An Introduction to Disability Advocacy
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Module 1: Types of Advocacy
Lesson 1.1: Disability Myth Buster
Lesson 1.2: About the Disability Advocacy Sector
Lesson 1.3: Self Advocacy
Lesson 1.4: Individual Advocacy
Lesson 1.5: Family Advocacy
Lesson 1.6: Citizen Advocacy
Lesson 1.7: Legal Advocacy
Lesson 1.8: Systemic Advocacy
Module 1 Review: Types of Advocacy
9 lessons, 8 quizzes
Module 2: To Stand Beside – Disability Advocates At Work
Lesson 2.1: Introducing the Role of Disability Advocate
Lesson 2.2: Disability Advocacy 101
Lesson 2.3: Handy Advocacy Skills
Lesson 2.4: What Do You Know?
Lesson 2.5: Self Care Strategies for Disability Advocates
Lesson 2.6: Helping Yourself, Helps Others
Module 2 Review: The Role of a Disability Advocate
7 lessons, 5 quizzes
Module 3: The Human Rights Framework
Lesson 3.1: What are Human Rights?
Lesson 3.2: The International Human Rights Framework
Lesson 3.3: Disability Advocacy Grassroots
Lesson 3.4: The Roots of Rights
Lesson 3.5: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities
Lesson 3.6: Articles Under the UNCRPD
Lesson 3.7: Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities
Lesson 3.8: How the Charter is Used
8 lessons, 4 quizzes
Module 4: Tools of the Trade – Introducing Legal Instruments
Lesson 4.1: Understanding Legal Capacity
Lesson 4.2: Decision Supporters
Lesson 4.3: The Public Advocate on Decision-Making
Lesson 4.4: Substitute Decision-Makers
Lesson 4.5: Advance Care Planning
Lesson 4.6: Decision-Makers Appointed by Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Lesson 4.7: Guardianship and Administration
Lesson 4.8: Discrimination
Lesson 4.9: Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Lesson 4.10: Case Study – A School in the Bush
Lesson 4.11: Equal Opportunity Act 2010
Lesson 4.12: Choosing Which Law to Use
Lesson 4.13: National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
13 lessons, 6 quizzes
Module 5: Safeguards and Oversight
Lesson 5.1: Revision of Oversight Bodies
Lesson 5.2: An Overview of the Office of the Public Advocate
Lesson 5.3: Identifying Violence, Abuse and Neglect
Lesson 5.4: IGUANA Animation
Lesson 5.5: What the Disability Services Commissioner Does
Lesson 5.6: More Oversight and Complaints Bodies
Lesson 5.7: Case Study – Ba Hung
7 lessons, 4 quizzes
Resources and useful links
Module 1: Types of Advocacy
Lesson 1.1: Disability Myth Buster
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