With USyd approving just 117 travel concession applications under Transport NSW’s exemptions for disabled part-time students between 2019 – 2023, concerns are being raised over NSW universities’ opaque guidance on accessing the concessions.
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I have never considered myself a disabled person, but then again my life before USyd was very different. I never told anyone.
After years of being ignored by governments, universities and union bureaucrats, the crisis of unpaid placement-induced student poverty and burnout is reaching a peak.
In fact, I had all but known about having ADHD for years — getting the formal confirmation was, to me, merely that: a confirmation.
This kind of rhetoric drives much of how the media construes and facilitates discussions surrounding disability; when such rhetoric is employed, one only has to imagine the damage this can inflict upon people who identify as being disabled.
Ellie Taylor narrates her experience as a person with dyslexia and intellectual disabilities.
“When I do not compromise
I am selfish and time-hoarding.
On Friday 19 April, the Disabilities Community Room was officially opened by the Disabilities Collective (DisCo) in an event with representatives from the University of Sydney Union (USU), Sydney University Postgraduate Students’ Association (SUPRA), and DisCo members.
Where do this year’s board candidates stand on the planned Disabilities Action Plan?
With the Gaza solidarity encampment approaching its first week on the Quad lawns, student activists continue to demand for the severance of the University’s ties to Israeli universities and weapon manufacturers.