Listen Up! Project: Animated Videos about myths and assumptions now available In collaboration with the experts, we created 5 animation videos that share their stories as people with intellectual disabilities. Each story shares a myth about intellectual disability and how it impacts people in their daily lives. You can hear from Charlotte, Mira, Sally,…
Listen Up! Project: Online training We have created videos to share our learning and experiences from the Listen Up! Project. These training videos have been co-designed and co-presented with the WWILD peer workers. Take a look through the videos, as they are tailored for workers across various fields. See which ones spark your interest! These…
Disability royal commission hears multiple government agencies failed to intervene in neglect of Brisbane teens with autism ABC News By Alex Brewster, ABC Online. Posted Wednesday 10 May 2023 Multiple government agencies failed to intervene in the neglect of two teenagers with autism found locked in their bedroom, even after child safety officers saw…
WWILD’s ‘You and Me’ Program’s Relationship Cards This resource kit includes Relationship, Feelings and Strengths ‘I AM’ cards. The cards were developed as part of You and Me Relationships Group program. This kit, developed by WWILD, may be used by counsellors, psychologists and social workers working with people with an intellectual disability. The cards, designed…
By Maani Truu and Nicole Asher Posted Wed 15 Mar 2023 at 11:02am Women are three times more likely than men to report an incident of physical or sexual violence at the hands of a partner they’ve lived with, while one in five women have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15. More broadly, two in five…
Queensland boy held in solitary confinement in breach of youth justice laws, court hears ABC News, By Talissa Siganto Posted Tue 28 Feb 2023 at 2:24pmTuesday 28 Feb 2023 at 2:24pm, updated Tue 28 Feb 2023 at 4:14pm The solitary confinement of a 13-year-old Queensland boy with a disability was “cruel”, had “no rehabilitative effect” and was…
2 Day Responding to Sexual Violence Workshop Presented by the Northside Sexual Assault Action Network Members of the Northside Sexual Assault Action Network (NSAAN) are excited to let you know we will be running a 2-day Workshop series for generalist workers on the Northside of Brisbane focused on understanding & responding to sexual violence…
VIDEO: Women, disability advocates come together to relax and unwind ABC Northern Tasmania / Bec Pridham, Posted Mon 27 Feb 2023 at 9:09amMonday 27 Feb 2023 at 9:09am, updated Mon 27 Feb 2023 at 4:43pm Two groups in Launceston have come together to organise a pampering day for women with intellectual disabilities to give many of them an…
Disability services giant urged to compensate woman for sexual assault inside group home ABC News, By the Specialist Reporting Team’s Celina Edmonds Posted 28.3.2023 The disability royal commission has told one of Australia’s largest disability service providers to consider paying financial compensation to a woman who was sexually assaulted by one of its support workers.…
Parents of 11yo autistic boy grieve his ‘entirely preventable’ death in care of Civic Disability Services – ABC News 7.30/By national disability affairs reporter Elizabeth Wright and the Specialist Reporting Team’s Celina Edmonds Posted 14/2/22 When her 11-year-old son Alex died almost five years ago, Sharon Braverman said she lost her life’s purpose. Key points: Alex Raichman died…