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National Advocacy Collective (NAC)

The National Advocacy Collective (NAC) supports the rights of parents with an intellectual disability.

The NAC was started by a small group of allies and supporters of parents with an intellectual disability in 2022. Today, we are a strong group of people from across Australia who work together to support the rights of parents with an intellectual disability.

Our members include parents with an intellectual disability who are experienced self-advocates working tirelessly to uphold the rights of all parents with an intellectual disability. Inclusion Australia provides secretariat support to the NAC.

Our goal is to make sure the human rights of parents with an intellectual disability in Australia are upheld, and that they have the support they need to be the parents they want to be. We want governments to change systems so that they are fair and give parents the support they need.

We believe that:

  • Everyone has the right to parent their children
  • People with an intellectual disability should be able to have and raise their children with the support they need
  • The rights of people with an intellectual disability to parent should be accepted as part of life, like they are for everyone else
  • Wherever possible, families should be kept together, and have the support to do this safely.

You can read our NAC submissions here.

The NAC is made up of the following members: 

  • ACT Disability and Aged Care Services (ADACAS)
  • ACT Down Syndrome & Intellectual Disability
  • Community Living Association
  • Developmental Disability WA (DDWA)
  • Family Inclusion Network, Southeast Queensland
  • Family Inclusion Strategies in the Hunter (FISH)
  • First Peoples Disability Network
  • Inclusion Australia
  • Inclusion Northern Territory
  • Independent Family Advocacy and Support (IFAS)
  • Victoria Legal Aid Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS)
  • Kathleen Fitt, RMIT
  • Life Without Barriers
  • Linda McKey: Family Support Services
  • Margaret Spencer, University of Sydney
  • Melissa O’Donnell, University of South Australia
  • Moreton Bay Ability
  • NSW Council for Intellectual Disability (CID)
  • Parenting Research Centre
  • Parent2Parent QLD
  • Positive Powerful Parents (PPP)
  • Queensland Disability Network
  • Queensland Independent Disability Advocacy Network (QIDAN)
  • South Australian Council on Intellectual Disability (SACID)
  • Speak Out Advocacy
  • STAR Victoria
  • Susan Collings, Western Sydney University
  • Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability (VALID)