Welcome to IDRS

Welcome
to IDRS

IDRS is a free service for people with cognitive impairment across NSW. You do not need an NDIS package to access our service.

We provide help with legal problems, support persons at police stations and courts, advocacy, support to appeal decisions of the National Disability Insurance Agency, rights education for people with cognitive impairment, peer support and assistance for parents with intellectual disability at risk of losing care of their children.

We work alongside people with cognitive impairment to promote and protect rights.

Our solicitor, Tim Chate, shines a light on abuse, neglect and unfair treatment experienced by people with disability who seek our help and the failure of complaints bodies to resolve their problems.

A disability advocate has detailed harrowing stories of abuse against some of Australia’s most vulnerable people – from physical assaults to being put in cages – by those paid by taxpayers to care for them. Tim Chate, a solicitor with the Intellectual Disability Rights Service, told a Senate inquiry a wheelchair-bound, non-verbal client was attacked […]

COVID-19 Easy Read Fact Sheets

Our team have developed a number of Easy Read Fact Sheets to help people with cognitive impairment understand COVID-19, the Government Rules and washing your hands to stay safe. If you want help understanding the rules and what happens if you have broken them call 02 9265 6350 for more detailed legal information and advice […]

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