The New South Wales “Don’t DIS my ABILITY” campaign has just released the latest edition of Made You Look magazine, and it’s a great read.

As far as I can tell, it’s only available in PDF, or in hardcopy if you’re in NSW. Here are the PDF downloads.

Made You Look magazine – Part 1 (PDF, 2MB)

Made You Look magazine – Part 2 (PDF, 2MB)

My article on playground accessibility for parents and carers with disabilities is at the beginning of Part 2.

If there’s anything I can do to improve accessibility for anyone, please let me know – emailing you plain text of an article, for example? Here’s the table of contents, with my comments:

Contents: Part 1

5 Ambassadors 2009: a listing of program ambassadors, with photos and bios
4 Look to the future: editorial by the Chair of the Australian Disability Council
6 Head first: Maeve Marsden with Deaf associations in Africa
7 Von’s Bar: If you build it, they will come…: Siobhan Towner describes her ideal bar, where people could actually get in, enjoy themselves, order a drink, pee, and escape if there’s a fire
8 Learning to live in a quiet room: Heather Walker explains what it was like to finally find the quiet room in her head – and adjust to what she lost in the process
10 Adam Elliot’s truth and beauty, by Maeve Marsden: about claymation film Mary and Max
12 Q&A with Amethyst Barnbrook: ambassador Amethyst is a music student at Wollongong University
14 Scott Reardon: out on a limb: A world champion water-skier, Scott is going to represent Australia at the next Paralympics
15 Water babies: Susie Maroney talks about her cerebral palsy
16 Find my way : Firefighter Melanie Rebane writes about safe egress for people with disabilities
17 The closing of Peat Island Centre marks a century of change: a major NSW institution for people with intellectual disabilities will close completely next year
18 Best Buddies: Monica Heary writes about this teen peer buddy program for people with intellectual disabilities

Part 2

20 Playground accessibility for parents with a disability: An edited version of my previous bloh article on the subject
21 Writer’s blog: Why blogging appeals to some people with disabilities. Has a list of disability-related blogs to check out
22 Write on: Jenny Kapp talks about fanfic and disability
24 Technobility : apps for the iPhone including an Auslan tutor and an Emotions game for kids with autism
25 Friendships and ‘niceties’: on meeting minimal standards of human decency
26 Birds do it, bees do it…: disability and sexuality, by Siobhan Towner
27 Living with Asperger’s syndrome: Camilla Connolly writes about her life and art
28 Rudely Interrupted talk to HACK triple j tv: about Indie rock act Rudely Interrupted
29 Rachel’s reflection: about Rachel Lazarov, a blind multicultural advocacy worker with traumatic amputations
30 A traveller’s tale: Hannen Abdallah and her travels to Lebanon
31 Discrimination for dummies : Elise Archer sums up derailingfordummies.com
32 Award winning advocates giving women a voice: About Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
33 Feature events: the Access All Areas film festival, Get DIS Party Started dance party, and the Queanbeyan Festival of Ability
34 Haley Bellamy: going places : Hayley has motor neurone disease and is studying psychology at UWS
36 Small arts grants, big arts ideas: on the Accessible Arts Small Arts Grants programme
37 In memoriam: obituaries for ambassadors Matt Laffan and Adam Thomson