People with intellectual disability, including those who live in group homes, are being left behind by the vaccine rollout and this needs to be fixed now. “Yesterday’s Senate Estimates revealed that fewer than 2 per cent of people with disability living in group homes...
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Media Release: Act now to keep people with disability safe
Friday 7 August 2020 Act now to keep people with disability safe: alarm at the extent of COVID-19 infections in Victoria's disability group homes. People with disability, especially people with intellectual disability, living in Victorian disability group homes are...
COVID-19 Keep people with disability safe. A letter to the government (Easy Read)
Lots of organisations wrote a letter to the government. This letter was about how to keep people with disability safe. You can read the Easy Read version of this letter here.
A Letter to the Prime Minister and all the Premiers (Plain English)
A Letter to the Prime Minister and all the Premiers An Open Letter to the National Cabinet (Word) Auslan Interpretation of Open Letter People with disability are some of the most vulnerable people in Australia when it comes to Coronavirus (COVID19). We...
Media Release: Now is the time to act on pandemic measures for people with disability
People with disability, and their organisations, across Australia are calling for urgent action, again, to keep us safe during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Over 70 national, state and territory disability organisations have come together to urge the National...
Media Release: Keep us safe: Government-funded workplaces putting up to 20,000 Aussies with intellectual disability in the firing line of COVID-19
Inclusion Australia, Disability Advocacy Network Australia, Women With Disabilities Australia Media Release Thursday 2 April 2020 Keep us safe: Government-funded workplaces putting up to 20,000 Aussies with intellectual disability in the firing line of COVID-19...