Self Advocacy and Safe Story Sharing

This is a resource for organisations who want to ask people with disability to share their stories. Read this for tips on how to do this in a safe and accessible way.
Compare the Parents Short Film
This short film is about the differences between how a parent with an intellectual disability gets treated, compared to a parent to be without disability.
Learning from Empowered Parents Documentary
This video was made by parents with intellectual disability who have experience with child protection. This video is for people who work with parents with intellectual disability to learn from.
Your Say Your Rights Technology Report (Plain English)

This report is about a project to do with women with disabilities rights when using technology.
Meetings – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Watch this video for tips on how to run good meetings that include everyone. This video also talks about bad meetings that don’t include people with intellectual disability or acquired brain injuries.
Tips for Including People with Intellectual Disability in Meetings
Watch this to hear members of Reinforce Self Advocacy share stories of being in good and bad meetings. They give their tips for making meetings inclusive for people with an Intellectual Disability. Reinforce Self Advocacy is Australia’s oldest Self Advocacy organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability.
Meetings – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Short Version
Watch this video for tips on how to run good meetings that include everyone. This video also talks about bad meetings that don’t include people with intellectual disability or acquired brain injuries. This is the short version of the video.
Tips for Including People with an Acquired Brain Injury in Meetings
Watch this to hear members of Brain Injury Matters share tips for making meetings inclusive for people with an Acquired Brain Injury. Brain Injury Matters in a Self Advocacy and community education organisation run by and for people with Acquired Brain Injury in Victoria.
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.
Safe Story Sharing
This video has tips from Self Advocates for sharing your story safely.