July 2014 PWDA recommends that a rights-based approach, firmly based on the CRPD, is embedded in Australia’s aid delivery and that monitoring of aid programs and initiatives (both mainstream and disability-specific) is undertaken with the participation of DPOs to ensure…
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Membership Engagement Report To The Department Of Social Services (DSS) Regarding The Implementation Of The National Disability Strategy 2010-2020
April 2014 This report was written with reference to the regular consultation that PWDA engages in with members and supporters over the life of the Strategy so far, and primarily over the last 2 years. We have also utilised information…
Submission To Senate Economic References Committee Inquiry Into Affordable Housing
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Submission To Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry Into Social, Public And Affordable Housing
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NSW Disability Inclusion Bill 2014
February 2014 In this submission, PWDA elaborates a case that the content of the Bill does not live up to the promise of inclusion suggested by its name. The Bill covers three main areas: the creation of Disability Plans, the…
Submission To The Senate Inquiry Into The Prevalence Of Different Types Of Speech, Language And Communication Disorders And Speech Pathology Services In Australia
February 2014 Difficulties in communication and swallowing affect many Australians (at a minimum 1.3 percent and 16 percent respectively). In regards to communication, one of seven users of disability services over the age of five have little to no functional…
Joint Submission To The CRPD On The Draft General Comment On Article 12 Of The Convention – Equal Recognition Before The Law
February 2014 This PWDA/ACDL/AHRCenter submission provides input to the 2014 consultation on Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities to explain how in its (then) current form, the General Comment did not adequately clarify how…
Joint Supplementary Response Regarding Dept Of Social Security (DSS) Application For Exemption From The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 To Use The Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT)
PWDA considers that the SWS should be implemented as the single national award wage assessment for the long-term in order that discrimination is immediately addressed and that adjustments to the SWS is not a solution to problems of business viability…
PWDA Submission Regarding Review Of Equal Recognition Before The Law And Legal Capacity For People With Disability
January 2014 This PWDA/ACDL/AHRCentre submission explains how the Issues Paper conflates the concepts of mental capacity and legal capacity in its discussion regarding ‘capacity standards’ and ‘assessment of capacity’ and challenges the assumption that legal capacity is a concept that…
Joint Response Regarding Dept Of Social Security (DSS) Application For Exemption From The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 To Use The Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT)
This submission follows the announcement on 15 January 2014 by Ministers Andrews and Fifield that the Commonwealth will make a one off payment to employees with intellectual disability paid wages determined by the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT). This…