Ready Together: Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness - QDN Disability Action Week 2026 Webinar

Ready Together: Disability Inclusive Disaster Preparedness  

QDN Disability Action Week 2026 Webinar

Friday 27 November 2026

10:00 am – 12:00 pm AEST

Online via Zoom

How can we work together to be ready together and ensure people with disability are included, prepared and safe in every emergency?

This year's Queensland Disability Action Week theme, Ready together: preparing for every need, in every emergency, highlights the importance of working together to build more inclusive, accessible and resilient communities. Link to Queensland Government information Disability Action Week - qld.gov.au

Our webinar will bring together people with disability, community leaders, researchers, government, emergency management representatives and service providers to explore what disability-inclusive disaster preparedness looks like in practice.

We will hear from leaders working across emergency management, disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction, research and community-led initiatives, alongside people with disability sharing their lived experience and leadership.

Our speakers

The webinar will include:

• The Honourable Amanda Camm MP – Ministerial address (TBC).

• Alistair Dawson – Inspector-General of Emergency Management (TBC).

• Professor Michelle Villeneuve – Australian Research Council Fellow and Deputy Director, Centre for Disability Research and Policy, The University of Sydney.

In Conversation: Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction

Facilitated by Joanna Fowler, QDN DIDRR Peer Leader, our panel will bring together different perspectives on the practical actions needed to strengthen disability-inclusive emergency preparedness.

Panellists include:

• Cassie Brophy, CEO, mob4mob

• Dr Sam Harvey, Research Fellow, Queensland Aphasia Research Centre

• Jason McKey, Queensland State Manager, National Disability Services

• Representative, Redland City Council (to be confirmed)

• Amber Clarkson, DIDRR Peer Leadership Program participant

Together, we will explore:

• Disability leadership: Putting lived experience at the centre of disaster planning.

• Preparing together: Building shared responsibility across communities, government and services.

• Accessible communication: Making emergency information clear, accessible and usable.

• From evidence to action: Applying research to practical disaster preparedness.

• Local partnerships: Strengthening collaboration between people with disability, councils and communities.

Who should attend?

We encourage people with disability, families and supporters, disability advocates, peer leaders, community organisations, local councils, emergency management agencies, government representatives, disability service providers and anyone interested in building more inclusive and disaster-resilient communities to attend.

Event details

Date: Friday 27 November 2026
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (Queensland time)
Location: Online via Zoom
Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/qdn-disability-action-week-2026-webinar/tickets