Little has changed since disability royal commission exposed deep institutional failings – ABC News
Little has changed since disability royal commission exposed deep institutional failings ABC News – By the Specialist Reporting Team’s Evan Young “Devastated.” “An insult.” “A failure of leadership.” That’s what the disability community said a year ago when the federal government released its initial response to the $600 million Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect […]
Blurred Borders Queensland Resource Kits
Blurred Borders Queensland Blurred Borders Queensland project provides a set of accessible plain English resources designed to help people understand the law and their legal rights, and was adapted for Queensland by Legal Aid QLD. The resource kits have been designed for use by a wide range of service providers across the legal, education, health, public […]
2026 Workshop at WWILD: Trauma Counselling for Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities
2026 – Workshop at WWILD: Trauma Counselling for Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities Please email or phone to put your name on a waitlist. We will be releasing a date in early 2026. WWILD provides trauma counselling to people with intellectual disabilities who have experienced sexual, domestic and family violence and other types of abuse […]
Health outcomes for people with intellectual disability remain ‘comparable to third world countries’ – ABC News
Health outcomes for people with intellectual disability remain ‘comparable to third world countries’ – ABC News By national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella and the Specialist Reporting Team’s Evan Young Australians with intellectual disability continue to experience unconscious bias in the medical system and much poorer health outcomes than people without disability. On average, they die 27 […]
New 2025 You and Me Relationships Group Starting Soon – 22nd May – 24th July 2025
WWILD’s You and Me Relationships Group Starting Soon The You and Me Relationships Group is a small group of people with intellectual disabilities who come together in a weekly group with ‘facilitators’ (WWILD workers) to talk about how to be happy and safe in relationships with family, friends and partners. Starting Date: Thursday 22nd May Time: […]
Easy Guide – Tips for Identifying if Someone May Have an Intellectual or Learning Disabilities
Tips for Observing or Noticing if Someone may have an Intellectual or Learning Disabilities It can be difficult to know if someone is presenting at your service may have an intellectual or learning disability. Some people do not feel comfortable sharing that as they may have had bad experiences of discrimination in the past and […]
Understanding Domestic And Family Violence Videos – Queensland
Domestic and Family Violence Videos – Queensland In 2023-24, WWILD’s Listen Up! project worked alongside lived experience expert consultants with intellectual disability to create accessible resources talking about Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland. This project was supported with funding from the Commonwealth Department of Social Services, the Investing in Queensland Women grant program: Office […]
Options After Experiencing Sexual Violence In Queensland – Easy Read Resources
Options After Experiencing Sexual Violence In Queensland – Easy Read Resources In 2023-24, WWILD’s Listen Up! project worked alongside lived experience expert consultants with intellectual disability to create easy read resources talking about options after experiencing sexual violence in Queensland. This project was supported with funding from the Commonwealth Department of Social Services. Contacting […]
South Australian Council of Intellectual Disability (SACID) Resources
South Australian Council of Intellectual Disability (SACID) Resources SACID is the South Australian representative of Inclusion Australia. They speak up about issues that are important to people with intellectual disability and their families in South Australia on a national level. They speak up for a South Australian community where people with intellectual disability can be […]
Neve Website – Women With Disability Australia (WWDA)
Neve Website – Women With Disability Australia (WWDA) Neve is a safe, accessible space. It is by and for women, girls, feminine identifying and non-binary people with disabilities. You can learn about Wellbeing, Support, Staying Safe, Families and a page For Professionals. Neve is about supporting our community to live safe and fulfilled lives. Neve is here […]