Currently, many people with disability are compelled to live in segregated and congregate housing and specialist accommodation arrangements in order to receive disability support, contrary to their rights under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This…
Author: People with Disability Australia (page 28)
Australian Cross Disability Alliance Response To Victorian Creating Child Safe Institutions Consultation Paper – Reportable Conduct Scheme
In 2014, Australia was horrified to hear that children with disability in a Victorian school had allegedly been locked in a darkened room, and subject to physical ‘restraint’ such a being sat on by teachers. Reportable conduct schemes vary by…
Submission To The NSW Law Reform Review Of The Guardianship Act
March 2016 The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is providing people with disability, many for the first time, access to the quality supports they require to take control over decisions that affect their lives. This change has implications for legislation…
Letter To The ACT Government Reportable Conduct Consultation Paper
PWDA ACT endorses this submission by the Australian Cross Disability Alliance to the reportable conduct consultation arising from reported incidents of abuse against children with disability within educational settings. The ACDA has a specific focus and expertise in the area…
Submission To Affordable Housing Working Group Issues Paper – Council On Federal Financial Relations, Social Policy Division
PWDA advocates that future affordable housing initiatives facilitate achievement of National Disability Strategy 2010-2020 targets and is supportive of the four identified financing models: Housing Bonds, Housing Trusts, Housing Corporations, and Social Impact Bonds and consider that a mix of…
Letter On The Social Services Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015
This submission focuses on concerns regarding the potential for harm to people with disability that will arise as a result of the proposed amendments to the rules governing income management periods and special benefit. PWDA believes that the proposed changes…
Submission To The NSW Legislative Council Inquiry Into Elder Abuse
February 2016 Approximately one third of PWDA’s individual advocacy clients are people with disability over 55 years of age. Over half of NSW residents with disability are aged over 55. The population is expected to age over coming decades, exposing…
A Blueprint For Family And Domestic Violence Response In NSW
People with disability experience such disproportionate levels of domestic and family violence. This Blueprint will be a major intervention in the epidemic of domestic and family violence in this state. We are pleased to provide the following policy advice and…
Vale Faye Druett
5 February 2016 PWDA is deeply saddened at the death yesterday of one of our founders, Faye Druett. PWDA President, Craig Wallace pays tribute to Faye in this statement. Faye was a pioneer of the disability rights movement in Australia,…
Submission To The Australian Human Rights Commission ‘Willing To Work’ Enquiry
December 2015 Economic participation is a human right. This submission to the National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination against Older Australians and Australians with Disability discusses disability employment reform within the context of the broader welfare reform agenda and the NDIS.…