USyd SRC Disabilities Collective & Caregivers Network in Sydney, Australia | Non-profit organisation

USyd SRC Disabilities Collective & Caregivers Network

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Address: Lvl 1 Wentworth Building 2006 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: srcusyd.net.au/disabilitiesandcarers

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25.01.2022 Disabled Honi 2020 can now be viewed online at the following links Pdf: [https://bit.ly/3nQS307](https://bit.ly/3nQS307) Screenreadable word doc with image descriptions: [https://bit.ly/34UMZiL](https://bit.ly/34UMZiL)

24.01.2022 It has become clear to us that Facebook Live is an ableist platform, the technology problems were the doing of the Zucc, and absolutely does not reflect on Margot's capacity for working out technology. The subsequent Zoom meeting was lovely. Hope to see you all tomorrow at 5pm at Courtyard Cafe

20.01.2022 GoFundMe to support those whacked with fines after today's protest actions. Give if you can.

16.01.2022 Today, we're posting art that has been published in previous editions of DisCo Honi. Image descriptions are included on each image.

11.01.2022 For those of you who are thinking of submitting, but are having trouble looking for inspiration, or ideas, we bring you the first of a series of posts bringing ...light to things we have published in the past. Our first is our comedy page from 2019. It includes a humourous article by one of our 2019 OBs Wilson Huang, and below is some fantastic art by Victoria Cooper. The text of the article is below: "Title: Miracle painkiller found to be oxycodine Byline: Article text: Last Saturday, it was revealed that a new pill marketed as ‘a miracle cure for pain doctors don’t want you to know about’ was actually just an opioid. The company, Everything Can Be Cured With Natural Remedies, claimed that their pills were a ‘100% natural all new plant extract’ that would shake up the pharmaceutical industry. The supposed miracle cure received many positive reviews with many claiming that their pain was reduced or simply just went away. Wow, this product feels just like the drugs my doctor gave me, wrote one avid reviewer. Another said, This reminds me of when I was on heroin. However, testing by the TGA found that the supposed natural extract was essentially just repackaged oxycodone. When asked by The Dependent, Everything Can Be Cured With Natural Remedies said that, these claims that our pills are opioids are completely false, they are 100% NATURAL. The TGA issued a notice to Everything Can Be Cured With Natural Remedies to stop selling the product. In a statement to The Dependent the TGA said, oxycodone is a Schedule 8 drug and can only be prescribed by doctors under state and territory law. More to come."

10.01.2022 Due to tech problems, we're going to continue the launch in the Zoom meeting You can join with this link and password Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/89277961408 Password: 707820

08.01.2022 http://SUMMIT OPPORTUNITY// Are you a young person? Are you keen to connect with other young people with disability from around Australia? Keen to hear from speakers on what they are passionate about?... Excited to learn about social movements and how to talk truth to power? If you answered yes to any of the above, then you are in luck! CYDA is hosting the National Youth Disability Summit! It has been designed by and for young people with disability and it's TOTALLY free and online! The Summit is 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2020 and includes topics like education, mental health, access and inclusion. Head to www.cydayouth.events to register (did we mention it's free?!) and get excited! Image Description for NYDS Logo: Logo of the National Youth Disability Summit. The letters NYDS are in the middle of the graphic in black text, with the Y outlined in blue. Below the main logo is the wording National Youth Disability Summit and the Summit dates, September 29 October 3. Below the dates is the website for the Summit, w: cydayouth.events. There are orange, blue and red circle shapes located around the logo and text. Image Description for Mel: A graphic featuring a photo of Co-Design Committee Chair, Mel Tran. Next to Mel is a direct quote, I am so excited about this summit because it is truly youth led. It’s designed by young people with disability for young people with disability. The photo and quote is placed over the top of a red background. The National Youth Disability Summit logo is located at the top left of the graphic. There are blue and orange circle shapes on each of the bottom corners.

04.01.2022 Disabled Honi 2020, coming to an Honi stand near you! Really proud of this issue. Lots of fantastic pieces, art, photos, and love packed inside. Physical copies should be on stands either this afternoon or tomorrow morning, and the online edition, as well as a screen reader compatible file, will be available later this week. Remember to tune in at 6pm today over on the Disability Collective facebook page for our online launch event, and swing by Courtyard Cafe tomorrow betwee...n 5pm and 6:30pm for our in-person event (where we are providing food and a bar tab). Both events will be Auslan interpreted. Love and solidarity x Art by Robin Eames __ Image Description: Cover of Disabled Honi 2020. The art behind it is a large, muscular figure, the Greek god Hephaestus. He has blacksmithing gloves on, and a golden prosthetic leg. He and is working a sickle with his blacksmithing hammer on an anvil engulfed in flame. Above him, the flames and smoke fade into a beautiful starry night. There are three lines of text at the top of the page, which reads "The University of Sydney Disability Collective presents: Disabled Honi. Week 7, Semester 2, 2020. First Printed 2018." Below it are three seperated blocks of text, reading "Deaf history / p. 8", "Poetry / p. 14" and "DIY face mask / p. 19".

01.01.2022 The characteristically late Part 2 of inspiration for people thinking of submitting to DisCo Honi 2020. Today, we're highlighting the impact that personal, refl...ective pieces can have. Not every article should be an in depth economic analysis on the latest budget cuts by the government of the day. Personal accounts of disability, political action, and the way we all must live our lives to survive can be incredibly powerful and excellent to read. ___ Title: Beyond Productivity By-line: Hayley Rudkin reflects on her experience of Chronic Fatigue Syndrom Article Text: I developed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome almost six years ago. For the first time since I got ill, I’m in a serious relationship and that means for the first time, I have a witness to parts of my illness that other people don’t usually see. My boyfriend sees me lose sleep because of pain; he sees me forgetting, like, everything; he sees me crash, suddenly unable to lift my arms. Through all this he’s been fabulously kind, helpful, understanding (obviously, because I have taste). But when I first saw him seeing me like this, I was absolutely awful to myself. At this point, I’m used to cancelling on parties and trips and work at the last minute. My illness fluctuates, there’s no way around it my calendar is more a cluster of vague hopes than anything else. It’s disappointing and frustrating, but I’ve become amaaaazingly skilled at cosy nights in, and I really don’t mind watching period dramas in my pyjamas while my friends get trashed in a warehouse, location undisclosed. But I’ve never had my disability affect someone else the way it does now I’m in a relationship. If I can’t go out and I’m stuck in bed all weekend, my boyfriend has to be stuck home with me if we’re going to spend time together. And to my surprise, I found myself feeling INCREDIBLY guilty about this. A voice appeared in my head, telling me that he deserves someone better, someone stronger, more reliable, someone who can earn more money, someone more fun essentially, what I imagine I’d be without ME/CFS. Which is obviously ridiculous, because I’m deeply and profoundly lovely and amazing. Where did this voice come from? It’s not from my boyfriend, and it’s not from my wonderful friends and family. It turns out there’s some residual internalised ableism clinging to my subconscious, like gum on a shoe. That tiny part of me that whispers ‘yes, society should leave me on a hillside to be eaten by wolves, because I can’t be as productive and active and reliable as other, able-bodied people.’ We’re taught all our lives that our worth can be directly indexed to our productivity. For so many people I know, a good day means they’ve been ‘feeling productive.’ But I can’t work or earn as much as other people, and I doubt I ever will. Yet as a partner and a friend, the people who love me find my worth beyond my ability to be reliable, productive, or help them move furniture. Deciding that we are worthwhile, that we deserve life and love with our disabilities, can be work. I’ve found it’s deeply political work so I went over to Gleebooks to find books on disability rights activism to find out more. In the ‘politics’ section of the shop, I found books about class, gender, sexuality, race but not disability. Eventually, I found one book Care Work by Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha which is a discussion of intersectionality and disabled activism, yet it had been placed in the 'health' section. It seemed sadly fitting disability rights are often assumed to be an apolitical health issue, thus denying the need for any disabled peoples’ political agency. For example, while the University of Sydney provides services for students with disabilities, it does not have a space for our marginalised community to gather, discuss the issues affecting us, and advocate for ourselves. Currently, political discourse and media frequently frame disabled lives as a financial, social, and even an interpersonal burden (I’m looking at you, Me Before You). An important task for disabled activism is to reclaim authority over our own narratives, and determine the value of all people beyond productivity. So that eventually, one glorious day, instead of feeling worthless because every now and then I can’t lift my arms, I can feel insecure in my relationships because of my deep-seated fears of intimacy just like everyone else.

01.01.2022 2020 DisCo Honi is really coming together. With publication date just two weeks away, we're super excited to announce our PUBLICATION LAUNCH EVENTS. That's right. With the pandemic still unabated, we have decided to have not one, but two celebrations! We are having an ONLINE event at 6pm on the 13TH OF OCTOBER.... (link here: https://www.facebook.com/events/4370446459692402) We are also having an IN-PERSON event at 5pm on the 14TH OF OCTOBER. (link here: https://www.facebook.com/events/791553624719734) In-person event will be socially distanced, and will include food and a bar tab for attendees. Both events will include speakers, and will be Auslan interpreted. The online event will also be recorded both locally and through Facebook Live, so you can catch up if you weren't able to make it. Looking forward to seeing all your lovely faces soon, and getting to share the incredible talent, thought, and passion that has, and continues to go into the putting together of this paper. It is starting to look really good. As always, love and solidarity to every single one of my beautiful disabled comrades!