There are more than one billion people with disabilities in the world.

Up to 190 million of those experience very significant difficultires.

Sydney University is holding a symposium on the first ever World report on disability commisioned by the World Health Organisation and the World Bank.

Executive Director of People with Disability Australia, Michael Bleasdale, spoke to Ashleigh Dollin about the lack of access people with disabilities have to services.

This interview went to air on SBS radio’s World News Australia’s AM program on the 6th December 2011.