Now Available: Easy English Information About Domestic and Family Violence Orders
Easy English Information Sheets About Domestic and Family Violence Orders Are Now Available These Easy-English information sheets freely available for download on our website: What is a Domestic Violence Order Going to Court for a Domestic Violence Order – Aggrieved Going to Court for a Domestic Violence Order – Respondent Also Available: we […]
Easy English Information for Domestic and Family Violence Orders
Easy English Information for Domestic and Violence Orders These Easy-English information sheets freely available for download from our website: What is a Domestic Violence Order – Easy Read WWILD – 2024 Going to Court for a Domestic Violence Order – Aggrieved – Easy Read WWILD – 2024 Going to Court for a Domestic […]
People with disability face barriers to sexual and reproductive health care. New recommendations are only the start. – The Conversation
People with disability face barriers to sexual and reproductive health care. New recommendations are only the start. Authors: Elizabeth Kendall Professor, Director, Griffith Inclusive Futures, Griffith University, Griffith University – Kelsey Chapman, Research Fellow Dignity Project, Griffith University Co-author – Karin Swift and Published: June 2, 2023 The recently released findings of the senate inquiry into […]
Technology facilitated coercive control – AIFS Practice guide now available
Technology facilitated coercive control – AIFS Practice guide This practice guide describes the research evidence on technology-facilitated coercive control (TFCC). It covers: what TFCC is strategies used by perpetrators the interaction between face-to-face and technology-facilitated strategies of coercive control client groups who may be at an elevated risk of TFCC victimisation the impacts of experiencing TFCC […]
Listen Up! Project’s Animated Videos: Myths and Assumptions About People With Disabilities
Animated Videos: Myths and Assumptions About People With Disabilities 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, Tasmin and […]
Listen Up! Project’s Online Training for Workers
Listen Up! Project’s Online Training for Workers 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 […]
Disability royal commission hears multiple government agencies failed to intervene in neglect of Brisbane teens with autism- ABC News
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’ Relationship Cards are now available!
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 […]
Women are three times more likely than men to report violence by their partner, as rates of sexual harassment fall – ABC News
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
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 […]