People with Disability Australia Incorporated

Photo of a UN Convention meeting with some attendees with physical disability

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

Disabled Peoples’ International

Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) is a cross-disability, consumer-controlled international organisation of people with disability in over 130 countries around the world. It was established to promote the human rights of people with disability through full participation, equalisation of opportunity and development.

The goals of DPI are to:

    * Promote the human rights of people with disability;
    * Promote economic and social integration of people with disability;
    * Develop and support organisations of people with disability

For more information about DPI please visit: http://www.dpi.org/

For more information about DPI Asia-Pacific visit http://www.dpiap.org/

PWD and DPI

PWD holds associate membership of Disabled People’s International (DPI) and has been involved in DPI since its inception some 30 years ago. This has included attendance at DPI world and regional assemblies and workshops and assisting with the organisation of the DPI World Assembly held in Sydney in 1994.

Recent Events

October 2011: Durban, South Africa - DPI 8th World Assembly

From 10–13 October, a delegation of Australian people with disability from PWD and the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) represented Australia at the DPI 8th World Assembly in Durban, South Africa.

Click here for more information on the event and the Australian delegation, including a daily roundup and photos.

August 2011: New Delhi, India - DPI Regional Workshop

PWD participated in this workshop in Delhi. The aim of the workshop was to support Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) towards accelerating the Implementation of the CRPD. At this event, PWD worked with the other Pacific DPO to ensure that Pacific issues were highlighted in discussions and that the final Recommendations reflected key priorities for the Pacific Region, namely those contained in ‘Pacific Disability Strategy’. PWD was involved in a subcommittee to draw up the outcomes statement as well as holding a meeting of Commonwealth countries to develop a statement to be forwarded to CHOGM 2011 in Perth.