People with disability who have limited or no English language skills and who come from diverse cultural backgrounds frequently encounter significant additional barriers to having their needs met. Through our direct advocacy work with individuals we become aware of additional barriers which restrict people’s access to important information and services and limit their ability to fully participate and be included in family and community life.

Engaging with diverse communities, and activities this includes, assists us to better understand the specific challenges and issues that people with disability and their families from culturally and linguistically diverse communities experience on a daily basis.

This work provides a sound basis for the education, awareness raising and systemic advocacy we undertake to influence positive sustainable changes to attitudes, policies, practices and resources within governments and communities.