Don't DIS my ABILITY
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Don’t DIS my ABILITYhttp://www.dontdismyability.com.au is an educational campaign in New South Wales
(NSW), Australia
. The project is supported by the NSW Government's Ageing, Disability and Home Care, Department of Human Services to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The goal of Don’t DIS my ABILITY is to change misconceptions surrounding disabilities
. Ambassadors are selected as role model
s for the campaign from the arts
, sports and business
sectors and events are held throughout metropolitan and regional NSW. The campaign publication, Made You Look is circulated across NSW in arts and community venues, news agencies
, libraries
and schools
.
campaign with the slogan "Don't DIS my ABILITY." The campaign aimed to challenge society’s stereotype
s around disability and invited people to reconsider their relationships and attitudes toward people with a disability.
A reference group
was assembled that included government bodies and key stakeholders from the disability sector. Each year the event program has grown and in 2009, more than 100 public events were held during the campaign.
In 2007, the event program was published and circulated in a new street press
magazine, Made You Look. In 2009, the event program was published on the back of the campaign poster, and Made You Look was devoted to publishing stories by and about people with a disability.
In 2008, as part of the campaign a film festival
was made fully accessible for people with a disability in NSW. Sponsored by ADHC, Access All Areas Film Festival visited five regional cities throughout November culminating in a special event in Sydney
on 3 December to celebrate International Day of People with a Disability. In 2009, Access All Areas grew to incorporate a short film program for school children. The film festival will visit regional towns once more in 2010, culminating with an event in Sydney on December 3.
In 2010, the campaign focus is on social media
, with a new campaign blog, a YouTube channel, Facebook page and Twitter account.
Other events, hosted by councils, sports club
s, community group
s and other organisations are posted on the Don’t DIS my ABILITY website. Each year these events are attended by over 25,000 people.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
(NSW), Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The project is supported by the NSW Government's Ageing, Disability and Home Care, Department of Human Services to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The goal of Don’t DIS my ABILITY is to change misconceptions surrounding disabilities
Disability
A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.Many people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability instead of handicapped...
. Ambassadors are selected as role model
Role model
The term role model generally means any "person who serves as an example, whose behaviour is emulated by others".The term first appeared in Robert K. Merton's socialization research of medical students...
s for the campaign from the arts
ARts
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, sports and business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
sectors and events are held throughout metropolitan and regional NSW. The campaign publication, Made You Look is circulated across NSW in arts and community venues, news agencies
News agency
A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswire or news service.-History:The oldest news agency is Agence...
, libraries
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
and schools
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
.
History
In 2004, the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) - now Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC) - set out to celebrate International Day of People with a Disability (now International Day of Persons with Disabilities) by creating a public awarenessAwareness
Awareness is the state or ability to perceive, to feel, or to be conscious of events, objects or sensory patterns. In this level of consciousness, sense data can be confirmed by an observer without necessarily implying understanding. More broadly, it is the state or quality of being aware of...
campaign with the slogan "Don't DIS my ABILITY." The campaign aimed to challenge society’s stereotype
Stereotype
A stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings...
s around disability and invited people to reconsider their relationships and attitudes toward people with a disability.
A reference group
Reference group
A reference group is a concept referring to a group to which an individual or another group is compared.Sociologists call any group that individuals use as a standard for evaluating themselves and their own behavior a reference group....
was assembled that included government bodies and key stakeholders from the disability sector. Each year the event program has grown and in 2009, more than 100 public events were held during the campaign.
In 2007, the event program was published and circulated in a new street press
Street press
Street press is a term used to describe a certain type of publishing, between zines and magazines/newspapers in terms of distribution, content and audience. They are particularly prolific in Australia, although there are also some examples from Europe and North America...
magazine, Made You Look. In 2009, the event program was published on the back of the campaign poster, and Made You Look was devoted to publishing stories by and about people with a disability.
In 2008, as part of the campaign a film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
was made fully accessible for people with a disability in NSW. Sponsored by ADHC, Access All Areas Film Festival visited five regional cities throughout November culminating in a special event in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
on 3 December to celebrate International Day of People with a Disability. In 2009, Access All Areas grew to incorporate a short film program for school children. The film festival will visit regional towns once more in 2010, culminating with an event in Sydney on December 3.
In 2010, the campaign focus is on social media
Social media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
, with a new campaign blog, a YouTube channel, Facebook page and Twitter account.
Events
Each year events are held throughout NSW to celebrate Don’t DIS my ABILITY and International Day of People with a Disability. 2010 feature events, supported by Ageing, Disability and Home Care included the Access All Areas Film Festival, Accessible Arts Small Arts Grants, the Queanbeyan Festival of Ability and Companion Card’s Get DIS party started!Other events, hosted by councils, sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
s, community group
Community Group
Community Group are a British political party in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, founded in 2001. The Community Group has four councillors serving on Doncaster Metropolitan Borough council....
s and other organisations are posted on the Don’t DIS my ABILITY website. Each year these events are attended by over 25,000 people.
Ambassadors
Each year ambassadors are selected to support and strengthen the Don’t DIS my ABILITY campaign. Ambassadors are chosen from the arts, sports and business fields. They attend various events throughout the campaign. From this group, key ambassadors are chosen to be the public face of the campaign. These include:- 2004: Uma Raj, Janet Diane
- 2005: Alex Jones, Amy Winters
- 2006: Marty Mayberry, Andy Duncan
- 2007: Ruth Cromer
- 2008: Tracy Barrell
- 2009: Jeremy Doyle
- 2010: The First Flight Crew
2010 Ambassadors
- Dr Mark Bagshaw
- Tracy Barrell OAM
- Michael Bartels
- Mark Breadner
- Caroline ConlonCaroline ConlonCaroline Conlon is an Australian actor and director. She was the artistic director of the Australian Theatre of the Deaf from 2005–2008, and has been involved with ATOD in other roles for nearly 20 years. She was born deaf and attended mainstream schools. In her early twenties she discovered the...
- Camilla Connolly
- Kurt FearnleyKurt FearnleyKurt Fearnley OAM is an Australian wheelchair racer, who competes at the Olympic level. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 5th in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair...
OAM - Fiona Given
- Nick Gleeson
- Leonie Jackson
- Alex JonesAlex Jones (actor)Alex Jones is an advocate for people who are Deaf or have a hearing impairment.Jones is a co-founder and current Director of . The company has developed , a realtime, word accurate speech-to-text captioning solution using broadband technology which featured and won on ABC1’s The New Inventors...
- Krystel Keller
- Rachel Lazarov
- Janel Manns
- Professor Ron McCallumRon McCallumProfessor Ronald Clive McCallum, AO is an Australian legal academic. He is an expert in labour law, and has served as a Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Sydney...
AO - Audrey O’Connor
- Gerard O’Dwyer
- Jan Pike
- Scott Reardon
- Julie Stonestreet
- Robert Strike
2009 Ambassadors
- Dr Mark Bagshaw
- Amethyst Barnbrook
- Tracy Barrell
- Michael Bartels
- Camilla Connolly
- Jeremy Doyle
- Kurt FearnleyKurt FearnleyKurt Fearnley OAM is an Australian wheelchair racer, who competes at the Olympic level. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 5th in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair...
OAM - John Foster
- David Gwilliam
- Alex JonesAlex Jones (actor)Alex Jones is an advocate for people who are Deaf or have a hearing impairment.Jones is a co-founder and current Director of . The company has developed , a realtime, word accurate speech-to-text captioning solution using broadband technology which featured and won on ABC1’s The New Inventors...
- Krystel Keller
- Janel Manns
- Susie MaroneySusie MaroneySusan Jean "Susie" Maroney OAM is an Australian former marathon swimmer.-Swimming career:...
OAM - Professor Ron McCallumRon McCallumProfessor Ronald Clive McCallum, AO is an Australian legal academic. He is an expert in labour law, and has served as a Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Sydney...
AO - Fiona McKenzie
- Tony Purkiss
2008 Ambassadors
- Dr Mark Bagshaw
- Tracey Barrell OAM
- Michael Bartels
- Caroline ConlonCaroline ConlonCaroline Conlon is an Australian actor and director. She was the artistic director of the Australian Theatre of the Deaf from 2005–2008, and has been involved with ATOD in other roles for nearly 20 years. She was born deaf and attended mainstream schools. In her early twenties she discovered the...
- Phillip Coster
- Ruth Cromer
- Kurt FearnleyKurt FearnleyKurt Fearnley OAM is an Australian wheelchair racer, who competes at the Olympic level. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 5th in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair...
OAM - Mash Ferris
- David Gwilliam
- Lindy Hou OAM
- Jessica Irwin
- Nathan Johnston
- Alex JonesAlex Jones (actor)Alex Jones is an advocate for people who are Deaf or have a hearing impairment.Jones is a co-founder and current Director of . The company has developed , a realtime, word accurate speech-to-text captioning solution using broadband technology which featured and won on ABC1’s The New Inventors...
- Matt Laffan
- Dr Ruby Langford GinibiRuby Langford GinibiRuby Langford Ginibi was an acclaimed Bundjalung author, historian and lecturer on Aboriginal history, culture and politics.-Names:...
- Janel Manns
- Professor Ron McCallumRon McCallumProfessor Ronald Clive McCallum, AO is an Australian legal academic. He is an expert in labour law, and has served as a Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Sydney...
AO - Tony Purkiss
- Ros Sackley
- Sarah Tracton
2007 Ambassadors
- Dr Mark Bagshaw
- Neville Brown
- Anthony Butt
- Young-Joo Byun
- Caroline ConlonCaroline ConlonCaroline Conlon is an Australian actor and director. She was the artistic director of the Australian Theatre of the Deaf from 2005–2008, and has been involved with ATOD in other roles for nearly 20 years. She was born deaf and attended mainstream schools. In her early twenties she discovered the...
- Ruth Cromer
- Brad Dubberley
- Lisa Edmonds
- Kurt FearnleyKurt FearnleyKurt Fearnley OAM is an Australian wheelchair racer, who competes at the Olympic level. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 5th in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair...
OAM - Lindy Hou OAM
- Nathan Johnston
- Alex JonesAlex Jones (actor)Alex Jones is an advocate for people who are Deaf or have a hearing impairment.Jones is a co-founder and current Director of . The company has developed , a realtime, word accurate speech-to-text captioning solution using broadband technology which featured and won on ABC1’s The New Inventors...
- Scott Kenney
- Matt Laffan
- Marty Mayberry
- Professor Ron McCallumRon McCallumProfessor Ronald Clive McCallum, AO is an Australian legal academic. He is an expert in labour law, and has served as a Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Sydney...
AO - Paul Nunnari
- Ros Sackley
- Ebru Sumaktas
- Meg Smith
- Paul Wade
Other
- http://www.aarts.net.au/projects/idpwd/
- http://www.dadhc.nsw.gov.au/dadhc/Events/Don’t+DIS+my+ABILITY+campaign.htm
- http://www.accessallareasfilmfestival.com.au/
- http://aarts.net.au/