Fact Sheets- Videos

Translated Fact Sheets- Video Format

These videos are readings of two factsheets prepared by AMPARO Advocacy for people from non-English speaking backgrounds to assist them to understand disability in Australia and the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It provides information for people living in Queensland. The videos are available in Amharic, Dinka, Somali, Dari, Burmese, Karen and AUSLAN. A Hazaragi conversation in English and Swahili that covers information contained in Factsheet 1 and 2 is also available below.

Amharic- Factsheet 1- Understanding Disability in Australia

Amharic- Factsheet 2- What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?

AUSLAN- Factsheet 1- Understanding Disability in Australia

AUSLAN- Factsheet 2- What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?

Burmese- Factsheet 1- Understanding Disability in Australia

Burmese- Factsheet 2- What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?

Dari- Factsheet 1- Understanding Disability in Australia

Dari- Factsheet 2- What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?

Dinka- Factsheet 1- Understanding Disability in Australia

Dinka- Factsheet 2- What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?

Hazaragi- What is the NDIS (Interview/conversation in Hazaragi and English)

Karen- Factsheet 1- Understanding Disability in Australia

Karen- Factsheet 2- What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?

Kirundi- Factsheet 1- Understanding Disability in Australia (audio only)

Kirundi- Factsheet 2- What is the NDIS? (audio only)

Somali- Factsheet 1- Understanding Disability in Australia

Somali- Factsheet 2- What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?

Esperance's Story

Esperance leads a full and active life in Brisbane with her family and is involved in many community activities. She discusses her life growing up in Congo with polio, how she settled in Australia, and her plans and hopes for the future.

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Shahram's Story

Shahram is from Iran and has a vision impairment, he discusses how he has overcome obstacles and barriers to successfully study and work in Brisbane Australia

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Thao's Story

Thao is a Vietnamese woman and the mother of two children, one of whom has autism. Thao discusses their journey from diagnosis to the present, and the dreams they share for their son's future.

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Claude and his Family’s Story

Jacqueline and Nasibu are from Burundi, and live in Brisbane with their six children. In this video they speak in Kirundi, their first language, about Claude’s needs for support and assistance to live a good life.

Hoe Say's Story

Hoe Say and his family are of Burmese ethnicity and have lived in Australia for the past seven years. In this video Hoe Say and his mother Ye Kyaw speak about their journey and their hopes for the future.