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Joined May 2018
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  1. Aug 27

    Join DIIU's Director, Prof Jackie Leach Scully, for an online panel discussion at 5pm today on The Ethics of Lockdowns under COVID-19. Hosted by UNSW Medicine. Register at

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  2. Aug 25

    Today (at 1.30pm) is the launch of the 2020 Guidelines for Co-Production of with People with . Insights from . Featuring a live Audience QnA with and Please register below

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  3. Aug 9

    Improving access to employment has been a longtime goal for us at the DIIU. The global pandemic is finally proving that working-from-home arrangements are achievable. Watch the full story here with

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  4. Aug 2

    Please join us to discuss the importance of these guidelines at 1.30pm Wed 26 Aug with Register below.

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  5. Aug 2

    We are proud to announce the release of the 2020 Guidelines - DOING RESEARCH INCLUSIVELY: Guidelines for Co-Producing Research with People with Disability. To access and download please go to

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  6. Jul 13

    Join tonight's webinar, COVID 19: Rules about Gender and Rules with Gendered Effects. Rosemary Kayess, DIIU's Academic Lead Engagement, joins a panel to discuss the intersection between gender and disability in COVID.

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  7. Jul 5

    Please join us at our online book launch this afternoon at 4pm. This is a critical book about belonging and people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.

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  8. Jun 22

    We are proud to present Belonging for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities – Online Book Launch with and Mon 6 July 4pm AEST I 7am UK. Register here to attend online and to read more about the Livestream

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  9. Jun 12

    The DIIU acknowledges that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability suffer disproportionately from the direct and systemic effects of racism. See our full statement of solidarity.

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  10. May 26

    It was wonderful to present dr as part of our Research Webinar Series today. A recording and transcript will be available soon to all those that registered for the event.

    Loved presenting my webinar for today! Here are some great pics of the event from . There will be a video and transcript available soon. Thanks so much to Sweeney Interpreters who did a fantastic job on the Auslan translation too.
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  11. May 25

    Dr from will be speaking at our Livestream today about accessible information during the crisis. Register here

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  12. May 19

    Having access to good quality, up-to-date information in accessible formats is quite literally a matter of life and death. Dr will be speaking at our next Livestream about this during the crisis. Register

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  13. Apr 7

    Disability rights and disablism in a time of pandemic by DIIU's Director, Professor Jackie Leach Scully "...critical care guidelines in recent weeks appear to show a worrying degree of prejudice against disabled people, or disablism."

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  14. Jan 27

    Rosemary Kayess, the DIIU's Academic Lead Engagement, is one of five fearless human rights champions who will come together to present the 2020 Gandhi Lecture on Tues 4 February at 7pm. Register at

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  15. 12 Dec 2019

    Congratulations to DIIU's Rosemary Kayess -V.Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities who was awarded a Human Rights Medal for her contribution to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its ratification in Aust.

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  16. 25 Nov 2019

    DIIU’s Professor Dowse also awarded the University of Sydney Centre for Disability Studies 2019 Trevor Parmenter Excellence Award for Research for her interdisciplinary theorisation and inclusive knowledge co-production for people with intellectual disability.

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  17. 25 Nov 2019

    The DIIU’s Deputy Director, Professor Leanne Dowse, awarded 2019 Fellow of ASID in recognition of her exceptional and significant contribution to the field of intellectual disability.

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  18. 2 Sep 2019

    Applications now open for the 2020 round of the Disability Innovation Institute’s Research Seed Funding Scheme

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  19. 7 Aug 2019

    Welcoming Professor Jackie Leach Scully who has taken up the role of Director of the Disability Innovation Institute from on 1st August, 2019. Jackie is a bioethicist and disability activist and joins us from Newcastle University, UK.

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  20. 30 Jun 2019

    Seminar 23 July, 2019: Disability Rights at the United Nations, Rosemary Kayess in conversation with Professor Louise Chappell

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