[csaa-forum] 'Critical Social Futures' disability event, UNSW, Fri 19 June 15

[Gerard Goggin]

Dear CSAA colleagues,

For those interested in disability research, support, care, services, politics, human rights, and policy – an event organized by myself and colleagues from The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Critical Disability Thematic Group.

Details at: http://bit.ly/1Fc0h4R

Cheers,

Gerard Goggin


CRITICAL SOCIAL FUTURES: QUERYING SYSTEMS OF DISABILITY SUPPORT: REGISTRATIONS & PROGRAM
http://bit.ly/1Fc0h4R
With Dr Martin Sullivan, Massey University, New Zealand
Friday 19 June, 2015, UNSW AUSTRALIA
Registrations are now open for the one day symposium Critical Social Futures: Querying Systems of Disability Support held on Friday 19 June 2015 at UNSW Australia.

Dr Martin Sullivan, Massey University, New Zealand, will explore the implications of the National Disability Insurance Scheme for the lives of people with disability and their support networks drawing upon his experience personal and professional experience with the New Zealand disability insurance scheme.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) marks a significant change to the way disability support is funded and delivered in Australia. The NDIS emerges out of disability advocacy and the Productivity Commission’s Disability Care and Support (2011) Report. However, it also occurs at a time in which there has been International funding cuts to disability, as well as changing ideas around the role of governments and markets alongside international frameworks which place an emphasis on human rights, such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (CPRD). There has been considerable public, sector, disability movement, and policy debate about these wide-ranging changes ­, with heightened and urgent attention being paid to the policy, services, and practical implications of the NDIS, as the rollout occurs.

Yet, as these debates reveal, the NDIS raises many fundamental issues for how we conceive of social futures ­– and how we can adequately, imaginatively, and concretely do justice to the profound issues that disability raises, and that new systems of disability support and care are enacting. These are issues being tackled from a range of locations, perspectives, approaches, and disciplines. This one day symposium aims to contribute to this emerging knowledge and conversations by offering a space for critical research, reflection, and discussion.


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Gerard Goggin
ARC Future Fellow
Professor of Media and Communications
Department of Media and Communications
University of Sydney

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