This submission made it much more possible for people with intellectual disability to feel comfortable sharing their story with the Disability Royal Commission.
Content warning: these stories contain details that may distress some readers.
Blue Knot Foundation runs free counselling for people with disability and their families if anything in these stories has raised concerns for you.
Uli Cartwright is a young man and self-advocate from Melbourne, Victoria who works with VALID. On 23 November, Uli appeared as a witness at the Disability Royal Commission in Sydney […]
On the same week that the Disability Royal Commission released its final report, ABC’s Four Corners program showed that people with disabilities are still experiencing abuse, neglect, violence, and exploitation. William […]
In this story, people with an intellectual disability, their families and advocates talk about the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on people with an intellectual disability.
In this story, families and advocates of people with an intellectual disability talk about the experiences of people with an intellectual disability in the criminal justice system.
In this story, people with an intellectual disability, their families and advocates talk about the experience of people with an intellectual disability in the mainstream and special education systems.
In this story, people with an intellectual disability, their families and advocates talk about some of the barriers to open employment faced by people with an intellectual disability.
In this story, First Nations people with an intellectual disability talk about experiencing double discrimination because of their disability and their culture.
In this story, people with intellectual disability, their families and advocates talk about the isolation, abuse, neglect and lack of freedom people with intellectual disability have experienced in group homes.
In this story, people with intellectual disability, their families and advocates talk about discrimination people with intellectual disability have experienced in the health system.
The Everyone Can Work website is about making the pathways to open employment more accessible. Wherever you are on your journey to open employment, this website can help you learn about what services and supports are available to help you take the next step.
It also includes videos from people with intellectual disability and their families about the work they do and the steps they’ve taken to get to where they are.
