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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


  • Disability Inclusion Author Talk Series: Matt Levy OAM PLY 'Going the Distance'

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    Text in caption below. Photo of Matt Levy, a young athlete with disability. Matt has short wavy brown hair and wears a blue collared sweater, he looks to the front and smiles for the camera.


    Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability invites you to attend our Author Talk event on disability and resilience, with esteemed guest Matt Levy OAM PLY, Australian paralympian and author of Going the Distance.

    In 1987, Matt Levy was born prematurely at 25 weeks. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and severe visual impairment and has undergone 40-50 surgeries on vital organs. Matt’s determination and resilience led him to a career in swimming, where he proudly clinched gold for Australia at the Paralympic Games.

    Representing his nation at five consecutive Paralympic Games, Matt has won 3 gold, 1 silver, and 5 bronze medals. His dominance extends further, having graced the pools at five World Swimming Championships, securing 20 international medals and holding 4 World Records.

    Matt’s contributions to sport were honoured with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2014 for ‘service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. In 2015 Matt was named Athlete of the Year with a Disability at the New South Wales Sports Awards and in 2018 he was named Swimming Australia’s Paralympic Program Swimmer of the Year. In November 2021, he received a New South Wales Institute of Sport Academic Excellence Award and was named the 2021 Sport NSW Athlete of the Year with a Disability.

    Since retiring from the pool, Matt has authored 3 books, including: ‘Keeping your head above water’ (2020), ‘Brandon Dreams Big: 7 easy steps to get where you want’ (2021), and ‘Going the distance: Identify and create your own lane to success’ (2023). More recently, Matt has turned his hand to philanthropy and supporting young people with disability to achieve their own dreams and goals through education, including becoming a patron of the Griffith University Matt Levy Inclusive Futures Scholarship.

    Event Details

    Date:     Tuesday, 27 February 2024

    Time: 11.20am – 12.30pm

    Venue: N53, -1.22 Nathan Campus, Griffith University

    Map: https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0032/244976/nathan-campus-map.pdf

    Accessibility: This event will be accessible including being held in an accessible space, complete with accessible parking (limited), live captioning, Auslan Interpreting, and with a PowerPoint which can be shared ahead of the presentation. A transcript will be available after the event. Please note any accessibility or dietary requirements on your registration.

    RSVP:
    Please confirm your attendance before Thursday, 22 February 2024.

    Click on this link to register your interest or use the QR Code below.

    Contact us:

    inclusivefutures@griffith.edu.au


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