AMPARO Advocacy has partnered with Griffith University, Queenslanders with Disability Network, and Community Resource Unit to hold a one day forum to explore what steps would ensure that people from CALD backgrounds with disability are best supported by the NDIS.
This one day forum was held on Tuesday 11 October 2016 at Interfaith and Cultural Dialogue Centre Nathan Campus, Griffith University, Brisbane.
Opening
Alastair McEwin – Disability Discrimination Commissioner
NDIS CALD Strategy
Steph Gunn – General Manager of Community Linkages NDIS
CALD communities and systems – Critical factors for authentic inclusion in the NDIS
Dr Joanne Travaglia. Associate Professor at University of Technology Sydney
Questions and answers
Joanne Travaglia
Morning Panel – Questions and Answers
Alastair McEwin, Steph Gunn and Joanne Travaglia
QUT and AMPARO Research – Disadvantage and disability
Dr Julie King. Coordinator of International Engagement for Social Work and Human Services, QUT
Family perspectives
Thao Pham
Diversitat: Refugee communities and the NDIS
Meagan Price Team Leader of Diversability, Diversitat
QPASTT: People from CALD backgrounds with psychosocial disability and the NDIS
Tracy Worrall, Chief Executive Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT)
Amparo Advocacy Report: The NDIS and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities: Aiming high for equitable access in Queensland
Maureen Fordyce, Manager, Amparo Advocacy
To view this Report – AMPARO CALD and NDIS Report 2016
Afternoon Group Discussion
Meagan Price, Tracey Worrall, Maureen Fordyce
Final Panel Discussion
Kevin Cocks AM, Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commissioner
Shahram Jazan, Case Manager, Multicultural Development Association (MDA)
Lalita Lakshmi, Multicultural Engagement Worker, Amparo Advocacy Inc.
Event Sponsors
AMPARO would like to thank the events sponsors:
Queensland Council of Social Service, Access Community Services, MDA, Mamre Association, Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma, Diversicare, Speaking Up For You, Rights in Action, Townsville Multicultural Support Group and Independent Advocacy Townsville.
