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Dr Jess Cadwallader

@JessPWDA

Advocacy Projects Manager @PWDAustralia, working in violence prevention and on the Royal Commission Disability Supports project. Follow or RT =/= approval

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Joined May 2014
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Dean@Dean_Price_6 Apr 2017
Appearing before the #NotMyDebt Centrelink Inquiry? @ACOSS has this handy guide bit.ly/2oG9xAG
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Replying to @BattamsSamantha
check out our article in the @ConversationEDU about this @JessPWDA @SalRob310 theconversation.com/we-count…

We count what matters, and violence against people with disability matters

Accountability for the violence and abuse that people with disability experience begins with recording the offences. In fact, we have long ignored crimes against vulnerable members of our community.

theconversation.com
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Our members do fantastic stuff.... The Youth Network of Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is running a... fb.me/2QvBudkus
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Yep - these kinds of 'routine' non-consensual processes happen all the time in disability land. teapawt.net/nswcid/status/84876529…
CID (@CIDvoice) profile pictureCID@CIDvoice3 Apr 2017
Yes - this remains a problem @WWDA_Youth @JessPWDA @GregHuntMP @BradHazzard teapawt.net/akavanagh_melb/status/…
Finch: the NDIS (and NDS) will help education reform. But it will not make schools more inclusive of students with disability. #disabilityed
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Finch: NDIS will not help build ramps in schools, nor stop stigma and discrimination around disability. #disabilityed
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Gutierrez: "Shawn" was put into time out room because of behaviour, later called jail by one of his teachers. #disabilityed
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Gutierrez: must look at root cause of Shawn's behaviour. Could be due to disability, could be environmental factors. #disabilityed
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Finch: data only captures students who are deemed to have disability, but with social model, disability goes much broader. #disabilityed
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It's about time they reviewed this. Children with disability are poorly serves by the current Reportable Conduct arrangements #disabilityed teapawt.net/pwdaustralia/status/84…
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) (@PWDAustralia) profile picturePeople with Disability Australia (PWDA)@PWDAustralia3 Apr 2017
David Shoebridge: ombudsman reviewing class or kind determination - does PWDA support this? #disabilityed
Not bad feedback before I head off on parental leave (Friday). So glad to get the info about Reportable Conduct out there! teapawt.net/pwdaustralia/status/84…
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) (@PWDAustralia) profile picturePeople with Disability Australia (PWDA)@PWDAustralia3 Apr 2017
Speaker thanks Dr Cadwallader especially for her input. Thanks to 3 other witnesssss from PWDA too. #disabilityed
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PWDA staff will be speaking at Inquiry into the education of students with a disability or special needs in New South Wales schools soon.
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PWDA's submission for Inquiry into Students with a disability or special needs in New South Wales schools Is here pwd.org.au/documents/Submiss…
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The webcast of Inquiry into the education of students with a disability or special needs in NSW schools is here: parliament.nsw.gov.au/pages/…

Macquarie Room webcast

parliament.nsw.gov.au
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We will be live tweeting their key points at the Inquiry into the education of students with a disability or special needs in NSW schools.
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Giving evidence to the NSW Inquiry into Students with Disability at 1.15 with @KateMFinch, @MeredithPWDA & Paulina (advocate) #disabilityed
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Meredith PWDA@MeredithPWDA30 Mar 2017
Szoredi:I didn't talk out about her breakdown as I was afraid of being a ward of the state, esp as I knew what happened to her in care #ph57
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Meredith PWDA@MeredithPWDA30 Mar 2017
Szoredi is now reading her statement. She is 24 years old, and her mother was a survivor of CSA in out of home care #ph57
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Meredith PWDA@MeredithPWDA30 Mar 2017
This panel also includes Dr Graham Gee, Registered Psychologist Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, giving evidence from video link #ph57
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Meredith PWDA@MeredithPWDA30 Mar 2017
This morning's panel includes Ms Szoredi, daughter of a survivor, reading a statement #ph57
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