Tips for Inclusive Meetings from Reinforce Self Advocacy
Self Advocates from Reinforce Self Advocacy share their stories of good and bad meetings. They also give their tips for making meetings inclusive for people with an Intellectual Disability.
Meetings – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Short Version
This video talks about how badly run meetings don’t include people with intellectual disability or acquired brain injuries. The video shares tips for how to run good meetings that include everyone. This is the short version of the video.
Being a Parent – Parents with Intellectual Disability
Watch this to listen to parents with intellectual disability talk about what it is like to be a parent, talking about their disability, asking for help and advice for new parents.
Report from the Hand in Hand Parent Meeting
Read this report to hear the voices of parents with Intellectual disability. Parents talk about their experiences with services and supports that were available to them.
Positive Powerful Parents Songs and Spoken Words
Watch this to listen to spoken word and songs from Positive Powerful Parents members about their lives.
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.
Colin and John Protest to Close Institutions
John and Colin Hiscoe are self advocates with intellectual disability. Watch this to hear them share their story of protesting in 1989 to close institutions.
Reinforce’s Drummond St Ballad with The Rights Tough
The story of how Reinforce Self Advocacy, a self advocacy group run by and for people with intellectual disability, squatted in a government building to fight for the right to live freely in the community for people with disability. Performed live by The Rights Tough and Colin Hiscoe.
Ray Grove Speaks Up about Closing Institutions
Ray Groves was a self advocate with intellectual disability who was a member of Self Advocacy Radio Show Raising Our Voices. Watch this video to hear Ray shared his story of speaking up to close institutions.
Terry’s Story of Living in Institutions
Watch this to hear Terry share his story of growing up in institutions. Terry was a self advocate and activist with intellectual disability. He was also a member of Reinforce Self Advocacy, a Self Advocacy Organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability.
