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Press Release: Australia’s Productivity Problem Has a Missing Dimension

New analysis by Knowable Me finds that seven in ten ASX200 companies make no public reference to disability, raising questions about productivity, workforce participation and organisational risk.

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Voices
April 2026

Climate Action and Accessibility: Are We Leaving People Out?

This article reflects on the accessibility of climate campaigns like Earth Hour, exploring how well-intentioned initiatives can unintentionally exclude people with disability—and what more inclusive climate action could look like.

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Voices
April 2026

Why Workplace Adjustments Are Still Seen as Unfair

Why do workplace adjustments - often low-cost, legally required, and proven to improve productivity - still get treated like special treatment? This article explores how deeply ingrained ideas about fairness, visibility of work, and control shape manager responses, often to the detriment of both people and performance. Through a relatable reframe of the classic tortoise and hare story, it challenges organisations to rethink what “good work” actually looks like, and who gets to define it.

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Voices
April 2026

What International Women’s Day continues to ignore about Disabled Women

Each March when Australia shares purple hashtags and posts cheerful International Women’s Day messages, a truth often goes unspoken: for millions of disabled women in this country, gender equality isn’t a celebration, it’s a battleground. International Women’s Day is meant to spotlight the unfinished work of gender equality. But too often, the experiences of women with disability are missing from that spotlight altogether.

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Voices
March 2026

When You Can’t See It: The Impact of Invisible Disability

For Zero Discrimination Day, this powerful reflection explores the impact of living with an invisible disability. From subtle dismissal to everyday minimisation, it examines how quiet discrimination shapes confidence, mental health and opportunity, and why believing lived experience matters.

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Voices
March 2026

1 in 12: The Reality of Rare Disease in Australia

Rare diseases affect more than two million Australians, yet most remain invisible in public conversation, research investment and treatment pathways. In this personal reflection for Rare Disease Day, a member of the rare disease community shares the realities of delayed diagnosis, off-label treatments and living with two neuroimmune conditions, challenging the idea that rare means uncommon - or unimportant.

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Voices
March 2026

Justice Wasn’t Built For Us

On World Social Justice Day, Australia’s first blind Aboriginal lawyer reflects on navigating systems never designed for Mob with disability — and why lived experience isn’t inspiration, it’s expertise.

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Insights
February 2026

Press Release: Australia’s Productivity Problem Has a Missing Dimension

New analysis by Knowable Me finds that seven in ten ASX200 companies make no public reference to disability, raising questions about productivity, workforce participation and organisational risk.

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Perspectives
February 2026

The standard you walk past is not the whole story

A reflection on accountability, power, and why broken systems so often rely on individuals to pick up the slack.

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Insights
February 2026

Trust Issues: Disability and the AI Divide

People with disability see AI's potential but don't trust it yet. With an average trust score of just 2.5 out of 5, disability communities want human oversight, immediate data deletion, and tools that work with—not instead of—real support.

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