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Standing Room Only: The Fight For Accessibility For People With Disability

Standing Room Only: The Fight For Accessibility For People With Disability

The Antoinettes
Sea. 1 Ep. 930 min
10 Apr 24
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What do Johnny Depp, the former Disability Discrimination Commissioner and our very own Azure Antoinette have in common? They’ve all had run-ins with travel authorities because of their dogs.  Getting from A to B is a freedom most people take for granted. But for people living with disabilities, Australia still lags behind other western nations, in its accessibility. No matter how high profile you are or how many times it makes headlines, airlines keep stuffing up their treatment of people with disability -- from the Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott, to the former Disability Discrimination Commissioner and even our own Azure Antoinette whose service dog was just denied travel by two airlines after not being allowed in the country for more than two years..  The United Nations declares it a basic human right to grant persons with disabilities to liberty of movement.  Why does Australia continue to get it wrong given 1 in 5 Aussies live with disability? And how do we compare to other OECD nations?  This episode explores the impact of ableism on dignity and freedom but also the economic loss when companies and governments don't get it right and why Azure is still mad at Johnny Depp. Click here to subscribe to The Antoinettes. Keep the chat going on our Facebook group  Follow us on Instagram Follow us on TikTok Produced by DM podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.