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@criprights.bsky.social

human + disability rights activist | cofounder bolshy divas | zinester | social media assassin | cripple | disability consultant | views are my own | AM not PM

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Jillian Segal the so-called anti semitism envoy and funder of hate group Advance, apparently has put out a #bondi statement equating the massive anti genocide March across the Sydney Harbour bridge months back as a cause of this terror event. She needs to resign and repay every cent to the taxpayer.

14.12.2025 11:37 — 👍 188    🔁 64    💬 8    📌 2
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Bondi hero who tackled shooter suffered two gunshot wounds The hero who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters has been identified as a father-of-two.

That heroic bloke who disarmed one of the gunmen and was shot twice?

His name is Ahmed al Ahmed.

He has two kids and owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.

While you’re screaming about Muslims and race, you’re dismissing the actions of a hero.

thewest.com.au/news/nsw/bon...

14.12.2025 13:17 — 👍 33    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Redwood Court (Reese's Book Club): Fiction Fiction

DéLana R. A. Dameron was a brilliant poet & fiction writer about my age that I was in community with who has suddenly passed which is earth shattering. This is her acclaimed novel. @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
bookshop.org/p/books/redw...

30.11.2025 16:38 — 👍 34    🔁 16    💬 5    📌 0

Hilarious that Netflix is screening a bunch of promo fireplace videos while Australia is largely on fire.

01.12.2025 13:52 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

She’s been found! Thank you all x

09.11.2025 08:02 — 👍 28    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0
WELFARE CONCERNS
WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE FORCE

Midland District - WA Police Force

Forrestfield Police have welfare concerns for 17 year old Kendra, who was last seen in Robertson Road GOOSEBERRY HILL, around 11am Friday, the 7th of November 2025.

She is described as dark skin, slim build with dark short shaved hair.

It is not known what Kendra is wearing however she usually wears a baggy jumper and jeans.

Anyone who sees Kendra is asked to call police immediately on 131 444. Quote CAD 849348.

Image:
The image is a composite post from the Western Australia Police Force. On the left, a blue panel features a white checkerboard pattern across the top with the bold white text “WELFARE CONCERNS”. 

On the right, there is a colour photograph of Kendra. They have medium-dark skin, short dark hair mostly covered by a patterned headscarf, and are smiling softly at the camera. They wear a light brown or olive-green collared shirt or jacket. It's in front of an art display of Aboriginal art

WELFARE CONCERNS WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE FORCE Midland District - WA Police Force Forrestfield Police have welfare concerns for 17 year old Kendra, who was last seen in Robertson Road GOOSEBERRY HILL, around 11am Friday, the 7th of November 2025. She is described as dark skin, slim build with dark short shaved hair. It is not known what Kendra is wearing however she usually wears a baggy jumper and jeans. Anyone who sees Kendra is asked to call police immediately on 131 444. Quote CAD 849348. Image: The image is a composite post from the Western Australia Police Force. On the left, a blue panel features a white checkerboard pattern across the top with the bold white text “WELFARE CONCERNS”. On the right, there is a colour photograph of Kendra. They have medium-dark skin, short dark hair mostly covered by a patterned headscarf, and are smiling softly at the camera. They wear a light brown or olive-green collared shirt or jacket. It's in front of an art display of Aboriginal art

Please spread this far and wide & if you are in WA, please help look for Kendra!

Kendra has been out alone since Friday am and her family is worried sick about her. She has no meds & is part of our community. Kendra recently shaved her head. Della is out looking for her now.

Lets bring her home <3

09.11.2025 01:20 — 👍 51    🔁 47    💬 0    📌 2
The Telegraph Headline: New Covid virus found in wild Brazilian bats


Subhed: The discovery of a ‘furin cleavage site’ suggests the mutation which helps the virus adapt to humans is naturally occurring

The Telegraph Headline: New Covid virus found in wild Brazilian bats Subhed: The discovery of a ‘furin cleavage site’ suggests the mutation which helps the virus adapt to humans is naturally occurring

Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories.

www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

31.10.2025 15:51 — 👍 4356    🔁 1378    💬 135    📌 91
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This isn't the first time moms have been blamed for their kids' autism One of the earliest theories of autism is centered on “refrigerator mothers.” Echoes of it can be found in plans to Make America Healthy Again.

On the echoes of refrigerator mothers in MAHA policy: Tiffany Hammond @fidgetsandfries.bsky.social "sees the focus on Tylenol and vaccines not only as a way to blame moms, but as a way to distract from Trump’s cuts to the services and supports families like hers need."

19thnews.org/2025/10/refr...

03.10.2025 15:00 — 👍 46    🔁 17    💬 2    📌 1

Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo (black triangle, white letters, “AUSTRALIA” on the right edge) in the top left. Large white heading to the right reads “What Can I Expect?” Below, bold white text says: “Attendees will have the opportunity to share their stories in a peer led discussion about;” followed by a white bulleted list: “group homes/forced shared supports; restrictive funding periods; support lists & ‘primary disability’ rules; funding cuts and changes; removal of people (especially kids & women) from the NDIS.” Further down, bold white subheading: “Our expert panel will be talking about:” with bulleted list: “assessment; appeals; eligibility reassessments; evidence; and self-advocacy.” 

Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo in the top left. Bold white heading reads “Speakers and Panelists.” Below, four illustrated cartoon-style portraits are arranged in two columns, each with names and affiliations beside them: Naomi Anderson: illustrated with short spiky grey hair and glasses, labelled “(Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service).” Peter Gregory: illustrated with short hair, Image Description (alt text): A digital graphic with a teal background. In the top left, the DPAC Australia logo: a black downward-pointing triangle with rounded corners, containing the white letters “DPAC,” with the word “AUSTRALIA” set diagonally along the triangle’s right edge. To the right, bold white heading text reads “Community Forum.” 

Below, in purple, “NDIS Cuts One Year On.” Underneath is the meta line: “Fri 3 Oct | 12:00–2:00 pm AEST | Online.” In the centre, bold white text says “Share your story. Get informed. Push back!” At the bottom: “Disabled People Against Cuts (Australia). Register on Humanitix: link in text.”

Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo (black triangle, white letters, “AUSTRALIA” on the right edge) in the top left. Large white heading to the right reads “What Can I Expect?” Below, bold white text says: “Attendees will have the opportunity to share their stories in a peer led discussion about;” followed by a white bulleted list: “group homes/forced shared supports; restrictive funding periods; support lists & ‘primary disability’ rules; funding cuts and changes; removal of people (especially kids & women) from the NDIS.” Further down, bold white subheading: “Our expert panel will be talking about:” with bulleted list: “assessment; appeals; eligibility reassessments; evidence; and self-advocacy.” Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo in the top left. Bold white heading reads “Speakers and Panelists.” Below, four illustrated cartoon-style portraits are arranged in two columns, each with names and affiliations beside them: Naomi Anderson: illustrated with short spiky grey hair and glasses, labelled “(Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service).” Peter Gregory: illustrated with short hair, Image Description (alt text): A digital graphic with a teal background. In the top left, the DPAC Australia logo: a black downward-pointing triangle with rounded corners, containing the white letters “DPAC,” with the word “AUSTRALIA” set diagonally along the triangle’s right edge. To the right, bold white heading text reads “Community Forum.” Below, in purple, “NDIS Cuts One Year On.” Underneath is the meta line: “Fri 3 Oct | 12:00–2:00 pm AEST | Online.” In the centre, bold white text says “Share your story. Get informed. Push back!” At the bottom: “Disabled People Against Cuts (Australia). Register on Humanitix: link in text.”


Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo (black triangle, white letters, “AUSTRALIA” on the right edge) in the top left. Large white heading to the right reads “What Can I Expect?” Below, bold white text says: “Attendees will have the opportunity to share their stories in a peer led discussion about;” followed by a white bulleted list: “group homes/forced shared supports; restrictive funding periods; support lists & ‘primary disability’ rules; funding cuts and changes; removal of people (especially kids & women) from the NDIS.” Further down, bold white subheading: “Our expert panel will be talking about:” with bulleted list: “assessment; appeals; eligibility reassessments; evidence; and self-advocacy.” 

Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo in the top left. Bold white heading reads “Speakers and Panelists.” Below, four illustrated cartoon-style portraits are arranged in two columns, each with names and affiliations beside them: Naomi Anderson: illustrated with short spiky grey hair and glasses, labelled “(Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service).” Peter Gregory: illustrated with short hair, Image Description (alt text): A digital graphic with a teal background. In the top left, the DPAC Australia logo: a black downward-pointing triangle with rounded corners, containing the white letters “DPAC,” with the word “AUSTRALIA” set diagonally along the triangle’s right edge. To the right, bold white heading text reads “Community Forum.” 

Below, in purple, “NDIS Cuts One Year On.” Underneath is the meta line: “Fri 3 Oct | 12:00–2:00 pm AEST | Online.” In the centre, bold white text says “Share your story. Get informed. Push back!” At the bottom: “Disabled People Against Cuts (Australia). Register on Humanitix: link in text.”

Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo (black triangle, white letters, “AUSTRALIA” on the right edge) in the top left. Large white heading to the right reads “What Can I Expect?” Below, bold white text says: “Attendees will have the opportunity to share their stories in a peer led discussion about;” followed by a white bulleted list: “group homes/forced shared supports; restrictive funding periods; support lists & ‘primary disability’ rules; funding cuts and changes; removal of people (especially kids & women) from the NDIS.” Further down, bold white subheading: “Our expert panel will be talking about:” with bulleted list: “assessment; appeals; eligibility reassessments; evidence; and self-advocacy.” Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo in the top left. Bold white heading reads “Speakers and Panelists.” Below, four illustrated cartoon-style portraits are arranged in two columns, each with names and affiliations beside them: Naomi Anderson: illustrated with short spiky grey hair and glasses, labelled “(Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service).” Peter Gregory: illustrated with short hair, Image Description (alt text): A digital graphic with a teal background. In the top left, the DPAC Australia logo: a black downward-pointing triangle with rounded corners, containing the white letters “DPAC,” with the word “AUSTRALIA” set diagonally along the triangle’s right edge. To the right, bold white heading text reads “Community Forum.” Below, in purple, “NDIS Cuts One Year On.” Underneath is the meta line: “Fri 3 Oct | 12:00–2:00 pm AEST | Online.” In the centre, bold white text says “Share your story. Get informed. Push back!” At the bottom: “Disabled People Against Cuts (Australia). Register on Humanitix: link in text.”


Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo (black triangle, white letters, “AUSTRALIA” on the right edge) in the top left. Large white heading to the right reads “What Can I Expect?” Below, bold white text says: “Attendees will have the opportunity to share their stories in a peer led discussion about;” followed by a white bulleted list: “group homes/forced shared supports; restrictive funding periods; support lists & ‘primary disability’ rules; funding cuts and changes; removal of people (especially kids & women) from the NDIS.” Further down, bold white subheading: “Our expert panel will be talking about:” with bulleted list: “assessment; appeals; eligibility reassessments; evidence; and self-advocacy.” 

Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo in the top left. Bold white heading reads “Speakers and Panelists.” Below, four illustrated cartoon-style portraits are arranged in two columns, each with names and affiliations beside them: Naomi Anderson: illustrated with short spiky grey hair and glasses, labelled “(Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service).” Peter Gregory: illustrated with short hair, Image Description (alt text): A digital graphic with a teal background. In the top left, the DPAC Australia logo: a black downward-pointing triangle with rounded corners, containing the white letters “DPAC,” with the word “AUSTRALIA” set diagonally along the triangle’s right edge. To the right, bold white heading text reads “Community Forum.” 

Below, in purple, “NDIS Cuts One Year On.” Underneath is the meta line: “Fri 3 Oct | 12:00–2:00 pm AEST | Online.” In the centre, bold white text says “Share your story. Get informed. Push back!” At the bottom: “Disabled People Against Cuts (Australia). Register on Humanitix: link in text.”

Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo (black triangle, white letters, “AUSTRALIA” on the right edge) in the top left. Large white heading to the right reads “What Can I Expect?” Below, bold white text says: “Attendees will have the opportunity to share their stories in a peer led discussion about;” followed by a white bulleted list: “group homes/forced shared supports; restrictive funding periods; support lists & ‘primary disability’ rules; funding cuts and changes; removal of people (especially kids & women) from the NDIS.” Further down, bold white subheading: “Our expert panel will be talking about:” with bulleted list: “assessment; appeals; eligibility reassessments; evidence; and self-advocacy.” Image Description (alt text): A teal background graphic with the DPAC Australia logo in the top left. Bold white heading reads “Speakers and Panelists.” Below, four illustrated cartoon-style portraits are arranged in two columns, each with names and affiliations beside them: Naomi Anderson: illustrated with short spiky grey hair and glasses, labelled “(Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service).” Peter Gregory: illustrated with short hair, Image Description (alt text): A digital graphic with a teal background. In the top left, the DPAC Australia logo: a black downward-pointing triangle with rounded corners, containing the white letters “DPAC,” with the word “AUSTRALIA” set diagonally along the triangle’s right edge. To the right, bold white heading text reads “Community Forum.” Below, in purple, “NDIS Cuts One Year On.” Underneath is the meta line: “Fri 3 Oct | 12:00–2:00 pm AEST | Online.” In the centre, bold white text says “Share your story. Get informed. Push back!” At the bottom: “Disabled People Against Cuts (Australia). Register on Humanitix: link in text.”

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Tomorrow!

One year on from the NDIS cuts - what’s the impact and what next? Community forum (online) Fri 3 Oct, 12:00–2:00pm AEST. Story-sharing + expert panel.

Register: events.humanitix.com/community-forum-ndis-cuts #NDIS #DisabilityRights #AusPol #StopNDISCuts #SaveOurNDIS

02.10.2025 01:24 — 👍 14    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0

#AusLaw #NDIS #disability
Remembering @criprights.bsky.social

28.09.2025 01:32 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Calls for change after Qantas refuses to fly British woman with mobility scooter due to its battery As airlines toughen rules around lithium batteries due to fire danger, disability advocates call for clearer accessibility standards and more consistency between carriers

"Erin Turner Manners, a senior solicitor at the Justice and Equity Centre, said airlines have obligations under discrimination and consumer law but this hasn’t prevented discrimination and poor customer experiences." #auslaw
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

28.09.2025 01:16 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Disability modelling agency boss pocketing money she could use to pay her models

This NDIS registered provider (the govt says that registration will ‘keep us safe’) wants to be famous.

Well, let’s meet Monique, who underpays and exploits disabled people through her NDIS registered modelling agency, Diversity Models.

9now.nine.com.au/a-current-af...

Make her famous.

26.09.2025 02:15 — 👍 39    🔁 23    💬 0    📌 0
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Community Forum: NDIS Cuts One Year On NDIS cuts are harming disabled people and our supporters. Join us for a forum to learn what's happening and how you can be prepared and take action.

SHARE SIGN UP GET IN FAST

THIS IS AWESOME events.humanitix.com/community-fo...

25.09.2025 06:46 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1
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Kirk shooter is rather unsurprisingly not trans, nor Black, and comes from a nice white Republican background.

Watch that uncomfortable silence grow, between the cracks of the Horst Wesseling.

12.09.2025 14:35 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Sign the Petition Replace Dr Mike Freelander as Chair of the Thriving Kids inquiry

Please sign and share!

chng.it/JV9WQDTjBZ

11.09.2025 07:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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e-petitions e-petitions

Please sign and share:

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

To help clarify this part of NDIS complexity.

New framework plans are yet to be introduced.
When this happens NDIA will, by law, be able to restrict a participant’s information that can be considered by the assessor.

04.09.2025 02:34 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

I hope Mark Butler MP was prepared, post his National Press Club of Australia speech, for the wrath of millions of disabled Australians to be rained upon the heads of he and his colleagues.

Because after that shitshow, it’s coming. Nothing surer.

20.08.2025 04:57 — 👍 29    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
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More protest in the streets and chanting. It’s not midnight, so it’s probably not Nazis.

It’s cold and it seems like a good idea to stay inside and warm.

17.08.2025 03:43 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s masterful, really, watching the NDIS 2.0 playbook being rolled out. | Samantha Connor AM It’s masterful, really, watching the NDIS 2.0 playbook being rolled out. We are all in crisis and so sick of the NDIS being so final season Game of Thrones that we are are almost too distracted to not...

I may have lost my shit on LinkedIn a little.

BEHOLD.

www.linkedin.com/posts/samant...

15.08.2025 23:54 — 👍 17    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1

So the gov more secretive than the pathological liars, aren’t realising a report described as dire, diabolical & extremely confronting.
“heat-related fatalities, detailed suburb mapping of coastal inundation from sea level rises & shocking forecasts of impacts on the agricultural sector.”

#Auspol

11.08.2025 23:19 — 👍 20    🔁 20    💬 0    📌 1

Why do we say people are brainy when we think they are clever?

I mean, it’s offal. We don’t say we are livery.

For that matter - we don’t say our skin is SKINNY.

Sticks aren’t naturally sticky.

Hair is by nature hairy.

WHY DO WE DO THIS

NOSY
HANDSY
FOOTY

whyyyyy

31.07.2025 05:18 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 4    📌 0
An Aboriginal flag with a tree superimposed on the top - Gelliplate print

An Aboriginal flag with a tree superimposed on the top - Gelliplate print

22.07.2025 22:28 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Rights Under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD)
YouTube video by DARU Rights Under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD)

We have rights.

And nobody is allowed to take them away from us.

We fight back.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgQn...

21.07.2025 19:09 — 👍 28    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1
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Community Groups To Rally Following Death Of Gay Man In Police Custody - Star Observer Community groups are calling for the end of police as first responders in mental health crises following the death of gay man Collin Burling.

Action for Public Housing is one of several groups rallying at Town Hall on Saturday to call for an immediate end of police responding to mental health crisis cases, and the introduction of mental health-first responder programs in their place.

www.starobserver.com.au/news/communi...

19.07.2025 08:47 — 👍 40    🔁 18    💬 3    📌 1
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Community Groups To Rally Following Death Of Gay Man In Police Custody - Star Observer Community groups are calling for the end of police as first responders in mental health crises following the death of gay man Collin Burling.

This is why you dont call NSW police on community. www.starobserver.com.au/news/communi...

Ever.

19.07.2025 08:47 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Community Groups To Rally Following Death Of Gay Man In Police Custody - Star Observer Community groups are calling for the end of police as first responders in mental health crises following the death of gay man Collin Burling.

This is why you dont call NSW police on community. www.starobserver.com.au/news/communi...

Ever.

19.07.2025 08:37 — 👍 29    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 0

On university costs, as with Defence, the ALP has decided that Scott Morrison should be the one setting policy

14.07.2025 00:54 — 👍 301    🔁 85    💬 19    📌 2

I can’t help but look at her and shriek with laughter. It’s so strange <3

She doesn’t mind my weirdness x

12.07.2025 03:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Smitten has had blood tests done and they have hilariously shaved her neck and now she looks like she has had a tasty cat sized bite taken out of her.

It is most disconcerting.

11.07.2025 07:32 — 👍 39    🔁 2    💬 7    📌 0
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It would appear that, since this article, the NDIA has... | Cat Walker It would appear that, since this article, the NDIA has... *checks notes* ...applied to refer BOTH of these Tribunal decisions to the Guidance and Appeals Panel. Wonder where consideration of the Tr...

Tribunal rips NDIA to shreds in two decisions.

NDIA, rather than contritely implementing said feedback, applies to refer both to the GAP.

Best interests of the child, and all. /s

#NDIS #Auspol #AusLaw #AusLegal

07.07.2025 03:11 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0