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Sunny – an app for women with disabilities to learn about violence and abuse

Women with Disabilities Australia and a group of women with lived experience of disability
Tuesday 18th December, 2018
Sunny is an app with information about what constitutes violence and abuse, and where to seek assistance.
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Podcast: Dying for Change

Melbourne Disability Institute
Thursday 6th December, 2018
Improving the health and lives of Australians with intellectual disability was the topic for discussion at the Dying for Change public seminar and roundtable hosted by the Melbourne Disability Institute
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Making information accessible – for everyone

Dr Yvette Maker and Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson
The University of Melbourne
Wednesday 19th December, 2018
Essential but often complex services like banks, utilities and phones need to be accessible for all, including those with cognitive disabilities.
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Disability, thoughts of suicide and Australian men

Associate Professor Allison Milner, Anne-Marie Bollier, Professor Eric Emerson and Professor Anne Kavanagh
The University of Melbourne
Wednesday 19th December, 2018
It’s a difficult subject, but men in Australia are much more at risk of having suicidal thoughts than women; now, new research looks at what this means for Australian men
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Home care – know your consumer rights

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Friday 13th July, 2018

When you buy goods or services you have rights under the Australian Consumer Law. You have the same rights when you buy home care goods or services, or receive them…

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Just Ask Us

The Victorian Ombudsman
Monday 3rd December, 2018
The Victorian Ombudsman has produced a video with contributions from many Victorian advocacy organisations that shares information about how government employees can be more helpful and respectful.
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Trauma-informed Care and Practice Organisational Toolkit (TICPOT)

MHCC (NSW Mental Health Coordinating Council)
Saturday 1st December, 2018
A FREE quality improvement audit and implementation resource for developing a trauma-informed organisational and practice culture.
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A song for sex rights

Myf Warhurst with Myf Warhurst
ABC Radio
Monday 3rd December, 2018
Everyone likes to have their voice heard, but not everyone is heard equally. Rainbow Rights is a self advocacy group for people with an intellectual disability and who happen to
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Enabling Risk: Putting Positives First Online Program

La Trobe University Living with Disability Research Centre
Saturday 1st September, 2018
​This resource is designed to provide an introduction to enabling risk. You will be introduced to the ways you can support people with cognitive disabilities, including people with intellectual disabilities
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VicHealth Indicators Survey Supplementary report: Disability

Vic Health
Monday 3rd December, 2018
The survey collected information on a range of factors known to influence individual and community wellbeing including safety, mental wellbeing, physical activity, healthy eating and alcohol consumption. The results show
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Poor disability support practices highlighted

DSC (Disability Services Commissioner)
Thursday 20th December, 2018
The DSC (Disability Services Commissioner) 2018 annual report and review of disability service provision to people who have died 2017–18 was tabled in Victorian Parliament on the 19/12/2018.
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Contextual issues in the implementation of mental health legislation

RuthVine, FionaJudd
Science Direct
Sunday 11th November, 2018

An new article in the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry explores how changes to Victorian legislation improving human rights have been limited by under-investment and policy failures across the

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