Working towards an inclusive Australia where cultural diversity and disability rights are valued as essential aspects of an equitable society.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
Shadow Minister for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector, the Hon Senator Mitch Fifield
NEDA_15_year_Anniversary_Message_M_Fifield.pdf
Women’s Intercultural Network, Queensland
msg_Qld_Letter_to_NEDA_Feb2011.pdf
Lesley Hall's speech on Disability Rights Movement:
 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
2nd Prize - $200 won by Exi (27 years) from Perth
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
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