Opportunities for NSW members to Get Involved in our Campaigns and Projects

We have two opportunities for our members in NSW to get involved in our projects and campaigns. Support Our Campaign: NSW-funded independent disability advocacy is under threat. Support Our Campaign: NSW-funded independent disability advocacy is under threat.Despite an independent review into advocacy funding in 2019 stating disability advocacy must continue, the NSW Government has yet… Continue Reading Opportunities for NSW members to Get Involved in our Campaigns and Projects

Bad Medication

By Ashley Waite A bad experience with medication can leave lasting trauma and close us off to truly helpful and positive use later, writes Ashley Waite. I have not always had a healthy relationship with medication. As a child, I was over-medicated, resulting in an unpleasant, emotionally flat feeling lasting from early primary school to… Continue Reading Bad Medication

Visits to the Hospital

By Pippin Latham (They/Them) Content warning: Mentions of suicidal ideation and descriptions of restrictive practices in hospitals. Don’t “Forget” the Wheelchair I have been admitted to hospital numerous times in Melbourne, usually by ambulance, for my temporal lobe epilepsy and more than once for attempted suicide. EMTs have, on multiple occasions, refused to bring my… Continue Reading Visits to the Hospital

I Used To Know, And Love, My Mind

By Heidi Everett Content note: Implication of self-harm. Heidi is a musician as well as a writer, and suggests listening to this song as you read this blog (description and lyrics at the end). “Psychotropic medication, behaviour support and behaviours of concern” Trigger alert Psychotropic medication: ‘Any medication capable of affecting the mind, emotions, and… Continue Reading I Used To Know, And Love, My Mind

PWDA has an Acting CEO

With the recent departure of PWDA CEO Jeff Smith, we would like to thank Jeff very much for the incredible work he has done to promote the rights and voices of people with disability during his time with us, and announce the appointment of Karin Waldmann as PWDA’s Acting CEO. Ms Waldmann has extensive management… Continue Reading PWDA has an Acting CEO

We call upon the Attorney-General to introduce legislation into the Australian Parliament to protect the confidentiality of information given to The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

The Disability Royal Commission is expected to run for 3 years. However, it has now run for over a year without adequate legislation in place to protect the confidentiality of submissions beyond the life of the Royal Commission. As it stands, a person providing information can only be guaranteed confidentiality after the Royal Commission concludes… Continue Reading We call upon the Attorney-General to introduce legislation into the Australian Parliament to protect the confidentiality of information given to The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.