Senior Policy Officer at @PWDAustralia working in the area of violence prevention and access to justice. Follow or RT ≠ approval
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined March 2017
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Just letting you know that @MegPWDA has taken over violence prevention and justice work @PWDAustralia - follow her for updates on these issues!
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“PWD are also a priority given that they are overrepresented in all places of detention, including prisons and forensic mental health centres as well as locked psychiatric wards, closed community-based residences for people with #disability and compulsory care facilities.” #OPCAT
No detention facility should be exempt from OPCAT - and some detainees are at urgent risk of harm and need immediate attention. #OPCAT ALA media release: lawyersalliance.com.au/news/…
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New easy-read resource by and for women with disability on bring safe from violence & abuse. Great work from @WDVtweet with @accesseasyengli. @WWDA_AU @Deakin_DI @MeredithPWDA @ClaireSpiv @almcewinddc wdv.org.au/wp-content/upload…
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Sadly, phoning the Hotline does not mean the causes of abuse are addressed. The need for a Royal Commission remains pressing.
Hundreds report abuse of people with disability in government-funded services: frontpagereport.com.au/hundr…
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Well done @wdvcasnsw @TanyaMWDVCAS for an awesome day @ #WDVCAS18 conference. Some standout presentations, good value, well organized and PACKED!! – at Sydney, New South Wales
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Yay! @MeredithPWDA talking about our collaborative project with @PWDAustralia & @DV_NSW to increase access to services for women with a disability #wdvcas18 #dfv #homelessness This is super-important as ‘siloing’ of services needs to be eliminated.
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@MeredithPWDA @PWDAustralia project sees women with lived experience as the experts in their own lives and with the best skills to educate. #WDVCAS18
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Packed house at the inaugural @wdvcasnsw conference #wdvcas18 Thanks to everyone for joining the conversations today and for making this important event happen, working together to Achieve Justice and Positive Change.
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Monique Dam of @DV_NSW at #wdvcas18 highlighting issue of women experiencing #dfv while on temporary visas. Agree with her view this is a ‘national crisis’ in #homelessness - crisis services are overwhelmed with referrals. Our shelters certainly are.
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Our #PeerEducators received their training certificates today! All ready to deliver training to women with #disability on Sexuality & Respectful Relationships @MeredithPWDA @MelPWDA
Fun day at @PWDAustralia today - most of our peer educators were in the office to celebrate the end of our train-the-trainer #respectfulrelationship sessions. Some peer educators also spoke to @HarrietTatham at the ABC about our work. Bring on the peer educator led sessions!!
ALT Four photos in a collage. The largest photo is of 10 women smiling at the camera. The second photo is of a chocolate cake that has 'congratulations' written on it. The third photo is of 6 women smiling at the camera. The last photo is the PWDA logo.
Another busy day catching up with @PWDAustralia #peereducators. Today has taken Paulina & I to Bowral & Wollongong! It was great to chat with Michelle, Elise & Chloe about their next steps: delivering respectful relationships training to other women with intellectual #disability
ALT A photo of Wollongong harbour - there are lighthouses in the background, boats and rock pools. It is a clear and sunny day.
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Follow #CultureIsInclusion for launch of groundbreaking report from @FPDNAus @ScottTheHolWrld teapawt.net/fpdnaus/status/1022280…
A thread about #CultureIsInclusion: Today, First Peoples Disability Network (FPDN) is releasing a landmark report following a two-year community-directed research project, across Australia, on the experiences of #Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with #disability.
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"People with disability are forced to go through a system that is broken and isn’t delivering outcomes" @SamPWDA speaking about Disability Employment Services reforms on @3CR this morning 3cr.org.au/tuesday-breakfast
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Moving welcome to country from Aunty Yvonne Weldon to open the #DFV and Acquired Brain Injury project launch. @wdvcasnsw looking forward to presenting alongside our colleagues from other DFV orgs
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We don’t support a ban on #plasticstraws and we want campaigners to listen to people with #disability about why it is bad idea. Many alternatives won’t work for people with disability. We support people who want to #skipthestraw #refusethestraw but a #ban will hurt many #pwd
ALT a clear glass being filled with water. Text above says "How would you drink this glass of water? Many people with disability require a plastic straw. Underneath the image it says in blue text "It's hard to participate in community activities if you can't have a drink while participating in them