Disability Arts History Australia

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• "The first Arts Activated conference takes place"
  Accessible Arts NSW started biennial Arts Activated conferences in 2007 "to inform, connect and activate people and organisations involved with Australia’s arts and disability sector" https://aarts.net.au/arts-activate/
• Helen Connors
• Helen Connor
• “Access Arts Achievement Award inaugurated in 2014”
  Access Arts announced a $10,000 Achievement Award in 2013 and first awarded the grant in 2014 to actor Doug Robins. Other recipients since then have included writers, musicians, visual artists, theatre makers, and multi-disciplinary artists. The funding goes to a Queensland artist with disability to “create, develop, present, produce, exhibit and/or tour their work.” Access Arts describe it as “a game-changing opportunity for Queensland artists, arts workers and producers to extend the life of an existing work or create a new one!”
• “Choose Art, the Australian accessible arts directory, is launched”
  The Australian accessible arts directory Choose Art was launched in 2019. It is an initiative of Arts Access Victoria, designed for and by Deaf and disabled people. Choose Art is a Commonwealth project supported by the Cultural Ministers of each State and Territory through Arts ACT; Arts Tasmania; Create NSW; Creative Victoria; Culture and Arts WA; Arts South Australia; Arts Queensland; Department of Tourism and Culture, NT and the Federal Minister through the Department of Communications and the Arts. Arts Access Victoria has created Choose Art in partnership with Arts Access Australia, Access2Arts, Access Arts, Accessible Arts, Arts Access Darwin, Belconnen Arts Centre, DADAA and Incite Arts.
• Neridah Wyatt-Spratt
• "The Clothesline - Intimacy: Torque Show & Michelle Ryan Celebrate Love, Dance, Fragility, Courage and The Ability To Live Life To Your Physical Best – Interview"
  The Clothesline (2015) 'Intimacy: Torque Show & Michelle Ryan Celebrate Love, Dance, Fragility, Courage and The Ability To Live Life To Your Physical Best – Interview'
• "Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellows - Giovanni di Mase"
  Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellow Giovanni di Mase
• "Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellows - Heidi Everett"
  Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellow Heidi Everett
• "Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellows - Kate Wood"
  Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellow Kate Wood
• "Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellows - Nicole Smith"
  Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellow Nicole Smith
• "Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellows - Robert O’Brien"
  Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellow Robert O’Brien
• Zoe Fraser
• Vanessa Star
• Sally Newman
• Sebastian Youssef
• Restless Dance Company
• Anne Townsend
• Kim Townsend
• Kiersten Fishburn
• Kirsten Fishburn
• Restless Dance Theatre
• Wayne Close
• “Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Australia (DADAA), based in Western Australia, is established in 1994”
  The National Participate Conference, hosted by Arts Access Victoria in 1990, set the scene for the emergence of the DADAA network. This came after several years of conversations among Western Australian artists about starting an organisation; the organisation was officially established in 1994. “In 1986, a small group of artists with disability met to discuss starting their own WA-based arts organisation. It is from this meeting that DADAA slowly grew, from a pilot project it became an organisation in its own right in 1994: taking the name Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Australia – DADAA.”
• "Radha O'Meara, Laura Dunstan, Anna Debinski, Catherine Ryan (2023). Disability and Screen Work in Australia: Report for Industry 2023. In Disability and Screen Work in Australia: Report for Industry. Melbourne Disability Institute, University of Melbourne."
  Disability is a key vector of inequality in Australian society. The screen industry has the potential to create meaningful change, in our workplaces and working practices, for our colleagues and our audiences. We need to pay more attention to disability and take more action to include disabled people in our industry. Disability equity, inclusion and accessibility training tailored to the screen industry can make a significant impact. Consultation, innovation and funding can transform industrial structures to create a more inclusive and sustainable industry for all screen workers. We must normalise talking about and providing access requirements to support disabled workers. The findings of this research reflect the need to build greater understanding, transparency and accountability in order to fully include disabled workers in the Australian screen industry.