Simply how I feel
A poem from an NDIS Appeals support client about her experience.
Category: Papers
Pre-natal screening, testing and choice: Some Misconceptions About Disability
Prenatal screening, testing and choice: Misconceptions about Disability Misconceptions of Disability – prenatal testing and choice Introduction The language of impairment and disability that clinicians use influences the way we talk and think about disability . Terms like ‘genetic abnormality’, ‘retardation’ and ‘chromosome problem’ are valid in a medical and scientific sense, but they can […]
Final Report: Walk the Talk Forum: Realising the National Disability Strategy and our human rights promises
A comprehensive report summarising QAI’s human rights forum, Walk the Talk: Realising the National Disability Strategy and our human rights promises Report on Walk the Talk Forum 2017
Issues Paper on the intersection of the international human rights treaties: Focussing on human rights in specific areas
Issues paper – intersection of international conventions 26.09.16
Annexure of case studies to issues paper on the intersection of the international human rights treaties and their relevance for the human rights of people with disabilities
A summary of case studies to highlight the issues discussed in the issues paper for the Walk the Talk forum Issues paper – Annexure of case studies
Highlights: Walk the Talk: Realising the 2010-2020 National Disability Strategy and our human rights promises
A summary of the highlights of QAI’s Walk the Talk Forum: Realising the National Disability Strategy and our Human Rights Promises Highlights of Walk the Talk – Realising the NDS and our Human Rights promises
Walk the Talk: Realising the National Disability Strategy and our human rights promises
Research paper exploring the intersection of the United Nations’ human rights treaties and conventions and their relevance for ensuring respect for the fundamental rights of all persons with disabilities to participate in an ordinary, inclusive life in Australia Research paper – intersection of international conventions November 2016
Decisions About My Life? The Choice Should be Mine
QAI’s position statement on supported decision-making QAI Paper on supported decision-making
A Human Rights Act: What it is and why we need one in Queensland
Article by Emma Phillips and Dan Rogers for Right Now on the need for a Human Rights Act in Queensland: 1494812672-1494409963-HRA article for Right Now
QAI position statement on the Forensic Disability Service
A summary of QAI’s position on the Forensic Disability Service Position Statement on FDS