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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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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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Guide to NDIS decision-making

OPA (Office of the Public Advocate)
Monday 1st January, 2018
A guide to outline when decision-making support, advocacy and substitute decision-making will be needed for potential and current NDIS participants who have significant cognitive disability.
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Supporting You – Supporting Students

Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET)
Wednesday 1st January, 2014
This clearing house facilitate successful outcomes and improved educational experience for students with disability by providing information, advice and resources to disability practitioners, academics, teachers and students on inclusive practices
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Voice at the Table

Self Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU)
Monday 1st October, 2018
The resources developed as part of this project provide practical consumer participation information, ideas and resources which can be used by service providers, governments and community organisations to ensure people
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We’ve Got This: Parenting with a Disability

Eliza Hull
ABC RN Life Matters
Monday 22nd October, 2018
We’ve Got This: Parenting with a Disability is a new ABC radio series produced by Eliza Hull. Eliza has a neurological condition 'Charcot Marie Tooth', and she’s the ABC’s 2018
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A National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia

AutismCRC
Tuesday 16th October, 2018
This guideline aims to create greater consistency in diagnostic practices across the country to ensure individuals on the autism spectrum and their families can receive the optimal clinical care. The
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Empowering people with disabilities, without exploiting support workers

Melbourne Disability Institute
University of Melbourne
Wednesday 8th August, 2018
In this lecture Professor Tom Shakespeare - a leading disability expert in the UK and Europe, talks about how new models of social care can facilitate greater flexibility and freedom
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NDIS Participant Booklets

National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
Saturday 1st September, 2018
Three participant booklets are available to support people with disability and participants throughout their NDIS journey. They are available for download in PDF, Word and Easy English and include Booklet
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NDIS Practical Guides to support disability service providers

 NDIS Resource Library
NDS
Friday 21st September, 2018
This series of practical guides have been developed to explore key NDIS operational requirements in a format that is useful to service providers operating under the NDIS. Guides are available
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