Scheme growth will be capped at 2 per cent with a chaotic and unpredictable NDIA determining where and on who the axe will fall

A return to the bad old block funded system - putting the lives of real people in the hands of a few big companies and charities often with horrific track records of abuse and neglect

Huge job losses in the disability and wider sector as the market collapses - Based on data by NDS and per-capita, the cuts equate to a loss of 204,000 jobs spread across the nation - most of them women, in a cost-of-living crisis.  

No word on self-directed registration - meaning people managing their own lives effectively will be forced back into having their lives directed by the whims of companies and charities.

It's easier for registered providers to rort the NDIS - they can bill NDIS direct with no requirement to prove that the support billed for actually occurred.

There are many other plans including huge issues around functional capacity assessments - we will be launching our fact sheets at this meeting. 

We will also be launching our 12 days of action in the lead up to the Federal Budget. We’ll be giving you concrete steps to get involved in the push back against these changes and letting you know what else is happening across Australia.

The meeting will be focused on action. There won’t be an opportunity for individual story sharing but there will be clear and specific ways to be part of the push back with options for people with more or less capacity.