Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent will today introduce legislation to overhaul South Australia’s archaic and flailing Disability Services Act. Ms Vincent’s legislation will make three major changes to the Act: It will create a Disability Services Commissioner to oversee… Continue Reading Disability legislation reform

Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent today called on the South Australian Government to help people with disabilities achieve the human right of sexual expression. Ms Vincent has joined with NSW sex worker and founder of Touching Base Rachel Wotton,… Continue Reading Sex and people with disabilities: A human right

WHAT: The launch of a campaign for sexual assistance for people with disabilities WHO: Sex worker Rachel Wotton who specialises in clients with disability, Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent and Denise Beckwith of People with Disabilities Australia WHEN: 11:30am,… Continue Reading Sex and disability announcement

The State Government has today made an excellent first step on the long road to disability reform, says Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent. Minister for Disabilities Ian Hunter MLC today announced that more than 2000 South Australians with disabilities… Continue Reading First step on long road to reform

Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent says today’s release of the Gonski Report confirms that the needs of South Australians with disabilities are being ignored by our school system. In his far-reaching analysis of national education funding, businessman David Gonski… Continue Reading Gonski Report: SA students with disabilities left behind

Yesterday’s Fair Work Australia decision to award community and disability sector workers a pay rise of between 19 and 41 per cent is a welcome acknowledgement of the value of these Australians, said Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent. The… Continue Reading A fair go for disability sector workers

As Australians set off around the country to see family and loved ones, many people with disabilities are being left behind without accessible travel options. Air travel is notoriously difficult for people with disabilities, and finding an accessible hotel or… Continue Reading Road to nowhere: Holiday travel for people with disabilities

“Today at Christies Beach Court all charges against the bus driver alleged to have abused children with disabilities were dropped. “We don’t have much information on why the charges are no longer being pursued, but this event certainly provides a… Continue Reading Christies Beach Bus Case

Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent today welcomed the Premier’s long overdue announcement regarding disability reform but remains unconvinced of adequate funding allocation to implement restructure of the sector. The Premier and Minister for Disability have provided an initial response,… Continue Reading Disability reform: waiting till the cash cows come home

Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent today in Parliament questioned the Government over its total lack of action on South Australia’s Blueprint for Disability Services Reform. Today is six weeks since the Blueprint’s publication, yet not a single recommendation has… Continue Reading Why are we waiting?