NSW Ombudsman Rights Project for People with Disability – Resource Table

On the 29th April, 2016, the NSW Ombudsman Rights Project for People with Disability held its first Expert Forum meeting.

As a result of this meeting, a comprehensive NSW Ombudsman Expert Forum Resources Table was prepared that includes links to 116 resources from around Australia, and internationally, providing information and resources to help address the rights of people with disability.

Please take a few minutes to look through or search this very comprehensive database, as there are many links to a wide range of important resources and information that support your work with people with disability.

June 23, 2017

Joint Protocol Fact Sheet – People with cognitive and/or mental health impairments are over-represented in the criminal justice system. Some of their contact with police is in relation to minor offences or in response to behaviour that would be best managed using trauma-informed and person-centred approaches to support. To seek to reduce the unnecessary contact of people with disability in supported accommodation with the criminal justice system, the Ombudsman’s office has developed a Joint Protocol for disability services and police.

June 23, 2017

New research has found growing up in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may have negative effects on children’s brain development. It can cause stress, and has been linked with psychological and social problems in children and adolescents. But for males, at least, positive parenting negated these negative effects, providing some good lessons for parents.

June 21, 2017

National NAIDOC 2017 theme – Our Languages Matter, for NAIDOC week (2-9th July), celebrates the essential role that Indigenous languages play in both cultural identity, linking people to their land and water, and in the transmission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, spirituality and rites, through story and song. Many place names for our suburbs, rivers, mountains and parks have Indigenous language words. Observing and learning about these words will generate greater appreciation and respect for the significance of Indigenous languages among all Australians.

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NSW Ombudsman Rights Project for People with Disability – Resource Table