DLU Friday Round Up!
Welcome back to another week of the DLU Friday round up. Public holidays and long weekends have meant that we’ve missed a couple of Friday Round Ups, but hold tight, I’ve got a bunch of the best and most exciting disability related news articles and events around Melbourne for you today.
- NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT – Make time to check out the very exciting event run by Cherchez La Femme, ‘Disability and Feminism’, a panel discussion featuring Dr Shakira Hussein (writer, researcher, academic, feminist), Jax Jacki Brown (perfomer, writer, educator, feminist) and Jessica Knight (poet, arts writer, artist, feminist). At the Duke of Wellington on Flinders Lane – tickets from here.
- For those with an interest in non-visual art, you should check out Smell You Later. As the program states: ‘audiences are invited to participate in non-visual artwork experiences by creating scent-based Next Wave Festival memories with Smell You Later. Discover a series of scent-based encounters embedded within Festival venues and sniff out the scent trail that winds through corridors, stairwells, lobbies and bathrooms.’
- Speaking of non-visual arts, the Metropolitan Museum in New York is holding regular ‘Seeing through Drawing’ classes for Blind or Partially sighted visitors. In fact, they have a range of programs for visitors with different disabilities ranging from mobilities to Autism spectrum.
- Auslan Stage Left are a non-for-profit organisation that enables and provides quality Auslan interpreted theatre, and training to interpreters and deaf consultants in the area of theatre interpreting. Check out some the feedback from their Grease show and you can keep an eye out for their upcoming shows here.
- It’s Budget time – where is the NDIS now?
- An interesting read for job-seeking grads – how do you disclose hidden disabilities to future employers?
- Although recent news seems to suggest that employees with hidden disabilities such as Autism are being sought after. So much so that Freddie Mac is offering specific internships for recent graduates and current students on the autism spectrum.
And finally, some wisdom from Gothe
