Have The Nerve: A Podcast About Disability
Do you have the nerve to talk about disability?
Have The Nerve is a podcast brought to you by Spinal Cord Injuries Australia and funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Join host, Susan Wood, as she talks you through everything to do with disability.
Have The Nerve: A Podcast About Disability
Episode 31: Disability Royal Commission, Connecting Cultures and the landscape of disability for First Nations
Trigger warning, this episode discusses sexual and physical abuse of people with disabilities and listen discretion is advised.
In this episode of Have the Nerve Susan speaks to Jake Briggs, long time disability advocate, Managing Director of CultureConnex and host of the podcast Keep Rolling with Jake Briggs.
They talk about his career as an advocate, his work in service provision, his work supporting First Nations People during the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, The Voice Referendum and the ripple affect that misinformation and lack of education has had for people with disabilities living in metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas across Australia.
Information in this episode:
CultureConnex: https://cultureconnex.com.au/
Keep Rolling with Jake Briggs: https://linktr.ee/street_rolling_cheetah
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability: https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/
First Peoples Disability Network: https://fpdn.org.au/
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS): https://www.ndis.gov.au/
The biggest takeaways from the Disability Royal Commission after four years of hearings (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-13/disability-royal-commission-biggest-stories/102326830
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Credits
This episode has been written, produced and edited by Susan Wood. Logo art by Cobie Ann Moore.
Spinal Cord Injuries Australia is a for-purpose organisation that supports people with a spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions. For more information about our supports and services, visit our Resource Hub at https://scia.org.au/resources/resource-hub/.
