Discover our major projects and valuable resources designed to empower individuals, foster inclusion, and support meaningful community participation.
It’s my Choice Toolkit!
While choice is often spoken about, as a practical task it is far from easy to implement. Developed in partnership with RMIT University, this toolkit consists of five guides that support people with a disability, families and support providers to understand and explore the principles of choice. It also provides examples, worksheets and other practical tools to support people to…
Voting and Electoral Inclusion
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.
Working Together Well
Inclusion Melbourne partnered with researchers at Southern Cross University, the University of New South Wales, and RMIT University to create Working Together Well. This project drew from the priorities determined by people with disability, and support workers, following a research project about relationships and recognition in paid support relationships.
Your Dental Health
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.
Support For 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. For example it is widely accepted that women with intellectual disability are more vulnerable to sexual assault.…
NDIS Readiness and Quality for Support Organisations
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is changing the disability support landscape and creating a rapidly expanding marketplace for participants and organisations. How will your organisation adapt internally and externally? What will your business boundaries, product offering and service model look like?
Seven Approaches to Connect with Your Community
People with an intellectual disability are surrounded by opportunities to connect with their community based on their strengths, interests, skills and current community involvement. Connecting people with the local community and encouraging reciprocal relationships that build trust are valuable ways to support inclusion.
Your Rights and Entitlements in Disability Services – Quyền và Quyền lợi của Quý vị trong các Dịch vụ Khuyết tật
Very few resources translated for CALD communities go into detail about the rights and entitlements that people with disability have in Victoria when it comes to using common disability supports and the NDIS. These resources have been co-designed with the Vietnamese community in Melbourne, and are available in Vietnamese and English.
