Submissions are gradually being published on the official DRC website. Some organisations have published their submissions to the Disability Royal Commission on their own websites. Links to statements from disability advocates and other representatives of advocacy organisations, that have been submitted in preparation for hearings, are also included below:
Action for More Independence and Dignity in Accommodation (AMIDA)
- Group Homes Issues Paper response
- Statement of Pauline Williams (Projects Co-ordinator)
- Statement of Colin Hiscoe (Self Advocacy Resource Unit and President of Reinforce)
Advocacy for Inclusion
Advocacy Tasmania
- Response to Group Homes Issues Paper
- Response to Health care Issues Paper
- Response to Emergency Planning and Response Issues Paper
AED Legal Centre
Australian Centre for Disability Law
Council for Intellectual Disability
- Statement of Justine O’Neill (CEO)
- Statement of James (Jim) Simpson (Senior Advocate)
- Statement of Rachel Spencer (Senior Manager, Inclusion Projects)
- Statement of Anthony Mulholland (Member and Self Advocate)
DACSSA Disability Advocacy
- COVID-19 and Disability – A Systemic Impact Report (in response to Emergency Planning and Response Issues Paper)
Developmental Disability WA
Disability Justice Australia
- Statement of Fiona Downing (Senior Advocate)
Family Advocacy
- Submission No.1: Inclusive Education
- Submission No.2: Response to Education and Learning Issues Paper
- Statement of Cecile Elder (Executive Officer)
IDEAS
Independent Advocacy North Queensland (IANQ)
- Statement of Deborah Wilson (CEO) – statement of information, including client case studies from IANQ
- Statement of Joanna Mullins (Advocate/NDIS Appeals Support Officer)
Independent Advocacy SA
- Response to Group Homes Issues Paper
- Response to Health care for people with cognitive disability Issues Paper
Intellectual Disability Rights Service
- Introduction to Intellectual Disability
- Statement of Kenn Clift (Solicitor)
- Statement of Julia Wren (Advocate for Parents)
- Statement of Janene Cootes (Executive Officer)
- Statement of Michael Baker (Advocate)
- Statement of Taylor Budin (Self Advocate)
- Submission on COVID-19 pandemic experiences
- Criminalised People with Cognitive Impairment: The Cognitive Impairment Diversion Program Model (co-authored with UNSW researchers)
Melbourne East Disability Advocacy
- Response to Group Homes Issues Paper
- Response to Health care for people with cognitive disability Issues Paper
- Response to Restrictive Practices Issues Paper
Ngaanyatjarra Yankunytjatjara Pitjantjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC)
People With disability WA
Physical Disability Council of NSW
Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI)
- Submission on Inclusive Education of Students with Disability
- Submission on Emergency Planning and Response – Impact of COVID19 Restrictions on People with Disability in Queensland
- Submission on Group Homes
- Joint statement of Michelle O’Flynn and Nikki Parker (Director and Education Advocate)
- Statement of Courtney Wolf (NDIS Appeals Advocate)
- Submission on Promoting Inclusion
Queenslanders with Disability Network
- Response to Education and Learning Issues Paper
- Submission on Emergency Planning and Response
- Submission on Group Homes
Speak Out Association of Tasmania
- Issues Paper Response – Group Homes
- Statement of Kalena Bos (Self Advocate)
Speaking Up For You
VALID
- Statement of Kevin Stone (CEO)
- Statement of Sarah Forbes (Advocacy Manager)
- Statement of Dariane McLean (Advocate)
Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service
- Statement of Naomi Anderson (Lawyer)
Women With Disabilities ACT
- Response to the Royal Commission Issues Paper on Group Homes
- Response to the Royal Commission Issues Paper on Emergency Response
Women with Disabilities Victoria
National organisations
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
- Statement on Experiences of people with disability during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
- Joint statement of Ross Joyce and Patrick McGee (CEO and National Manager – Policy, Advocacy & Research)
Children and Young People with Disability Australia
- Emergency planning and response during COVID-19
- Education of children and young people with disability
- Not even remotely fair: Experiences of students with disability during COVID-19
- Response to Restrictive Practices Issues Paper
- Statement of Mary Sayers (CEO) in August
- Statement of Mary Sayers in September
- Response to issues paper: Employment of young people with disability
Down Syndrome Australia
- Submission on Education and Learning
- Submission on Emergency Planning and Response
- Submission on Health Issues
- Submission on Rights and Attitudes
- Submission on Employment
First Peoples Disability Network Australia
- Video submission
- Statement of Damian Griffis (CEO)
- Submission to Emergency Planning and Responses Issues Paper
Inclusion Australia
- Response to issues paper on healthcare for people with cognitive disability
- Statement of Catherine McAlpine (CEO)
National Ethnic Disability Alliance
- Statement of Dominic Golding (Projects and Policy Officer)
National Disability and Carers Alliance
- Statement of Kirsten Deane (Campaign Director for Every Australian Counts)
People With Disability Australia
- Submission in response to the Group Homes Issues Paper: Realising our right to live independently in the community
- Submission in response to Emergency Planning and Response Issues Paper
- Statement of Eleanor Gibbs (then Director of Media and Communications)
Women With Disability Australia
- Response to Issue Paper on Education and Learning
- Response to Group Homes Issue Paper
- Response to Employment Issues Paper
- Response to Emergency Planning Issues Paper
- Response to Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper
Joint submissions
- Eight of these National organisations (including DANA) have submitted a joint position paper on segregation: Segregation of people with disability is discrimination and must end. This submission has now been endorsed by over 50 organisations and 150 individuals. (See our DRC Blog)
- Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education is made up of 12 organisations and have submitted a number of documents, including a submission in response to the DRC’s Overview of responses to the first Education and Learning Issues Paper
See the Spotlight on Advocacy page for quotes and videos of appearances at the public hearings.
Email Siobhan at policy@dana.org.au if your advocacy organisation has published a submission to the DRC that we can link to from this page.