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 […]
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 […]
Sexuality, Relationships and Your Rights – SECCA
Sexuality, Relationships and Your Rights (SRAYR) This is a picture-based, Easy English resource for teaching people about their rights and the law related to their body, health, relationships and sexuality. Research shows that people with disability are at more risk of both being victims of sexual crimes and, often accidentally, perpetrators of crimes. From a […]
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 […]
Report on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia – WWDA & NATSIWA
Report on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia – WWDA and NATSIWA The Australian Women Against Violence Alliance’s much-awaited Report on Young Women and Non-Binary People’s Experiences of Gender-Based Violence across Australia was launched at 1pm today (17.2.2022) at an online event run in collaboration with Women With Disabilities Australia […]
Families in crisis after NDIS funding cuts to participants with autism and intellectual disabilities – ABC News
Families in crisis after NDIS funding cuts to participants with autism and intellectual disabilities – ABC News By state political reporter Bridget Rollason Posted Fri 11 Feb 2022 at 5:13am, updated Fri 11 Feb 2022 at 8:29am When Karen McKenzie received an unexpected letter from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) in August, she had to read it […]