UNSW Disability Innovation Institute

Jackie Leach Scully

The Hastings Center in the US honours Jackie Leach Scully, Director of the Disability Innovation Institute at UNSW.

Haben Girma profile

A conversation between Harvard Law School’s first deafblind graduate and the world’s first blind newsreader covers everything from advocacy to finding friends and dancing.

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Bioethics Professor Jackie Leach Scully will head the Institute to be at the forefront of disability innovation through thought leadership and knowledge exchange.  

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The terms of reference need to cover schools, prisons, homes, hospitals, mental health facilities as well as disability support institutions.

Deaf man with smartphone

A panel at UNSW Sydney has discussed some of the challenges faced by people with disabilities when trying to access digital platforms.