Our Rainbow Lives

Our Rainbow Lives is an introduction to LGBTIQA+ identity, experiences, sexuality, gender and bodies for people with intellectual disability and their supporters.

This book is called Our Rainbow Lives. It is a bit different to other books. You can read it by yourself or you can read it with a friend, support person, carer, parent or teacher.

When you open the book, you will see that the pages on the right use easy words and pictures. The pages on the left use more words. Your friend or supporter can read the left page while you read the right page.

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This book is all about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and asexual people! It is OK if you do not know what these words mean now. This book will help you learn about them.

Enjoy Our Rainbow Lives!

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Your Rights and Entitlements in Disability Services – Quyền và Quyền lợi của Quý vị trong các Dịch vụ Khuyết tật

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Tiếng Việt

Quyền và Quyền lợi của Quý vị trong các Dịch vụ Khuyết tật

Về các Nguồn Tài liệu

Người Việt bị khuyết tật gặp nhiều khó khăn hơn để tiếp cận các dịch vụ. Những sự khác biệt trong việc hiểu, truy cập, và có sẵn các thông tin phù hợp về văn hoá kết hợp với sự phức tạp của hệ thống, và các trải nghiệm khác nhau về dịch vụ khuyết tật cả ở Úc và ở nước ngoài, đều góp phần gây trở ngại cho việc tiếp cận dịch vụ, và thiếu tin tưởng vào dịch vụ.

Việc NDIS được đưa vào thực hiện đã tạo nên nhu cầu tìm hiểu tiền trợ cấp, lập kế hoạch lâu dài, và mở rộng sự lựa chọn trên thị trường, điều này đã góp phần gây ra các trở ngại mà người Việt bị khuyết tật gặp phải.

Có khoảng trống giữa thông tin được cung cấp bằng tiếng Việt, và kiến thức cần có để tìm hiểu về khuyết tật và các hệ thống liên quan một cách tự tin và có kết quả tốt. Một trong những khoảng trống này là thông tin về quyền và quyền lợi mà người khuyết tật có được ở Úc.

Lấp khoảng trống về sự hiểu biết là hết sức quan trọng đối với sự thành công của người Việt bị khuyết tật, và các gia đình để sử dụng các hỗ trợ khuyết tật được thành công.

Các nguồn tài liệu nhằm mục đích hỗ trợ người Việt bị khuyết tật và người hỗ trợ cho họ có thể:

Nêu rõ quyền và quyền lợi của họ
Giải thích và cung cấp bằng chứng cho các mục tiêu hỗ trợ và nhu cầu hỗ trợ trong các cuộc họp lập kế hoạch NDIS.
Thương lượng thoả thuận dịch vụ và các điều kiện với các cơ quan cung cấp hỗ trợ.
Đảm bảo các nhân viên hỗ trợ luôn làm việc hướng tới mục tiêu, mong ước, và nguyện vọng của người khuyết tật.

Có các nguồn tài liệu bằng cả tiếng Việt và tiếng Anh.

Tài liệu này nằm trong dự án được Victorian Multicultural Commission, Mary Mackillop Today, và State Trustees tài trợ. Nhóm dự án ghi nhận, với lòng biết ơn, sự hỗ trợ, cũng như sự đóng góp hào phóng của các thành viên trong nhóm đồng thiết kế và nhóm trọng điểm, the University of Melbourne, the City of Brimbank, Extended Families và National Ethnic Disability Association.

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Your Rights and Entitlements in Disability Services

About the Resources

Vietnamese people with disability experience greater difficulty accessing services. Differences in understanding, accessibility, and availability of culturally appropriate information combined with the complexity of the system, and varying experiences of disability services both in Australia and internationally contribute to barriers to access, and lack of confidence in services.

The introduction of the NDIS, which creates the need to navigate funding, long-term planning, and widening marketplace choice, has contributed to the barriers experienced by Vietnamese people with disability.

There is a gap between information provided in Vietnamese, and the knowledge that is required to navigate disability and related systems confidently and with good outcomes. One of these gaps is in the information about the rights and entitlements that people with disability have in Australia.

Filling the gap in understanding is crucial to the success of Vietnamese people with disability, and families utilising disability supports successfully.

The resources aim to support Vietnamese people with disability and their supporters to:

Articulate their rights and entitlements
Justify, and provide evidence to support goals and support needs in NDIS planning meetings
Negotiate service agreements and conditions with support providers
Ensure that support professionals are always working towards the goals, wishes, and desires of the person with disability

The resources are available in both Vietnamese and English.

This resource is part of a project funded by the Victorian Multicultural Commission, Mary Mackillop Today, and the State Trustees. The project team gratefully acknowledges their support, as well as the generous contributions of the co-design and focus group participants, the University of Melbourne, the City of Brimbank, Extended Families and National Ethnic Disability Association.

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NDIS Planning Brochure

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Support Coordination Brochure

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Support Workers Brochure

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Psychology Brochure

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Occupational Therapy Brochure

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Speech Therapy Brochure

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Physiotherapy Brochure

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Self Advocacy in Healthcare

About the resources

LGBTIQA+ autistic people experience greater difficulty in accessing healthcare that meets their needs. The resources that comprise Self Advocacy in Healthcare are designed to bridge the gaps between autistic LGBTIQA+ individuals and healthcare professionals within a patient centred multidisciplinary model and ensure informed consent is met.

Due to the different expressions of the autistic experience, many autistic people feel misunderstood during medical appointments and healthcare treatment. This, combined with healthcare access issues faced by members of the LGBTIQA+ community, can result in LGBTIQA+ autistic people struggling to have their basic healthcare needs met.

Accurate and effective care and treatment of autistic people can be met by providers through:

Respecting and adapting to different communication styles and needs
Increasing understanding of autistic experiences and needs
Provision of accommodations when requested
Tackling stigma and stereotypes about autistic people
Reducing assumptions about individual patients

This resource was developed in response to the needs of LGBTIQA+ autistic communities, including members from Spectrum Intersections and beyond. This toolkit has been co-designed by autistic LGBTIQA+ people for autistic LGBTIQA+ people to allow them an opportunity to self advocate through the healthcare system.

The identity first term autistic person has been chosen over person with autism.

While there is a clear division globally regarding the terms disabled person and person with disability, with the exception of person with intellectual disability where person first language is dominant, the autistic community is far less divided. Self-advocates regularly indicate their preference for identity first, rather than person first, language.

Self Advocacy in Healthcare: A toolkit for LGBTIQA+ autistic people, their family, carers, friends, support workers, and advocates

Self advocacy in healthcare is a dual-read guide for autistic people and their supporters. It guides people through the use of the personal infocards, and offers guidance for completing the cards.

This guide includes information specifically for healthcare professionals, providing additional information and resources about the healthcare needs of autistic people.

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Self Advocacy in Healthcare: Personal Infocards

Personal Infocards can help someone quickly explain their needs to a doctor, dentist, other health professional, or health administrator. They can help people to communicate about their needs, body, health, and treatment clearly. The cards are grouped into common areas of communication, and separated to allow choice and control over the sharing of information.

The Personal Infocards consist of:

A Wallet Card which has emergency information about the person, autism, and the other infocards
The About Me card has information about a person’s identity information, and appointment needs
The Access Needs card has information about communication and environmental needs
The Professional card going through a persons needs in physical procedures, and how they experience pain
The Emergency card communicates crisis and self-awareness information as well as medication and allergies for emergency purposes
The How To Use card goes through how these cards are to be used by autistic people, and by health professionals.

4 ways to access the cards

Click here to contact us and request a copy of the Toolkit and Infocards to be posted to you

Click here to save a copy of the Infocards to your computer, that you can complete and print yourself

Click here to save a copy of the Infocards to your computer, that you can print at home and complete by hand

Click here to save a copy of the Infocards to your computer, that you can complete and display on your phone, tablet, or computer

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About Spectrum Intersections

Spectrum Intersections is a peer led group for people 18+ who identify as lesbian, gay, bi+, trans, gender diverse, intersex, queer or asexual+ (LGBTIQA+) and as being on the neurodiversity spectrum, which includes but is not limited to autism spectrum, attention deficit / hyperactivity condition, tourette’s syndrome, obsessive compulsion, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, epilepsy, and other conditions that lead to brain functioning that is not neurotypical.

Members do not require a medical diagnosis of autism or neurodiversity to attend the free peer group, and recognises the current access barriers that exist in gaining diagnoses. Spectrum Intersections is a safe space and learning environment for people without fear of judgement, misunderstanding, harassment or abuse.

Spectrum Intersection provides connection, advocacy, and education to:

LGBTIQA+ neurodiverse people, their friends, families, and supports
Community advocacy through board representation
Professional spaces through training and workplace/service consultancy

Spectrum Intersections supports lesbian, gay, bi+, trans, gender diverse, intersex, queer, and asexual+ (LGBTIQA+) neurodivergent people to experience social inclusion and belonging in their communities, with a focus on understanding that LGBTIQA+ and neurodivergent identities are core to personal identity, expression, communication, and connection.

This approach to inclusive support is aligned with the Disability Act Vic (2006), the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act (2013), Mental Health Act Vic (2014), Victorian Human Service Standards and evidence based practices such as Person Centred Active Support.

This resource is part of a project funded by Pride Foundation Australia and Sidney Myer Foundation. The project team gratefully acknowledges their support, as well as the generous contributions of the co-design and focus group participants, the Shed, Transgender Victoria and Aspergers Victoria.

Support For Justice

People with disability and justice

We know that people with disability are more likely than other members of the community to have life experiences that bring them in to contact with the law. They are more likely to be involved in criminal activity or be victims of crime. It is widely accepted that women with intellectual disability are more vulnerable to sexual assault. In fact, people with intellectual disability are three times more likely to be victims of physical assault, sexual assault or robbery. People with intellectual disability are also more likely to experience discrimination and face barriers to accessing their rights and entitlements through the legal system. This is the case across all areas of life including family and relationships, housing, and money matters.

Support for Justice is a dual-read guide for Victorians with intellectual disability. It is also a fabulous resource for supporters and advocates who work directly with them. It outlines the basics of law and the supports that people with intellectual disability can access to get help when navigating the legal system.

A guide for people with a disability, their support professionals, family carers, friends and advocates

Legal Advocates and Good Support

Legal advocates and lawyers can provide high quality support to people with intellectual disability by following some of the techniques in this video.

2018 Support for Justice Forum, Melbourne

Representatives of legal advocacy organisations, disability advocacy organisations, disability specific legal services, Victoria Police, disability academics, and people with disability came together in May 2018 to talk about developing collaborative practices.

Your Dental Health

Proud Partners and Supporters

Your Dental Health: A guide for people with a disability, their family carers, friends and advocates

Very few oral health resources exist for people with intellectual disability. Your Dental Health: A Guide for People with a Disability, Their Family Carers, Friends and Advocates raises the bar in oral health promotion. It is a guide written for Australians with intellectual disability that outlines how to look after your teeth and gums. It demystifies dental care, introduces people to public and private options, and tells you what to expect during a visit to the dentist.

Download a PDF of the comprehensive guide

Your Dental Health

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Western Australian version

Our submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

Inclusion Designlab led the development of a joint submission with ASSCID, Deakin University, the University of Melbourne, ANZASND and AAPD.
Click on the button to read our submission.

Download the PDF Submission

Inclusive practice guides for oral health practitioners

Oral Health and Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Dental Practitioners

Endorsed by the Australian Dental Association (ADA) and Australian Society of Special Care in Dentistry (ASSCID), this 16 page guide bridges the dentistry and disability support sectors. It outlines treatment pathways, information about communication and consent, and strategies for achieving better long term oral health outcomes for people with intellectual disability.

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Single pages version

Oral health planning forms for dental practitioners and people with intellectual disability

Oral Health Assessment Form

Dentists can use this form to outline dental issues, support needs, treatment, and follow up protocols for the patient. This form can be directly communicated to general practitioners and allied health professionals allowing for a shared understanding of the link between oral health and overall health in the patient’s life.

Home Oral Care Form

Dentists can use this form to outline the ideal home care for the patient. This form is best completed with the input of the patient and any supporters who accompany them to the appointment. The form provides clear, simple directions for supporters so that they can gather helpful information using observation between appointments.

Oral Health and Disability in Children: A Guide for Oral Health Practitioners

Endorsed by the Australasian Academy of Paediatric Dentistry and Australian Society of Special Care in Dentistry (ASSCID), this guide bridges the dentistry and disability support sectors for children. It outlines treatment pathways, information about communication and consent, and strategies for achieving better long term oral health outcomes for children with disability.

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Booklet version

Single pages version

Oral health planning forms for dental practitioners and children with disability

Oral Health Assessment Form for Children

Dentists can use this form to outline dental issues, support needs, treatment, and follow up protocols for the child or young person. This form can be directly communicated to general practitioners and allied health professionals allowing for a shared understanding of the link between oral health and overall health in the patient’s life.

Oral Home Care Plan for Children with Disability

Home Oral Care Form

Dentists can use this form to outline the ideal home care for the child or young person. This form is best completed with the input of the child or young person and any supporters who accompany them to the appointment. The form provides clear, simple directions for supporters so that they can gather helpful information using observation between appointments.

Inclusive practice videos for oral health practitioners

Being Inclusive

A message for dentists by dentists

Dentistry & Disability

A video for all Australian dentists produced in partnership with Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria and Monash Health. A guide to ensuring people with intellectual disability receive all the support they need to achieve sustained optimal oral health.

Visiting the dentist

Getting a Dental Checkup

This video tells you what happens at a visit to the dentist.

Types of Dental Equipment

This video is about the tools the dentist uses when they clean your teeth.

The Dental X-Ray Machine

This video is about the dental x-ray machine. (It might sound scary – but it’s actually pretty cool!)

Looking After Your Teeth at Home

How to Brush Your Teeth

How to Floss Your Teeth

Fixing Your Smile

Getting a Filling

Getting Your Teeth Straightened

Voting and Electoral Inclusion

Inclusion Melbourne and voting

People with intellectual disability have the same right to vote as all other Australians. Disability law and service delivery regulations compel disability support organisations to support voters with disability, while the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities points to a society that fully supports the development of accessible political education, election materials, election campaigns, and voting centres.

Inclusion Melbourne commenced its journey with electoral inclusion research in 2013, leading to a partnership with Melbourne Law School in 2015, a Victorian Government funded study tour of global sites of best practice in 2016, a VEC-funded research partnership with La Trobe University in 2017, and now an electoral inclusion campaign in preparation for the 2018 State Election.

Produced and supported by:

La Trobe University Living with Disability Research center

I Can Vote

I Can Vote is a dual-read guide for people with a disability and their supporters. It guides voters through the basics about democracy and voting and offers practical tips for becoming politically informed.

I Can Vote is a website dedicated with information to help you get ready to vote, and was a great tool to leading in to the Victorian State Election in November 2018. I Can Vote shows videos of election candidates explaining what they believe and support. These videos can help you choose who you vote for. I Can Vote also has information about democracy and politics. There is also information for supporters who are helping you learn about voting.

Whether you’re a voter or a candidate, I Can Vote can assist you in the voting process and provide you with information about democracy and politics.

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Plan To Vote

Plan to Vote is a tool to help people with a disability and their supporters create the ultimate plan to election readiness. Fill out a digital copy or print it out and stick it up on your wall in the months leading up to an election.

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Electoral Inclusion

Rights, Barriers and Global Campaign Strategies for Voters with Intellectual Disability.

This report has been prepared to introduce the leaders of electoral commissions and similar organisations to the advancements in practice that have flowed from research into the political citizenship of people with intellectual and cognitive disability. It also examines the various components of a selection of electoral inclusion campaigns in sites of best practice, namely the UK, Canada and Sweden.

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Global Voting Campaigns

Sweden

Studieforbundet Vuxenskolan

UK
Every Vote Counts

UK
Easy News

ACT
Every Vote Counts

Canada

Get the vote out

Canada
Disability Matters Manitoba

USA
Disability Matters Manitoba

I Can Vote Video Campaign

The I Can Vote project is a world-leading project run by Inclusion Designlab. It features easy language videos from political candidates standing for the 2018 Victorian State Election. The project is supported by the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and Collier Charitable Fund.

Circles of Support

National Resource Centre for Circles of Support and Microboards (NRCCOSAM)

Inclusion Designlab successfully applied for a 12-month national ILC readiness grant from the NDIA to establish the National Resource Centre. The NRCCOSAM is collaborating with Circles of Support and Microboards providers across Australia to develop a number of useful resources that include:

A web accessible portal that hosts information about COSAM services from across Australia
A number of publications and training material for people with a disability , families and others interested in COSAM
A series of webinars about Circles and Microboards
A 1800 number for additional information

Progressive Delivery:
July 2017 – June 2018

Take a look at our other Circles of Support videos here

Community Inclusion Initiative

Inclusion Designlab was part of the Community Inclusion Initiative coordinated by the National Disability Services.
NDS established the Community Inclusion Initiative to help inform the provision of community participation support under the NDIS. As part of the initiative, 11 service providers from across Australia worked with 46 people with disability to explore community participation from the perspectives of service users and families, service providers, the disability system, mainstream services and the community.

Click here for more information about the initiative

Appendices

Our Rainbow Lives is an introduction to LGBTIQA+ identity, experiences, sexuality, gender and bodies for people with intellectual disability and their supporters.

Enjoy Our Rainbow Lives!

Quyền và Quyền lợi của Quý vị trong các Dịch vụ Khuyết tật

Về các Nguồn Tài liệu

Tất cả Brochures

Hoạch định NDIS Brochure

Điều phối Hỗ trợ Brochure

Nhân viên Hỗ trợ Brochure

Trị liệu Tâm lý Brochure

Trị liệu Phục hồi Chức năng Brochure

Trị liệu Ngôn ngữ Brochure

Chuyên viên Vật lý Trị liệu Brochure

Your Rights and Entitlements in Disability Services

About the Resources

All Brochures

NDIS Planning Brochure

Support Coordination Brochure

Support Workers Brochure

Psychology Brochure

Occupational Therapy Brochure

Speech Therapy Brochure

Physiotherapy Brochure

About the resources

Self Advocacy in Healthcare: A toolkit for LGBTIQA+ autistic people, their family, carers, friends, support workers, and advocates

Self Advocacy in Healthcare: Personal Infocards

4 ways to access the cards

About Spectrum Intersections

People with disability and justice

Legal Advocates and Good Support

2018 Support for Justice Forum, Melbourne

Proud Partners and Supporters

Your Dental Health: A guide for people with a disability, their family carers, friends and advocates

Our submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

Inclusive practice guides for oral health practitioners

Oral Health and Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Dental Practitioners

Oral health planning forms for dental practitioners and people with intellectual disability

Oral Health and Disability in Children: A Guide for Oral Health Practitioners

Oral health planning forms for dental practitioners and children with disability

Inclusive practice videos for oral health practitioners

Being Inclusive

Dentistry & Disability

Visiting the dentist

Getting a Dental Checkup

Types of Dental Equipment

The Dental X-Ray Machine

Looking After Your Teeth at Home

How to Brush Your Teeth

How to Floss Your Teeth

Fixing Your Smile

Getting a Filling

Getting Your Teeth Straightened

Inclusion Melbourne and voting

Produced and supported by:

I Can Vote

Plan To Vote

Electoral Inclusion

Rights, Barriers and Global Campaign Strategies for Voters with Intellectual Disability.

Global Voting Campaigns

Progressive Delivery: July 2017 – June 2018

Community Inclusion Initiative

Appendices

Progressive Delivery:
July 2017 – June 2018