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21 March 2017

Making a TV series to change disability attitudes makes good sense

The Attitude Foundation is seeking to change mainstream attitudes towards people with disability, particularly the way that people with disability are portrayed in the media.

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13 February 2017

SBS television’s Undressed helps disability inclusion

The inclusion of people with disabilities in the SBS television dating program Undressed is valuable in guiding viewers on how to talk to people with disability and in including them as part of a mainstream program.

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24 January 2017

Key lessons in approaching diversity and inclusion in advertising

Attitude Foundation director Catia Malaquias was featured this week by Pro Bono Australia as a significant change maker.

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16 December 2016

Attitude Foundation engages Taste Creative for new TV series promoting inclusion

The Attitude Foundation, together with its principal partner ANZ, has selected award-winning production company Taste Creative to film a television series promoting the valuable contribution of people with disabilities within Australian communities.

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16 November 2016

Award for ANZ and Attitude’s winning partnership!

In Australia where almost one in five citizens have a disability, it is imperative that government and industry work with the disability sector towards a more inclusive future.

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16 October 2016

Media and Persons with Disabilities – Side Event, Social Forum 2016

The following speech was delivered by Catia Malaquias at the Social Forum 2016 – Side Event, held by the United Nations Council for Human Rights on 3 October at the Palais Des Nations in Geneva.

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29 August 2016

Art Not Reflecting Life

People with disabilities are significantly under-represented on Australian TV. Seeing Ourselves, a five-year report into diversity in Australian TV drama, released by Screen Australia, highlights this problem according to the Attitude Foundation.

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15 July 2016

‘Finding A Way’, the enthralling and uplifting memoir from Graeme Innes

It had been raining steadily for four days, and the question of whether the fete would go ahead on Saturday was constantly up for discussion at the family dinner table.

A life sized puppet and a child use wheelchairs side by side

3 February 2015

Attitude series and the power and responsibility of portraying disability on mainstream TV

When my son Julius was born and I was told that he had Down syndrome, I felt that I had no reference point for what his life and our life as a family might look like.