On Friday May 3, people from across Australia will be taking action to make sure the NDIS is at the top of the agenda this federal election. The team at Every Australian Counts want as many people as possible to get involved in any way they can! More voices, make louder noise and then our […]
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Enabling Fairness in Care and Protection
The Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS) Parents’ Program provides legal advice and representation and specialist non-legal assistance to parents with intellectual disability who are involved with the Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) across NSW. The program has a strong record of family preservation when working with parents prior to care applications being made, […]
A statewide WIN for people with cognitive impairment
Statewide justice advocacy for people with cognitive impairment IDRS is delighted and excited to announce that our tender to deliver the Justice Advocacy Service, funded by Department of Justice, has been successful. Thank you to our many supporters, and particularly to our very special volunteers who have made this possible. The new Justice Advocacy Service […]
Influence organisations and lead respect for rights
Investing in people with intellectual disability to influence organisations and lead respect for rights. The team at IDRS have secured a grant of $114,300 as part of the Disabled Peoples and Families Organisations – Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Readiness Grant Round 2018 grant. The grant will see the team develop training to prepare […]
Have Your Say – Royal Commission
The team at IDRS encourage people to comment and get involved in such an important issue. Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
Have your say on the Terms of Reference by completing the public survey at engage.dss.gov.au open for public comment until Thursday, 28 March 2019.
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, […]
