Helpful Resources
HELPFUL RESOURCES
DACSSA RESOURCES & FACT SHEETS
- DACSSA Fact Sheet Disability Royal Commission Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island Peoples
- DACSSA LGBTQIA+ Safe Disability Poster
- DACSSA LGBTQIA+ and Disability Fact Sheet
- DACSSA Fact Sheet Support for Decision Making - Individuals (Easy/Accessible Read)
- DACSSA Fact Sheet Supporting Your Choices (Easy/Accessible Read)
ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER RESOURCES
Disability Royal Commission
- Disability Royal Commission – Share Your Story
Family Support
- No to Violence – Working with Aboriginal Men and Family Violence Conference Report
DACSSA Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)
DACSSA Reconciliation Action Plan 2021
DACSSA Values and Advocacy Process - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People
Values handout.
Advocacy Process handout.
LGBTQIA+ RESOURCES
National
- Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council
- South Australian Equal Opportunity Commission – List of LGBTI Resources (both National and South Australian)
- National LGBTIQ+ Health Alliance
- Trans Health SA – LGBTIQA+ Support and Social Groups
South Australia
- Department of Human Services – Support Resources to make workplaces LGBTIQA+ inclusive
- Drop in Care Space on Kuarna Land is an inclusive community serves as a safe drop in space, meeting place, a place to build connections, to reduce isolation
- Shine SA – Disability & Sexuality resources and contacts
CULTURAL & LANGUAGE DIVERSITY RESOURCES
Disability Royal Commission
National Ethnic Disability Alliance – Disability Royal Commission Fact sheets in 12 languages and explainer videos and :
- What is Disability Royal Commission?
- What does the Disability Royal Commission do?
- NEDA’s statement on the Disability Royal Commission
- What is Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
- How to Make a submission
- Royal Commission Guidebook
NDIS
- AMPARO Advocacy Inc. have created a series of NDIS fact sheets, available in many different languages. Some are available with audio or video:
- Fact Sheet 1- Understanding Disability in Australia (available in 39 languages)
- Fact Sheet 2- What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)? (available in 39 languages)
- Fact Sheet 3- NDIS Information for Interpreters and Translators (English)
- Fact Sheet 4- NDIS and Participants Rights (currently available in 9 languages with more to come soon)
- Radio interviews about the NDIS are also available in Arabic, Mandarin and Spanish.
Legal Services
Legal Services Commission of South Australia
- Disability Justice web page
- Request an information session with the Legal Services Commission
- “We can help” Multi-access legal assistance video
The Legal Services Commission can also arrange and pay for interpreters to attend our community programs.
COVID-19
- Australian Federal Government Department of Health – Health Alerts, Translated
NEURODIVERSITY RESOURCES
Neurodiversity videos
Samson and Bulluss Psychology explanation of neurodiversity as a form of natural biodiversity of earth highlighting the importance of a diversity of minds.
Neurodiversity – the key that unlocked my world Elisabeth Wiklander worldclass cellist talks on TEDxGöteborg about her lived experience of autism and thoughts on the wonder of neurodiveristy and how society can broaden their framework to embrace the extraordinary contributions of all
Neurodiversity at Work works best Layne Kertamus – TEDxRexburg
What is an Autism Friendly Community? Adam Harris – TEDxBallyroanLibrary
What Exactly is Neurodiversity?
The case for neurodiversity in Australian workplaces | SBS News