Upcoming ASID Symposium: Working with People with Intellectual Disability who have Experienced Trauma: September 15th – 9am – 2pm
Australia Society for Intellectual Disability (Queensland division) presents: Working with People with Intellectual Disability who have experienced Trauma: For Individual Practitioners within Community and Service Systems People with Intellectual Disability experience violence and trauma through stigma, social exclusion, social and economic disadvantages, structural and systems inequality structural and poor individual workers’ practice. In this […]
Domestic and Family Violence and Disability Resource Training – WorkUP QLD
Domestic and Family Violence and Disability Resource Training – WorkUP QLD Resources Hub The Working Well with Women with Disability online webinars series project, completed in 2022, was a collaboration between WorkUP QLD, WWILD-SVP Association Inc. and Queenslanders with a Disability Network (QDN). This workshop series were co-designed, developed and delivered with women with disability. […]
Experiences of Reproductive Abuse for Women with Intellectual Disability Webinar
SPARK Webinar: Pregnancy decision making support for women with intellectual or learning disability who are experiencing reproductive coercion and abuse Date Recorded: 27th October 2021 Presented by: WWILD SVP Association, Children by Choice and Workup QLD. This SPARK Webinar presented the consumer’s lived experience of the challenges and the skills required to work with pregnancy […]
Intellectual Disability and Domestic and Family Violence Webinar – 21.5.2020
Intellectual Disability and Domestic and Family Violence Webinar Date recorded: 21st May 2020 Presented by Jane Barrett and Siobhan Gibbs This webinar focuses on the intersection of intellectual disability and domestic and family violence. In particular on some key aspects of working with people who have an intellectual disability including: Identifying intellectual disability, cognitive and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Grace Tame, Hannah Clarke’s family applaud Queensland bill to broaden domestic violence definition to include coercive control – ABC News
Grace Tame, Hannah Clarke’s family applaud Queensland bill to broaden domestic violence definition to include coercive control ABC News By state political reporter Rachel Riga Posted Friday 14 Oct 2022 at 5:41am, updated Fri 14 Oct 2022 at 3:07pm Significant changes to domestic violence laws in Queensland will be introduced into state parliament today to pave the way […]