Our Parents’ Program staff Kenn Clift (solicitor) and Julia Wren (parent advocate) are giving evidence to the Disability Royal Commission today Wednesday 25 November from 12md -1pm. The hearing is about Experiences of First Nation’s People with disability in their contact with child protection systems. Watch live: https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/
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 […]
Get to Know Your AVO
Watch our video ‘Get to Know Your AVO’ . A practical resource developed by the teams at IDRS and Self Advocacy Sydney to help simplify AVO’s. The video ensures that people understand what an AVO is, how to avoid having an AVO in the first place, how serious an AVO is, the rules surrounding an AVO, […]
#STANDBYME Rally
Join the IDRS Team this weekend and put pressure on the NSW Government to commit to secure, long term funding for disability advocacy, information and representation organisations in NSW. We look forward to seeing you there! #STANDBYME Rally this Sunday February 24 at 11am. Martin Place Amphitheatre – Martin Place (between Castlereagh St & Pitt […]
