The ANPA denounces media coverage linking #Disability in mothers to risk in the wake of #BlueMountains murders of beloved Ben and Russell Smith. Statement: https://t.co/4GWq8afUAn
@AmandaRishworth Cool flex when your govt just stripped the NDIS of supports and safeguards Disabled women and girls need to be safe from violence and harm. Unless you only mean non Disabled women and girls? #NDISbill
In other news, because we are very low on spoons because *gestures at the state of things*, we have referred Falkingham and our questions to her on to the Commonwealth Ombudsman to chase up. We encourage you to do the same. The agency is dodgy. Keep receipts and report.
"Why are you so angry?" Oh I don't know, we enjoy being alive, having our children in our care, and our community being intact? Small things like that.
If we read one more simpering post from a Disabled person praising #BillShorten it is highly possible we will spontaneously combust from rage. A good day to have a bucket of water beside the computer chair tbh.
Bill Shorten is quitting politics, and leaving the NDIS and disabled people behind in a fiery pit of suffering and injustice.
Now I know why he never got back to my letter or email to his media staffer offering him to provide a statement for my latest NDIS article.
If you have documentation showing plans ending, changing, supports being removed or participant status being revoked over the last two weeks, with explicit mention of "new eligibility requirements" or the NDIS bill, please send it to: [email protected]#NDISbill
@billshortenmp We close this thread of love, anger and solidarity with this anecdote: Today, one member of our board texted another with news that Shorten had resigned + gone on to VC role worth over a mill a year.
The response was one word, all in caps: CVNT.
Correct. x
As #BillShorten swallows his golden ticket, it is easy to tell which Disability advocates have gotten a paycheck from govt. It will shock nobody that ANPA don't. We made a reso when we incorporated that we would never take govt funds, esp none from DSS. Tonight exemplifies why.
We offer all of our beloved Disabled fam these thoughts tonight. In rage, in solidarity, at what is happening to our community. And we encourage you to hold this man responsible. @billshortenmp - we will. Mark that. 🤜