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Department of Health Covid-19 vaccine webinar for people with intellectual disability and families

Inclusion Australia has partnered with the Department of Health to run a webinar for people with an intellectual disability and families. This free session will be run as a chat between Tara Elliffe, a self-advocate from New South Wales, and Professor Nick Lennox, a doctor who works with people with an intellectual disability and the Department of Health. They will talk about Tara’s recent experience getting her Covid jab.

Community Coalition Demands Immediate Action To Vaccinate People With Disability Against COVID-19

A coalition of more than 60 disability organisations, including DANA and a number of disability advocacy organisations, has released an open letter criticising the Australian Government for failing to vaccinate and protect the most clinically vulnerable people with disability in the nation.

DANA eNews – July 2021

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You can read about current inquiries and consultations plus advocacy news, jobs, resources and updates from the disability sector.

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COVID-19 information and resources

Read the latest articles on the AdvoKit website and other places to find up-to-date accessible information about COVID-19, including Easy-Read resources and advice for people with disability and their families and supporters.

More time for the Disability Royal Commission to listen

DANA is very pleased the requested 17-month extension to the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability has been granted, as we have heard from many advocates the urgency for additional time needed for people with disability to tell their stories. The Final Report (from the DRC to the Governor-General) will now be due on 29 September 2023.

#WeNeedMoreTime! Join the campaign to extend the Disability Royal Commission!

The Disability Royal Commission has been asked to investigate the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with all kinds of disability in all settings within an Australian context.

This is a truly enormous task, and the Hon. Ronald Sackville, Chair of the Disability Royal Commission, has requested a 17-month extension.

Along with our fellow disability representative organisations, DANA supports this call, and we ask you to do the same by writing to the Attorney-General Michaelia Cash.