Services for people with disabilities
Advocacy for people with disabilities
Our service is for all people with disabilities:
- intellectual
- physical
- psychiatric
- sensory
- cognitive
Much of our advocacy work involves specialist disability services such as:
- supported employment
- supported accommodation
- respite
- day programs
- equipment
- service coordination
We provide service to people in the greatest need. Priority is given to issues which most affect quality of life.
Involvement of people living with disabilities in AAGs
As part of the Disability Services reform process, ATI and Speak Out have each been funded for one advocate's position to assist people with disabilities through the reform process.
One function is to assist people with disabilities to participate in the Area Advisory Groups.
Specifically, the function of the advocate in this process is described as:
Representation on the Area Advisory Groups on a state-wide and area level.
Representation on these groups will ensure that people with disabilities have a voice, and that their needs, wishes and concerns around the reform process are considered. The role of the advocates in this process would be to coordinate the process for including people with disabilities in these forums.
It is important to emphasise that the role of advocacy is to facilitate and coordinate a process by which people with disabilities participate in the AAGs and not that advocacy is there to speak for people.
Advocacy Tasmania Inc. and Speak Out Association of Tasmania Inc. have jointly created a website blog as a way people living with disabilities can communicate with their local AAG. The address for the blog is www.yoursayaag.org.au To learn more about the function of AAGs and how you can have a say, visit the www.yoursayaag.org.au website.
You can visit our contacts page to find useful links in the disability area, and you will also find relevant information in our publications page.
