Disability - Day Programs
* This Better Health Channel fact sheet has passed through a rigorous approval process. For the latest updates and more information visit www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au. Day programs help adults with disabilities to develop skills and increase their ... [... more]
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Intellectual Disability - Facts And Figures
Intellectual disability affects some people more than others. Around 40,000 Victorians are affected - about one per cent of the population. Approximately three quarters of these people are affected mildly. The rest are moderately, severely or ... [... more]
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Domestic Violence - Tips For Women With Disabilities
Compared to women without disabilities, women with disabilities are more likely to experience violence and for more extended periods of time. Leaving a violent relationship is harder for a woman if she has disabilities. Traditional self-help ... [... more]
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Disabilities - Children And Everyday Activities
You can help your child with disabilities to communicate and move if you encourage them to take part in daily activities. Dressing and bathing can be opportunities to encourage your child's development. Children learn a lot in the first three ... [... more]
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Domestic Violence And Women With Disabilities
The various agencies that help people with disabilities aren't cross-referenced as thoroughly as they could be, which creates service gaps. For example, a woman might be referred back and forth between two agencies, such as sexual assault ... [... more]
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Disability - Support Services
The Disability Services Division of the Department of Human Services provides and funds a range of support for children and adults with disabilities. We work with families and carers, and with non-government and government service providers, to ... [... more]
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Disability - Volunteer Support
Interchange's main service is the Host program, where a volunteer is matched with and cares for a child with a disability in the volunteer's home on a regular basis. This may be one day or one weekend a month. Ongoing training and support are ... [... more]
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Disability And Sexual Issues
The forced sterilisation of people with an intellectual disability was addressed as an issue in 1992 through the establishment of a legal framework on child sterilisation. Research by the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ... [... more]
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Sex Education For Children With Intellectual Disabilities
People with intellectual disabilities have the same range of sexual thoughts, attitudes, feelings, desires, fantasies and activities as people without disabilities. Yet the expression of sexuality of people with an intellectual disability has ... [... more]
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Disability - Managing Underweight
Proper weight management relies on exercise too. People with certain disabilities may have reduced mobility, but it is important to remember that any degree of activity is helpful. For example, a person who uses a wheelchair can still lead a very ... [... more]
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Children With A Disability - Support For Parents
You are not alone. There is an informal network of parent support groups across Victoria who offer you the support you need to achieve the best possible future for your child. To find out your child has a disability can be traumatic and ... [... more]
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Disability - Discrimination
Discrimination is treating someone unfairly or unfavourably because of a personal characteristic. In Victoria it is against the law to discriminate against someone because of their actual or assumed disability or impairment in the past or ... [... more]
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