Self Advocates Work with State Government
Colin Hiscoe from Reinforce Self Advocacy interviews Arthur Rodgers who was the Victorian Disability Services Commissioner. Arthur says the Government does good work when working with Self Advocacy Groups because they learn from the expert knowledge of people with disability.
Self Advocates Work with Local Government
Watch this to hear Peter Whelan talk about work Self Advocacy Groups did with Melbourne’s local council to help make Melbourne more accessible for people with disability.
Colin Hiscoe’s Life Story
Read this to hear the life story of Colin Hiscoe AM, a self advocate with intellectual disability that has been Reinforce Self Advocacy’s President. Reinforce Self Advocacy is Australia’s oldest Self Advocacy Organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability.
Supporting People to Have Their Rights in Group Homes
Watch this to hear Colin Hiscoe interview Kate Verdon. Kate is a house supervisor of a Group Home where people with disability live. She shares what her and other staff do to respect the human rights of the people that live there.
Self Advocacy and Diversity – A Model for Multicultural Inclusion
Read this to learn about a project that looked to understand ways of supporting the growth of Self Advocacy for Multicultural People with Disability in Broad Meadows and Shepparton (Victoria).
Reinforce – Speaking Up Over the Years
This book is about the history of Reinforce Self Advocacy, the oldest Self Advocacy Organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability in Australia. In this book you will learn about the work Reinforce has done, and about Self Advocacy.
