Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• Pinnacles Gallery
• Rudely Interrupted
• Northern Exposure
• Mwerre Anthurre
• Luccretia Quintanilla
• Lucretia Quintanilla
• NuunaRon
• "Igneous - Body In Question"
  Reads, in part, "A multimedia movement-theatre show, incorporating dance, video- and slide- projections, a life-sized puppet and an original soundtrack. A diary come to life, portraying the true story of an Australian dancer who – after paralysing one of his arms in a motorcycle accident – journeys through the worlds of medicine, rehabilitation and disability, in recovery of self-expression. He finds new angles on perceiving the body, and new ways to move. "Body image" and concepts of "normality" are questioned."
• "DADAA What's On Webpage, captured 2023"
  DADAA What's On Webpage, captured 2023 - includes a search function, with filters for venue accessible, blind/low vision accessible, audio described, and braile events
• "Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre - River Stories"
  Page reads, in part, "River Stories is an inclusive and accessible workshop bringing First Nations contemporary culture and disability culture together, drawing on the yarns of Bundjalung Elder Julia Paden and led by local First Nations artists Mitch King (Yaegl/Bundjalung) and Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal (Aust/Java)."
• "Restless Dance - Australian Performing Arts Market Information Pack Cover"
  Restless Dance - Australian Performing Arts Market Information Pack 2007 - cover for package which included Annual Report, promotional DVD, and DVD of work Rebel Rebel directed by Artistic Director Ingrid Voorendt - reads, in part "Restless Dance Company is one of Australia's leading dance companies, working with young people with and without a disability to create dance theatre and run workshop programs.The company has existed for 16 years and achieved an enviable reputation for making highly original, large works of dance theatre."
• "Reins Rope And Red Tape"
  Promotional Flyer reads "Reins Rope And Red Tape - a mentoring program for emerging artists with a physical disabity build a to share vour skills across a range of differen artforms"
• “Queensland Advocacy Incorporated spearhead campaigns to close institutions”
  In 1989, when the Bjelke-Petersen-Ahern Government was coming to an end, the newly established Queensland Advocacy Incorporated was spearheading campaigns around the state to close down institutions and provide financing for individual help for individuals with disabilities.
• “The 1985 New Directions Report is released”
  People with disabilities and their families participated in the review for the first time as part of a comprehensive consultation process. The resulting report ‘New directions: report of the Handicapped Programs Review’ was released in 1985. It indicated the need for change in disability policy culture of how people with a disability rights and capacities to realise their individual capacities for development.
• “The Australian Assistance Plan (1973) encourages grassroots activism”
  Grassroots activism is said to have been encouraged by the Commonwealth with the new Australian Assistance Plan (AAP) in 1973, which allowed local communities to "prioritise their own welfare planning" and "triggered an explosion in local advocacy in a range of areas, including self-advocacy for people with disability," according to the 2021 Royal Commission.
• “100 disabled people protest outside Parliament House against moves to tax their government allowances”
  On 29 September 1978, 100 people with disability protested outside Parliament House against moves to tax their government allowances. Following the protest, Treasurer John Howard was forced to rescind the decision.
• "Kevin Byrne AM leads protest outside Parliament House"
  The activist Kevin Byrne AM led a protest outside Parliament House. This coupled with the release of the Richmond Report led to the Hawke Government’s Handicapped Programs Review, which in turn led ‘New Directions: Report of the Handicapped Programs Review’.
• “Advocates fight for accessible public transport”
  In 1994, Maurice Corcoran (a wheelchair user) lodged a complaint about the South Australian government ordering 50 new buses that were not accessible. The Australian Human Rights Commission successfully negotiated for all new buses to be fitted with ramps. Then, in 1999, a protest about the lack of public transport options for people with disability saw Citizens for Accessible Public Transport block traffic in Sydney’s city centre.
• “Protesters gather in Lismore (NSW) to oppose proposed cuts to services”
  In 2004, 300 disabled persons, along with their relatives and carers, gathered in Lismore to protest proposed cuts to adult, training, learning, and support programs, among other services. These were a part of a series of demonstrations against the state government that included hundreds of demonstrators in Newcastle and resulted in the state government reversing its position on modifications to the Post-Schools Options Disability Program.
• “Australia Council - Disability Action Plan 2017–19”
  The website reads “Our current Disability Action Plan 2017–19 sets out actions in detail, building on the achievements of our previous DAP and stretching us further across our three goals of accessibility, leadership and arts practice.”
• Katie Ellis
• "Margaret Cooper (1999) The Australian Disability Rights Movement Lives. Disability & Society, 14(2), 217–226. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599926280"
  Reads, in part "The Australian Disability Rights Movement is surviving despite funding threats to advocacy programmes. The integral relationship of advocacy funding to the Australian Disability Rights Movement is outlined. A brief history of the Australian Disability Rights' Movement is given, and whether this is a new social movement, or not, is discussed. The role of Women With Disabilities Australia is outlined."
• Julie Moralee
• Adelaide Cabaret Festival
• Emerging Writers Festival