The Disabled People’s Organisations (DPO) Australia promotes the human rights and freedoms of all people with disability.

The Better Health channel has information on how parents can plan for the future needs of their child if they have a disability.
 

If you are a young adult and would like to gain the skills and confidence to participate and contribute to your community and build relationships, the Power to You e-learning program can help you.

The Raise our Voices program aims to improve self-advocacy skills and empower people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities living with disability.

This video includes Auslan, subtitles and a transcript.

Transcript

Hi, I'm Josh and today I'll be talking about the area of life that relates to legal.

We all have rights and Australia has rules about how everyone should be treated fairly.

Planning for future care and decision-making needs may also be important to you.

Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has a booklet that discusses things you might want to consider in future planning and how to get legal and financial advice.

You may need legal help or advice at some time. You can get legal advice from Legal Aid or from other expert legal services, and some legal services specialise in disability-related issues.

Disability advocacy promotes, protects and supports a person’s human rights. Advocacy organisations can support you to make sure you are not discriminated against and are treated equally and respectfully by others.

You can search for disability advocates in your state or territory or use the Ask Izzy Disability Advocacy finder.

Your rights include basic entitlements such as being treated fairly, treating others fairly and having the ability to make choices.

If someone is preventing you from exercising your rights or discriminating against you, you could make a legal complaint or get an advocate to assist you.