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Welcome to Disability Advocacy NSW (DA)

What do we do?

Our role is to help people of all ages with any type of disability or mental illness get fair treatment.

An advocate can help you get fair treatment:

  • from government departments, disability services, other services and businesses;

  • at work, university, school or TAFE;

  • with accommodation, transport and access;

  • with legal, healthcare or money issues.

We also assist with systematic advocacy issues and provide education sessions. The links at the top of this page provide more information and details on how DA can help and the services we offer. Click on these links or contact us on 1300 365 085 or da@da.org.au.

If you are an organisation or service provider already familiar with our service and wish to refer a person with a disability to DA, please fill out our online referral form. Alternatively you can download the form in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader), fill it out and fax it back to us, or download our zipped MS Word document, fill it out and email or fax it back to us.

Individuals with a disability and their family should seek the assistance of an advocate by contacting us directly.  

Background

DA was established in 2007 with the amalgamation of Disability Advocacy Service Hunter (DASH) and Advocacy Northwest (ANW). After a number of years working together, both services believed that they could provide a better service to more people with a disability by joining forces. Combined, both services have 35 years experience of advocating for people with a disability.

Disability Advocacy NSW Inc. is located in the Hunter, New England and Mid North Coast Regions of NSW Australia and believes that people with a disability should have the same rights as other citizens. We aim to ensure that people with a disability obtain these rights in practice by advocating with and for them.

 

ADVOCACY

'standing by' someone, or 'speaking out' for someone's rights, or 'going in to bat' for another person - being 'on their side', especially when the chips are down."
(in Parsons 1. 1994. Villamanta Publishing)

Parts one and two of the SIAA's DVD on independent advocacy.


A Voice To Trust (part1)




Community Legal Centre - Mid North Coast

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