Disability Arts History Australia

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• “The South Australian Film Corporation announces their disability screen strategy”
  The South Australian Film Corporation launched their disability screen strategy. First, their Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2022-2032, which they say “breaks new ground nationally,” defines quantifiable 10-year targets. In addition, the SAFC has developed a Disability Equality Plan, Targeted Diversity Attachments, the FULL TILT Short Documentary Initiative, and Film Lab: New Voices, a feature film development program presented by SAFC with Adelaide Film Festival and Mercury CX.
• “Incite Arts (NT) established in 1998”
  What would become Incite Arts (Northern Territory) was established in 1998, known at that time as the Alice Springs Youth Arts Group (ASYAG). “ASYAG was formed as a response to a locally identified need for a vehicle to express young people’s stories in a valid contemporary cultural context.” In 2004, the organisation adopted the name InCite Youth Arts Inc and was incorporated as a not-for-profit. The following year, they became the host and auspice of Arts Access Central Australia (AACA), an arts and disability committee. The organisation’s name was revised once again in 2013, becoming Incite Arts.
• “WHO International Classification of Impairment, Disabilities and Handicaps (1976)”
  International classification of impairments, disabilities, and handicaps: a manual of classification relating to the consequences of disease, published in accordance with resolution WHA29.35 of the Twenty-ninth World Health Assembly, May 1976
• “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.
• "The United Nations makes comments on the rights of people with disabilities."
  In 1951, the United Nations made comments on the rights of people with disabilities."The focus of the United Nations on disability issues shifted in the late 1950s from a welfare perspective to one of social welfare."
• "We Are Sexual Beings - IMDB"
  We Are Sexual Beings' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "Over the course of 24-hours, three young Australians with disabilities will pull back the covers on their intimate lives. Oli, an aspiring tennis champ; Maya, an earnest sweetheart; and Christina, a wild-child motor head."
• "Quentin: World at My Wheels - IMDB"
  Reads, in part "A documentary on Quentin Kenihan, An Adelaide man born with Osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disorder in which bones break easily."
• "Shine - IMDB"
  Reads, in part "David Helfgott, a gifted pianist, struggles through childhood as his dysfunctional father abuses him and his siblings. Years later, he suffers a mental breakdown but manages to return as a legend."
• "Emily's Eyes - IMDB"
  Emily's Eyes' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - review reads in part "Something to nudge you out of your comfort-zone! You might think YOU have problems once in a while! Little Emily Wu was born blind in one eye (The film is actually correctly known as EMILY'S EYE), totally deaf and was expected to be intellectually impaired to say the least - she had other ideas!
• "The Silent Revenge - IMDB"
  The Silent Revenge' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "Tale about the status degree of some incidents of the two deaf thugs who terrorized several innocent pass-by on street until was stopped by a main person who took revenge at them."
• "My Brother Vinnie - IMDB"
  My Brother Vinnie' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry
• "Latecomers - IMDB"
  Latecomers' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "Frank and Sarah two strangers with cerebral palsy become entrenched in each other's dysfunctional lives after witnessing their able bodied friends in an awkward situation at a bar."
• "Touch the Sun - Captain Johnno - IMDB"
  Touch The Sun - Captain Johnno' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - "A deaf boy befriends an Italian fisherman in his village"
• "Philip Channells - Dance Integrated Australia - Off the Record - Webpage"
  Philip Channells - Dance Integrated Australia 'Off the Record' Webpage - Reads, in part "The new collaboration between Dance Integrated Australia and Force Majeure, OFF THE RECORD underwent a first stage creative development at Carriageworks in Sydney during the first two weeks of December 2015."
• "Back to Back Theatre - Lady Eats Apple - Webpage"
  Back to Back Theatre 'Lady Eats Apple'' Webpage - reads, in part "We are finite in an infinite world – the punchline of existence is how little of it we’re given. Join us on a journey of mythical proportions with Lady Eats Apple."
• "Restless Dance - Gallery"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Gallery', captured 2020 - images of past works
• "Fusion Theatre Our Works, captured 2022"
  Fusion Theatre Our Work, captured 2022 - links to pages about past works, including A Long Way From Home, After the Beginning of Everything, The Beginning of Everything, A Place Called Maze, Microcosma, No Strongs Attached, Inside Out, The Color Project, Mind the Light, Facets of Us
• "Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre - Website, captured 2019"
  Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre Website, captured 2019 - About, Projects, Programs, Community
• "Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre - Blog captured 2019"
  Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre Website, captured 2019 - News (French Cafe community dance project, 'Share House' plays at Brisbane Anywhere Festival May, Sprung!! makes finals for an Australian Dance Award, Sprung!! Appoints a new Business Manager)
• "Arts Project Australia - Virtual Exhibitions, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Virtual Exhibitions - Reads, in part "An extension of the gallery to a virtual space, APA's virtual exhibitions offer a place to connect with APA artists from home."
• "Announcement of transition from DATT to Access2Arts"
  Announcement of transition from DATT (Disability and Arts Transition Team) to Access2Arts
• “Larissa Macfarlane leads the installation of Australia’s first Disability Pride Mural”
  In 2017, Larissa Macfarlane led the installation of Australia’s first Disability Pride Mural. It was unfortunately removed by accident by council workers. It was re-installed in 2018 and was constructed of paper and fixed to the wall with wheat paste glue so that it was temporary. The aim was to raise awareness of Disability Pride in Australia.
• "Soprano Marjorie Lawrence performs in her wheelchair in the 1940s"
  In the 1940s, Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence contracted polio and performed in her wheelchair, both nationally and internationally, showing veterans life after disability was possible. Platforms were modied for her wheelchair so she could perform.
• "The Australian Council for the Arts established in 1968"
  The Australian Council for the Arts was established in 1968. This came after a push during the late 1960s for better support of the arts in Australia. The Council replaced the Elizabethan Trust as Australia’s main arts body, although the Trust continued to receive funding from State governments. The Council was later given statutory authority in 1975 and called Australia Council. Prime Minister Gough Whitlam is recognised as a key political supporter of the arts. The election of Whitlam (serving from December 1972 to November 1975) gave unprecedented and considerable attention and funding to an arts policy which would establish an Australian cultural identity raising international awareness. The Australian Council for the Arts received an unprecedented $14 million in funding in the 1973/74 budget. This was “more than double the allocation the bodies out of which it evolved had received the year before. The Council’s allocation was increased by a further 50 per cent in the 1974/75 Budget."
• “Assistance to Composers Advisory Board created by the Commonwealth government.”
  In 1967, the Commonwealth government created the Assistance to Composers Advisory Board with an aim to advise on funding needs for music composition and promotion of Australian composers. The Board was to judge work based on “musical distinction or excellence of its kind, and on the promotion of Australian composers both in Australia and abroad”. The Board’s functions were later absorbed by the Australia Council.