It’s 2025 and in Australia people with disability can still be paid less than the minimum wage. Advocates are trying to get the major parties to change this.

A non-verbal autistic teen, who also had cerebral palsy, has died after being shot repeatedly by police in the US state of Idaho earlier this month.

Despite all of the inclusion policies supposedly in place to ensure equitable access to education in Australia, disabled children with complex needs remain at risk of missing out on the opportunities available to their peers.

"Disabled adults are adults and we have the same desires and wants [as anyone else] and it's natural."

In what has been described as a "purge", the Trump Administration has slashed jobs across key health agencies, including those that play an important role in the lives of people with disability.