DARU Update

To achieve the advocacy goals, disability advocacy organisations should strive for the following in their service delivery: Be responsive Disability advocacy organisations should demonstrate responsiveness by: Providing high quality services…

To achieve the advocacy goals, disability advocates should strive for the following in their work: Act with integrity Be independent. Understand the importance of privacy and confidentiality. Declare conflicts of…

Disability advocacy works to ensure that rights are promoted and protected so that people with disability can fully participate in the community. This is done by: Promoting and upholding the…

The aim of this document is to provide a useful starting point for discussion within advocacy organisations for developing rights based policies and procedures. This document replaces the Disability Advocacy…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2018) General comment No. 6 on equality and non-discrimination Commonwealth of Australia, Attorney-General’s Department (2018) Public sector guidance sheets: Rights of people…

Scenario: A child who uses a wheelchair is unable to attend her local school because most of the buildings are not wheelchair accessible   Response Medical model The child with…

The medical and charitable models of disability are both inconsistent with human rights principles. As advocates, we should aim to challenge these outdated methods in all aspects of our work….

There are 4 key differences: The human rights model embraces impairment The human rights model: Acknowledges the impact of impairment in the lives of people with disability Recognises impairment as…