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• Congratulations to Joe-Anne Kek-Pamenter – named Champion of Accessibility in the 2025 ADCET Accessibility in Action Awards!

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  🎉 Congratulations to Joe-Anne Kek-Pamenter – named Champion of Accessibility in the 2025 ADCET Accessibility in Action Awards!

  Joe-Anne is the Graphic Design and Communications Officer at Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability and The Hopkins Centre at Griffith University. With over 30 years’ experience in design and education — and hard of hearing since the age of 16 — Joe-Anne brings a powerful combination of lived experience, professional expertise, and inclusive design thinking to everything she does.

  At Griffith, Joe-Anne plays a central role in shaping accessible research and events across numerous major initiatives. She works under the leadership of Professor Elizabeth Kendall AM, Dr Maretta Mann and Professor Tim Geraghty, and collaborates closely with researchers and teams to ensure accessibility is embedded from concept to delivery.

  Some of her standout contributions include:

  • The Dignity Project and Voice of Queenslanders with Disability, under the leadership of Dr Kelsey Chapman, where Joe-Anne led the design of highly accessible visual reports, infographics, diagrams and inclusive storytelling platforms.
  • The development of Inclusive Events and Inclusive Design Toolkits, in collaboration with accessibility expert Rebekah Barker, to support inclusive practices across higher education.
  • Accessible design and Easy Read materials for First Nations research and NDIS-related projects.
  • Her earlier work as a TAFE Queensland educator, where she taught business administration, computing and design for over a decade.

  Joe-Anne holds a Bachelor of Multimedia Studies (Faculty Medallist and Dux) from CQUniversity, alongside qualifications in graphic design, education and digital accessibility. She has worked across tertiary, government, and community sectors, including with Media Diversity Australia (designing the Disability Reporting Handbook) and as a judge for the Centre for Accessibility’s Australian Access Awards.

  She was also instrumental in the development of the ADCET Guideline for Guideline for Supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Online – a groundbreaking national resource created in collaboration with Cathy Easte, Bobby Blackson, and Gary Kerridge. Now in its fifth year as ADCET’s most accessed guide, it remains a trusted resource in digital accessibility.

  👏 This award recognises Joe-Anne’s sustained advocacy, creative leadership, and enduring commitment to accessible design and education. Griffith University is proud to celebrate her outstanding achievement.

  🔗 Learn more about the ADCET Awards: https://www.adcet.edu.au/our-work/accessibility-in-action-award

  
  

• Honoring Excellence: Prof. Elizabeth Kendall Appointed Member of the Order of Australia in 2024 King's Birthday Honours

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  Congratulations to our Director, Professor Elizabeth Kendall, on being appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the King’s Birthday 2024 Honours List.

  Professor Kendall has dedicated her life, professionally and personally, to improving the lives of people with disability, for more than 40 years. She is a pioneer of disability and rehabilitation research, making extensive seminal contributions in peer reviewed journals, books, and industry reports.

  As the Foundation Director of The Hopkins Centre (a collaborative between Griffith University, Metro South Healthand the Motor Accident Insurance Commission), Elizabeth was instrumental in embedding consumer engagement and practitioner capacity, resulting in impactful research designed and conducted in collaboration with end users. Under Professor Kendall’s leadership, research has been translated into sustainable components of the service system for people with disability.

  Under Professor Kendall’s leadership of Griffith University’s Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability, Professor Kendall is leading innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to creating inclusive places for people with disability to live, work and play. The Inclusive Futures Hub, an online, accessible consumer engagement platform, has grown to over 700 members, who have contributed to state and national policy reforms for people with disability.

  Elizabeth is a tireless advocate and champion for people with disability. She has also mentored many research students and staff to lead successful careers of their own.

  We are so proud of Elizabeth and delighted to see her receive this deserving recognition.

  Read more in the Griffith News: https://news.griffith.edu.au/2024/06/10/leading-disability-advocate-honoured-in-kings-birthday-list/

  

  Visit the Inclusive Futures Website: https://www.griffith.edu.au/research/inclusive-futures-reimagining-disability

  Register to become a member: https://inclusivefutures.griffith.edu.au/