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Advocacy - Tools and Tips

This Advocacy booklet provides tools and tips to assist in preparing for life transitions around a person with disability; querying policy positions; engaging with community organisations, government organization, services – even with family and friends – can all require advocacy.

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2019Submission to the NSW Legislative Council Standing Committee on Social Issues Inquiry into the provisions of the Ageing and Disability Commissioner Bill 2019
2018Submission to the New South Wales Government’s Education Standards Authority (NESA) NSW Curriculum Review
Inquiry into the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the provision of disability services in New...

Developing a Vision

Vision is the fundamental force that drives everything else in our lives. It gives us a focus for building upon the strengths and interests of our children. This three part article discusses the importance of building a vision for your child.

Media Release: NSW Department of Education's Disability Strategy Falls Short of the Mark

NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes has just released The Disability Strategy.

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The Potential Role Of Advocacy In "Imagining Better"

Advocates are frequently people who have become persuaded that the world can be "better" than it is, and it is incumbent upon them to struggle for what might bring this improved world into closer proximity.

The Homes West Experience - Steps to Independent Living for Adults with a Disability

Homes West is a small community based service established in Brisbane, Queensland as a result of families having a dream of a better future for their child with disability.

Social Role Valorisation: A Proposed New Term for the Principle of Normalisation

This paper by Wolf Wolfensberger - is the Director of the Training Institute for Human Service Planning, Leadership and Change Agentry at Syracuse University and the founder of citizen advocacy - proposes the term "social role valorisation" as a replacement for the principle of "normalisation".