by QAI | Mar 28, 2024 | News, Paper
While we do not practice law in the area of child protection, through the course of our disability advocacy work in child protection matters, we noticed that the guidance relied on for decision making in child protection matters is discriminatory and is likely...
by QAI | Dec 20, 2023 | News, Submission
We made a submission to the Office of the Public Guardian on their Supported Decison-Making publication. In our submission we discuss why supported decision-making is important and our approach to it as an organsation, as well as some client stories of supported...
by QAI | Dec 20, 2023 | News, Submission
We made a submission to the Education, Employment and Training Committee on the Education (General Provisions) (Helping families with school costs) Amendment Bill 2023. The right to education for students with disability has long been a focus of QAI’s systemic...
by QAI | Oct 26, 2023 | News
We are thrilled to finally unveil our new brand identity! The branding was launched last night at our AGM, after an extensive process to develop a new logo for our 36-year-old organisation – a transformation that embodies our commitment to systemic reform and...
by QAI | Oct 9, 2023 | News
Our CEO, Matilda Alexander, spoke to the ABC on Friday 6th October about the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendation to phase out special schools. Matilda explains what this would look like: “We’re not talking about kids who are currently happy and stable...
by QAI | Sep 25, 2023 | Media Release, News, Paper, Report, Research
A new research paper, co-authored by researchers from the QUT Centre for Inclusive Education (C4IE) Professor Linda Graham and Dr Callula Killinlgy, and Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion (QAI), has found more evidence of Queensland students from priority equity groups...
