June, 2024
We are delighted to share our June Monthly Round Up!
Discover ways to participate in transformative community transport research with Daniel Clarke, share your advocacy experiences with Professor Gregor Wolbring's study on burnout, and showcase your content creation talents with ABC's International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) initiative. Additionally, don't miss the Inclusive Futures at the Inaugural Disability Communications and Media Preconference 2024.
Links can also be found in the 'at a glance' section of the e-blast.
If you have any questions or would like more information about any of the opportunities mentioned below, please contact our team at inclusivefutures@griffith.edu.au.
At a glance
- Have your say in transforming community transport!
- Are you a person with disability who plays a role in advocating for change?
- Are you an emerging content maker with disability?
- ICA Event: Dignified Representation of Disability and Diversity in the Media
Opportunities to participate in research
Have your say in transforming community transport!
Daniel Clarke, an honours student with lived experience of disability, would love to hear from you and your experience with community transport.
If you are over the age of 16, are a regular user of community transport and reside in Townsville and Rockhampton, you are welcome to participate in focus groups, one-on-one interviews or surveys as part of this research.
You will be paid for your time participating and accessibility services will be provided if required.
Visit the study project page to learn more
or contact student researcher
Daniel Clarke d.clarke4@griffith.edu.au.
Are you a person with disability who plays a role in advocating for change?
How does it make you feel every time you have to advocate for disability inclusion or improved access?
Professor Gregor Wolbring from the University of Calgary is an international professor in disability scholarship with personal experience of being a disabled activist. He is studying the experience of burnout amongst people with disability, disability activists, and disability allies.
If you would like to help, please complete a 30-minute online survey on this topic. The survey is completely anonymous and confidential.
Complete the anonymous survey here.
Professional Opportunities
Are you an emerging content maker with disability?
The ABC is partnering with International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) to recognise the 4.4 million Australians with disability. A series of factual stories and content will be commissioned by the ABC to be published and broadcast across ABC platforms for IDPwD on December 3. The ABC are particularly interested in hearing from First Nations and culturally and linguistically diverse content creators.
Entries close July 8, 2024.
To enter fill out the form at the bottom of the ABC article.
If you have any difficulties filling out the following form, or any questions about the application process, please email ABCInclusive@abc.net.au.
Events and key dates
ICA Event: Dignified Representation of Disability and Diversity in the Media
Presented by Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability, this event is part of the ICA pre-conference and will offer a lively and engaging afterword in the wake of The Inaugural Disability Communications and Media Preconference 2024: Emerging or Emerged? This Friday roundtable discussion will feature speakers with lived experience of disability, advocates, media and communication scholars, and communication and journalism practitioners.
Speakers include Dr. Monique Lewis, Lisa Cox, Sara Shams, and Dr. Faith Valencia-Forrester.
Tickets are $20 and the event will be accessible.
Last day to register is 13 June, 2024
Date: Friday, 21 June 2024
Time: 12 noon – 1.15 pm
Location: Coolangatta 3 Room (Event Centre), The Star Casino, Broadbeach