Promoting safety from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation
Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities (ADEC)
- Ask for help! Safeguarding the rights of people with disabilities from CALD backgrounds (Easy Read resource available in 10 different languages)
Action for More Independence & Dignity in Accommodation (AMIDA)
- Housing – Know Your Rights (12 minute video)
Advocacy for Inclusion
Staying Connected Podcast:
Council on Intellectual Disability (CID)
- What is a restrictive practice? (Easy Read resource)
Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI)
- Violence against people with disability in their homes (videos)
- Is Somebody Hurting you? – Understanding violence and your rights (brochure)
- Are they allowed to do this to me? – A guide to understanding restrictive practices and your rights (brochure)
Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability Inc. (VALID)
- ‘Be friends not bullies’ poster and video on YouTube
- Staying Safe flyer (and videos on YouTube)
- Complaints to NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (poster)
- My Home, my rights and my responsibilities (videos with Easy Read information for people with disability living in group homes)
- VALID Podcasts
Women with Disabilities Victoria
- Family Violence Response for Women with Disabilities Guide (Microsoft Word version); and,
- Family Violence Response for Women with Disabilities – A quick guide to safely managing disclosures (Microsoft Word version)
- Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women with Disabilities: Family Violence and Disability Films
- Our Right to Safety and Respect (video and guidelines)
Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS)
- Youth Disability Rights Hub (for young Victorians) covers Crime and Justice issues and Disability Services
WWILD
- You Deserve to Be Safe (Easy read booklet about sexual assault)
- Online Modules – Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Violence and Supporting Recovery from Trauma
ACT Human Rights Commission
- e-Learning packages on Domestic Violence Awareness and Sexual Assault Education for the Disability Sector
National Disability Services
- Zero Tolerance resources for the disability sector
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards resources
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
1800RESPECT
Scope’s Communication and Inclusion Resource Centre
- Speak Up and Be Safe (Communication Toolkit and Resources)
Murray Mallee Community Legal Service
- Resources for teens with intellectual disability or autism, about consent and “sexting”
If you know of any useful resources, email Siobhan at policy@dana.org.au with your suggestions.