What being part of CPActive means
By Maria Dalmon, CPActive Member A few weeks ago, I had the great honour of speaking at a CPActive virtual Town Hall. The event’s topic was “The Future on Technology and Innovation” and was hosted by Riley Saban, a disability tech entrepreneur, using his eye-gaze speech generating technology. My cerebral palsy makes my speech difficult to […]
Highlights from our 2022 Launch
On 22nd March we had our first town hall for 2022 with some inspiring speakers talking about their priorities for the year ahead. Read their reflections. Be part of it and watch the highlights video now: Here’s a quick re-cap of what our speakers had to say on the night: Elly Desmarchelier on the Defend […]
NDIS independent assessments scrapped
CPActive recognises the long-standing hard work of disability advocates in opposing the NDIS independent assessments and their big win in having the proposal scrapped. In February more than 20 organisations, led by Every Australian Counts, called on the Federal Government to abandon the plan, describing it as box-ticking exercise to cut costs. Disability advocates have for months been […]