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Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 14:48

 

UN Special Rapporteur roundtable on violence against women with disabilities

Melbourne 18 April 2012

Follow the live  feed during the roundtable from 2.30 pm AEST

Read our presentation to the roundtable  Word   | PDF

 

Supported Decision-Making Information Sessions

 

Word | PDF

 

Surveys

Guardianship

Do you have a guardian? Please do our survey

http://www.eSurveysPro.com/Survey.aspx?id=35563e9a-b141-4d3f-9cbc-676e3c0dda2a

 

Are you a guardian? Please do our survey

http://www.eSurveysPro.com/Survey.aspx?id=0725eb96-559e-4dc6-ae85-9845f2337a7c

 

Human Rights 

Are you a person with disability who is interested in human rights? Please do our survey

Human Rights survey

 

Position Paper

Disability and Violence | March 2012

Click for PDF or Word version of this Position Paper

 

Projects

Human Rights Project - My Life! My Rights!

 

Are you a person with a disability who is interested in human rights? If so, please take our human rights survey! We are developing new self-advocacy and human rights training for people with disabilities. The answers to this survey will help us to develop the new training.

 

You can print off a copy and bring it into our office.  You can also do the survey in person or over the phone.

 If you would like to do this please contact Kate at projects@advocacyforinclusion.org or on 6257 4005.

 

Please do the survey online.

More information on the human rights education project.

 

Self-Advocacy for Women

A course for Women with Disabilities

April - June 2012

For more information see our January to June 2012 Training Calendar 

 

Supporting Self-Advocacy Training

for Community & Support Workers

Thursday 19 April 2012

Read more about this opportunity in our Training Section

 

 

Submission

Budget Submission to the ACT Government.

February 2012

Word  |  PDF

 

Media

For a copy of the Letter to the Editor in relation to Disability Rights, please refer to our Media Section
22 January 2012
 
Submission to the ACAT Ruling Tribunal

December 2011

 

Newsletter

The December 2011 issue of The Advocate is now available. 
This issue's theme is "Self-Determination."
 

2012 Training Calendar  

 

Annual General Meeting

Our AGM will be held on
Thursday 17 November 2011
4.30pm - 6.00pm
in the Griffin Centre.
For further information, please refer to the AGM Announcement in
Word | PDF
 

Supporting Self-Advocacy Training

for Community & Support Workers.
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Read more about this opportunity in our Training Section
 

Media 

For a copy of the Letter to the Editor in relation to violence in group houses, please refer to our Media Section
19 September 2011
 

Move

We have moved to our new office in the Griffin Centre. 
New Contact Details
 

Submission 

Advocacy for Inclusion has contributed to the ACTCOSS submission
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - A Good Idea for the ACT?
August 2011 
 

Media

Domestic violence laws in line for update
Canberra Times, 16 August 2011
 
 

Media Release

 

Newsletter

The June 2011 issue of The Advocate is now available.
 

Nutrition & Self Advocacy Course

Our next Nutrition & Self Advocacy course for people with disabilities living in supported accommodation starts soon.
 
Complete this Word Registration form or PDF Registration form to express your interest in attending the course.
 
Click for more information about Nutrition & Self Advocacy courses. 
 

Speeches

Getting the Voice of Women with Disabilities Heard by Christina Ryan 
AusAid ACFID Workshop
Read it online, or download as Word | PDF
 

Media Release

 

Media Alert

 

Newsletter

The March 2011 issue of The Advocate is now available. 
 

Nutrition Project Training

Self advocacy nutrition training courses are about to start and will run until April 2012.
If you are interested in participating you may register an expression of interest. Training is for people with disabilities who live in supported accommodation in Canberra.
The courses are free.
 
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Human Rights

Advocacy for Inclusion General Manager, Christina Ryan, has been selected as a community representative on the Australian delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women from 22 February to 4 March 2011 in New York.
You can follow Christina’s daily bulletins, and also join the Facebook page.
 

ACT Budget Submission

The Advocacy for Inclusion submission to the ACT Budget consultation 2011-12 is now available.
We focus on increasing supports for the voice of people with disabilities, and the need to plan government funding and services through the social model of disabilities framework in line with the expectations of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
 
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