Resources – violence and abuse | Disability Advocacy Network Australia

This is a collection of resources that promote safety from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation through teaching people about rights, responsibilities, relationships and where people can seek help.

Resources created by disability advocacy organisations:

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)
Say No To Abuse videos explaining neglect and physical, emotional and financial abuse

Action for More Independence & Dignity in Accommodation (AMIDA)

Housing – Know Your Rights (12 minute video)

Advocacy for Inclusion

I need help from the police (PDF) (Easy English resource)
Staying Connected Podcast: Episode 11 – Fixing the system: preventing violence, abuse and neglect of people with disability- with Bonnie Millen, Senior Policy Advisor

Council on Intellectual Disability (CID)

DACSSA Disability Advocacy

Disability Abuse

Down Syndrome Australia

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

People with Disability Australia & Domestic Violence NSW

Building Access project, including video series and good practice guidelines and resources for the domestic and family violence sector:
- Women with Disability and Domestic and Family Violence: Policy and Practice
- 30 Ways to Make Your Service More Accessible: guidance on how to make your service as accessible to people with disability as possible, across the domains of physical, informational, attitudinal and procedural accessibility
- Creating an Inclusion Action Plan: a document you can use as a starting point to develop an IAP tailored to your service.

Other useful resources:

1800RESPECT

Disability Support Toolkit including Easy English booklets and information on working with people with disability

Sunny App

ACT Human Rights Commission

e-Learning packages on Domestic Violence Awareness, Sexual Assault Education for the Disability Sector and Disability Awareness for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Workers.

Disability Media Australia

Tell Someone video series

Deakin University

Better Health

Talking to young people with cognitive disabilities about sex

Community Legal Centres Queensland

Webinar recording: Assisting clients with disabilities in domestic violence matters

Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria

Information for women with disabilities
Working with victim survivors with disability (for family violence workers)

Equality Lawyers & Picture Human Rights

Disability Rights in Real Life – a law handbook for people with disabilities, their families and supporters. (To save and share images, see Picture for Human Rights website)