People with Disability Australia Incorporated

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Issues & Campaigns

Supporting PWD

There are many ways to support us:

Make a Donation Becoming a Disability Rights Defender Volunteering and student placement Becoming a financial member

PWD has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

Archives

PWD Annual Report & Strategic Directions

2009/10

PWD Annual Report 2009-2010 PDF 656kb
PWD Annual Report 2009-2010 Word 1.3MB

2008/09

PWD Annual Report 2008-2009 PDF 1.14MB
PWD Annual Report 2008-2009 Word 966kb

Strategic Directions

Forward to our future: Strategic Directions 2007-2010 PDF 153kb
Forward to our future: Strategic Directions 2007-2010 RTF 182kb

29 August 2011: Vale Robert Farley

The Board and staff of PWD were deeply saddened by the news of the death of Robert Farley on 28 August 2011. Robert served as President of PWD from 2006 to 2010, during the period when Australia signed and then ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

He made a significant contribution to the rights of people with disability, not only through the positions he held at PWD, but also with the Disability Council of NSW. He provided advice to NSW Ministers for Disability Services through his tenure as Official Community Visitor and was very involved in the disability community of the Newcastle and Hunter region serving on the Board of Disability Services – Port Stephens Inc.

PWD owes a debt of gratitude to Robert’s determination to promote the human rights of people with disability. The achievements he made in the disability services and human rights sectors will not be forgotten.

Robert was a lifelong participant in the arts, publishing short stories and having his plays performed on stage. He won literary awards and enjoyed painting.

Those of us who had the privilege of knowing Robert will miss him greatly and our thoughts are with his family.
Click here to download the Eulogy by Heidi Forrest (Word 23kb)
Click here to download Memories of Robert (Word 35kb)