WWILD’s Disability Royal Commission Project into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
WWILD is being subcontracted by Micah Projects, to offer counselling and case management support to people who want to talk about the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
WWILD can support people with an intellectual or learning disability or their supporters to:
- Tell their story to the Disability Royal Commission
- Help understand and protect your rights
- Assist with counselling or get more ongoing community based support in supporting emotional well-being and recovery from trauma.
WWILD can provide support to people in Greater Brisbane, Moreton Bay Region, Logan and Redlands.
WWILD can provide medium term counselling support to anyone with an intellectual or learning disability or their supporters, who are impacted by the Disability Royal Commission.
Counselling support allows people to:
- Discuss feelings and thoughts in a safe and confidential place
- Work through a problem or issue
- Make an informed choice about telling their story to the Disability Royal Commission
- Support people through the process of making a submission if they wish
- Find other supports they might need.
WWILD can also provide medium term case management support to anyone with an intellectual or learning disability or their supporters who are impacted by the Disability Royal Commission.
Case management support can include:
- Talking to people about all of their options
- Talking about the different ways a person can make a submission and if they wish, help with that.
- Providing information and supporting people to access other services they might need
- Supporting people to improve their own physical and emotional safety
Please contact WWILD on (07) 3262 9877 or email info@wwild.org.au for more information or to make a referral.
WWILD’s Policy Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission
WWILDCLA Disability Royal Commission SubmissionFinal_2019
WWILD SVP Assn Inc. Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper Response – DRC – 2020
WWILD Sexual Violence Prevention Association – DRC Justice Issues submission 2020
Recommended Disability Royal Commission’s Research Reports and Issues Papers:
Violence and Abuse of People with a Disability – Issues Paper, Published December 2020. Click here for Easyread version
Police Responses to People with Disability (2022) – Research report written by Leanne Dowse, Simone Rowe, Eileen Baldry and Michael Baker from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Published October 2021. Click here for Easyread version.
Economic cost of violence, neglect and exploitation of people with disability – Research report written by James Vincent, Dennis McCarthy, Hugh Miller, Kirsten Armstrong, Sarina Lacey, Grant Lian, David Qi, Nansi Richards, Tomas Berry. (2022), Published by Taylor Fry. Click here for Easyread version
Violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of LGBTQA+ people with disability a secondary analysis of data from two national surveys. – Research report – Hill, A. O., Amos, N., Bourne, A., Parsons, M, Bigby, C., Carman, M., & Lyons, A. (2022). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University. Click here for Easyread version.
Complaint mechanisms: Reporting pathways for violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation – Research report – Associate Professor Dinesh Wadiwel; Dr Claire Spivakovsky; Associate Professor Linda Steele. (2022) Published by University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney. Click here for Easyread version.
Rapid Evidence Review: Violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability – Research report -Joel Koh, Dr Gayatri Kembhavi-Tam, Dr Vanessa Rose, Dr Rebecca Featherston and Professor Aron Shlonsky (2021) Published by Centre for Evidence and Implementation and Monash University. Click here for Easyread version.
Nature and extent of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation against people with disability in Australia – Research Report – (2021) Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH). Click here for Easyread version.
Diversity, dignity, equity and best practice: a framework for supported decision-making: Research Report (2023) The Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University. Click here for Easyread version.
Bigby, C., Carney, T., Then, S-N., Wiesel, I., Sinclair, C., Douglas, J., & Duffy, J., (2023). Diversity, dignity, equity and best practice: a framework for supported decision-making. Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
Care criminalisation of children with disability in child protection systems: Research Report (2023) Written by: Dr Susan Baidawi (Project Lead), Rubini Ball (Consultations Co-Lead), Lena Turnbull (Ethics and Survey Co-Lead), Emeritus Professor Rosemary Sheehan (Child Welfare Consultant), Jade Purtell (Lived Experience Consultations). Published by Monash University Melbourne, University of Western Sydney, Centre for Evidence and Implementation. Click here for Easyread version.
