Maria Scharnke

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Maria Scharnke is an independent disability advocate. She is Autistic, Dyspraxic, and has multiple other disabilities, including physical and psychosocial conditions. She is a survivor of family violence, segregation, bullying, and the systemic abuse, both legal and illegal, that comes from living in a society that dehumanises and devalues Disabled people.

Maria is a proponent of disability justice, rights, desegregation, inclusion, and equity.

Maria is a disability theorist.

Some of Maria's writing: Nondisabled Unwillingness to Condemn Aktion T4 ยท A Note on Disabled Rage

Current Positions:

  • Women With Disability Australia - Board
  • Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education - Steering Committee
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