Physical Disability Australia
As a Disabled Peoples Organisation (DPO), Physical Disability Australia (PDA) lives the ethos of ‘ nothing about us, without us ’ – people with disabilities informing advocacy and leading the change to enable every Australian living with a physical disability to realise their full potential. Within PDA, I see the value of lived-experience with every decision we make and the real-world outcomes achieved through our advocacy. With charities, government bodies and corporations(entities) that deliver services for and interact with, marginalised and underrepresented communities, it is both an ethical obligation and a practical necessity for the work of these entities to be informed and shaped by members of these communities, and for meaningful participation of community members to occur within decision-making structures. Commonly, meaningful participation within d...