People with Disability Australia Incorporated

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Issues & Campaigns

Supporting PWD

There are many ways to support us:

Make a Donation Becoming a Disability Rights Defender Volunteering and student placement Becoming a financial member

PWD has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

Boarding House Individual Advocacy Project

Boarding House Individual Advocacy Project Brochure PDF 1.41MB
Referral and Response Options for people with disability living in licensed boarding houses 49kb Word
The Boarders & Lodgers Legal Information Kit - Redfern Legal Centre website
More than board and lodging: the need for boarding house reform - A special report to Parliament under section 31 of the Ombudsman Act 1974 August 2011 PDF 293kb

PWD's Boarding House Individual Advocacy Project provides free information and advocacy support to people with disability in NSW who live in Licensed Residential Centres (Licensed Boarding Houses). The project provides non-legal advocacy to any person with disability who lives in a Licensed Boarding House. The information and advocacy support provided enables people with disability to increase the control they have over their lives through the representation of their interests and views.

Some of the issues people are supported with are:

complaints about the quality of services and supports
access to adequate housing and supports
responding to abuse and neglect
complaints about financial management
Licensed Boarding House closure and relocation
decision making and guardianship
discrimination
major life changes and
access to health services.

Family members, friends, neighbours, cares, and disability or mental health support workers can also ask us to help a person who lives in a Licensed Boarding House.

Click here for more information on the Grand Western Lodge case in which PWD worked to remove residents from a licensed boarding house where they were allegedly experiencing significant abuse and neglect.

Click here for more information on violence, abuse and neglect issues and how they affect people with disability living in licensed boarding houses.

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