Connect - Spring 2007 (Issue 13)

• Welcome to Connect
• Australia signs the UN convention for people with a disability
• Bringing the world into view
• Girl Power dispells shyness
• A new day service dawns in the Torres Strait
• Comedy crosses the disability divide
• Making merry on the dance floor
• Dare to be different Autism Awareness
• Budget boost for better disability service delivery
• The new system at a glance
• Investing in positive futures - response to the Carter Report
• New publication: See beyond the disability
• Thinking outside the chair - National Cerebral Palsy Australia Conference
• WOW - what is Cerebral Palsy League Queensland doing now?
• Shared Visions regional forums - be part of the journey
• Gunalda girl goes for gold
• The wheels are in motion
• Disability Action Week
• Wh-enLightening strikes
• Visions - Dr Garry Kidd, University of Queensland (UQ)

Australia signs the UN convention for people with a disability

The Australian Government recently signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations, marking a historic moment in the lives of Australian people with a disability.

Australian Federation of Disability Organisations chairperson Samantha Jenkinson says "the Convention upholds the values of all people with a disability irrespective of the type of disability, their language or geographic location".