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Abuse and neglect
People with intellectual disability experience abuse and neglect at alarmingly high rates.
No one should ever experience abuse and neglect. But if they do, they should be able to get the support they need.
What CID thinks about abuse and neglect
Abuse and neglect are never okay.
CID thinks that people with intellectual disability should be able to speak up when people who support them do the wrong thing.
Read our response to the Disability Royal Commission.
What we are doing
CID gave evidence in the Disability Royal Commission. This included supporting our members to give evidence.
We made Easy Read information about the Disability Royal Commission so that all people with intellectual disability were able to understand how it worked and how to get involved.
We create resources to help people with intellectual disability to understand abuse and how to take action.
Abuse resources
Abuse stories
We can work with your organisation to
- Develop a suite of photos and videos to illustrate sensitive topics
- Create accessible information to inform people with intellectual disability about their rights
- Conduct focus groups with people with intellectual disability to understand the issues they face
Our campaigns
Campaigns we have fought about abuse.
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Commit to the National Roadmap for Action! End Deadly Disability Discrimination
People with Intellectual Disability are dying up to 27 years earlier than most people. Let's fix this now!
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Justice Matters
We won the Justice Matters campaign! Thanks to our supporters people with cognitive disability will get a fairer go in the justice system.
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The future of Peat Island
Our voice is needed! People with disability have been excluded from consultation on the future of Peat Island.
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End deadly disability discrimination campaign
Our campaign helped convince the NSW Government to put $4.7 million into specialist intellectual disability health services.
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