Working towards an inclusive Australia where cultural diversity and disability rights are valued as essential aspects of an equitable society.

 

The National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) is the only national voice advocating for the rights and interests of people from non-English speaking background (NESB) with disability, their families and carers throughout Australia.


 

NEDA is proud to introduce NEDA’s Patron for 2011

– Professor Ron McCallum

 

  

 

Ronald C McCallum AO was the foundation Blake Dawson Waldron Professor in Industrial Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Sydney. He took up this position in January 1993, which was the first full professorship in industrial law at any Australian university.

Ron is the first totally blind person to have been appointed to a full professorship in any field at any university in Australia or New Zealand.

Ron has taught labour law and litigation at the University of Sydney at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

He has also taught labour law at the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, Ontario Canada, and at Duke University, and North Carolina.

On 1 July 2002, Professor McCallum commenced his five year term as Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Sydney. 
Ron is also the first totally blind person to be appointed to the Deanship of a Law School in Australia or New Zealand.


Ron McCallum is the Chair of the UN Committee of Experts on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 

This expert UN committee reviews the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; considers complaints under the Optional Protocol to the Convention; and inquires into grave and systematic violations of the Convention.

 

Ron has also been appointed to the Federal Government’s National People with Disabilities and Carers Council. He is the Chair of Radio for the Print Handicapped of New South Wales Co-operative. The organisation operates radio 2RPH, which reads out newspapers and magazines over the air for blind and other print handicapped listeners.

He is also one of two Deputy Chairs of Vision Australia. 

 

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Ethnicity and Disability =

Human Diversity

Find out about your Human Rights

Tell us what Human Rights mean to you

 

This workshop demonstrates how you can advocate for your own rights

 

 

The National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) is facilitating workshops on human rights of people from non English speaking background (NESB) with disability.

 

WHO we want to join the workshop*

 

·        People who are born in a non English speaking country with disability

 

·        People born in Australia but who identify culturally, ethnically or linguistically diverse and who live with disability

 

AIM of the workshop

 

·        To inform on human rights for people from NESB with disability

 

·        To learn from you how human rights can be achieved in everyday life

WHERE & WHEN

Tuesday 18 October 2011 – Brisbane, Amparo, Meeting Room, 9 Chipendall Street, Milton Qld 4064

 

Thursday 20 October 2011 – Cairns, Cairns City Library, Meeting Room 1, 151 Abbott Street, Cairns Qld 4870

 

Monday 31 October 2011 – Broome,  Broome Lotteries House, Lot 642 Cable Beach Road, Broome WA 6725

 

 

The workshops will be held between 10.30am to 3.10pm unless otherwise advised.

 

ASSISTANCE provided

We can arrange interpreters, translated documents, support workers, transport assistance, dietary requirements

– all you need to do is to talk with or email us and tell us what assistance you require

 

CONTACT DETAILS – please contact us no later than 10 days before the event 

National Ethnic Disability Alliance

1300 486 038, 0407 878 933 (for phone or text)

office@neda.org.au

 

Workshops were already held in Adelaide, Darwin, Perth, Canberra and Melbourne.

 

SPONSORSHIP

The Cairns workshop is sponsored by Centacare Migrant & Employment Services 

 

The Perth workshop was sponsored by 

 

The Darwin workshop was sponsored by NT Committee for Human Rights Education

 

 

The Sydney workshop is sponsored by 

Ethnic Child Care, Family and Community Services Co-operative Ltd

 

* If you are the primary advocate of a person from NESB with disability and you are interested to attend, please contact us to discuss       

 

NEDA's 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY was held on

Wednesday, 23rd February 2011

 

People from non English Speaking Background with Disability

- A DECADE AND A HALF OF A NATIONAL VOICE -

 

 

Messages of Congratulation received:

 

Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, the Hon Senator Jan McLucas

Statement_Jan_McLucas_National_Ethnic_Disability_Council.pdf Statement_Jan_McLucas_National_Ethnic_Disability_Council.pdf

 

Shadow Minister for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector, the Hon Senator Mitch Fifield

NEDA_15_year_Anniversary_Message_M_Fifield.pdf NEDA_15_year_Anniversary_Message_M_Fifield.pdf

 

Women’s Intercultural Network, Queensland

msg_Qld_Letter_to_NEDA_Feb2011.pdf msg_Qld_Letter_to_NEDA_Feb2011.pdf

 

Lesley Hall's speech on Disability Rights Movement:

Lesley_Hall_speech_on_disability_rights_movement.doc Lesley_Hall_speech_on_disability_rights_movement.doc

 

WINNERS - NEDA RAP song competition 2010

1st Prize- $500 won by St. Edmund's College Canberra;  Michael Year 10, Aidan Year 8, CJ Year 6, Lachlan Year 6 and Chris Year 6

NEDA_RAP_song_-_Canberra_St_Edmunds_College.doc NEDA_RAP_song_-_Canberra_St_Edmunds_College.doc

 

2nd Prize - $200 won by Exi (27 years) from Perth

Neda_RAP_Exi_Perth_Submission_2.doc Neda_RAP_Exi_Perth_Submission_2.doc

 

3rd Prize - $100 won by Rowan (18 years), Daniel (17 years) and Noah (17 years) from NSW

Brighter_Days_by_Poz_compressed.mp3 Brighter_Days_by_Poz_compressed.mp3

 

 

 

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