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
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. The group meets for two […]
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 […]
Family Planning Australia – Reproductive Resources
Family Planning Australia – Reproductive Resources Family Planning NSW has a wide range of disability resources for people with intellectual disability and their support people, including parents and carers, disability workers, clinicians and students. All of their resources are available for loan from the Disability Resource Collection. The Disability Resource Collection is made up of […]
Consent, Contraception, Pregnancy, and Reproductive Coercion Booklets and Videos
Consent, Contraception, Pregnancy Options, Reproductive Coercion Easy English Information These booklets and videos were developed by WWILD and Children by Choice and co-designed by women with intellectual and learning disabilities. These resources are free to download and use by anyone. Please click on the topic below to open and download the resource or view the […]
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 […]
The disability royal commission heard shocking evidence of abuse in public spaces this week. These were just some of the stories – ABC News
The disability royal commission heard shocking evidence of abuse in public spaces this week. These were just some of the stories ABC News Posted by national disability affairs reporter Elizabeth Wright, and Specialist Reporting Team’s Penny Timms and Evan Young. Posted Saturday 15 Oct 2022 at 7:46am, updated Sat 15 Oct 2022 at 10:29pm Sexual assaults on public transport. Physical […]
Sexual Assault and Ways to Report It – A Video Series Now Available
Sexual Assault and Ways to Report It: A Video series by women with intellectual disabilities. WWILD have developed a series of animated videos that help people with intellectual disabilities learn about the different ways to report sexual assault to the police. These videos were created by and targeted for people with intellectual disabilities. We […]
Sexual assault reports in Australia hit all-time high. What’s driving the increase? – ABC News
Sexual assault reports in Australia hit all-time high. What’s driving the increase? PM – By Nassim Khadem Posted 29.7.2022 New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this week shows the number of sexual assaults reported around Australia has risen to an all-time high. Key points: There were a record 31,000 sexual assaults reported […]
