People With Disabilities (WA)

Oasis Lotteries House, 37 Hampden Rd. Nedlands (08)9386 6477(Perth) or 1800 193 331(Country)

‘The Power Of More Than One’ Family Leadership and Advocacy Initiative

People With Disabilities (WA) Inc is running workshops for families and carers of people with disabilities in rural and remote areas.

Those who were unable to attend the metropolitan workshops, are also invited to come to the current workshops which will be held at National Disability Services, 1/59 Walters Road, Osborne Park and video-conferenced to rural areas. Click here for more details

 

 

 

Access Advocacy Kit

2007 People With Disabilities(WA) Inc Access Art competition

People With Disabilities(WA) Inc was pleased to receive a wide range of entries in the Access Art competition, all with varying worthwhile messages and images. We had an unavoidable delay in the judging process, and do apologise for the lengthy timeframe in acknowledging entries and announcing the winner and runners up in second and third place.

We are pleased to announce the winning entrant has been chosen. The artwork featured on the Access Advocacy Kit’s postcard was created by Yuemei Lim. 

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  Second place went to Peter Gee

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 and third place was awarded to Trudy Moore.

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Congratulations Yuemei, Peter and Trudy! Along with the postcard, we created three letter templates. Two of these can be modified and submitted to any business proprietors as needed, should you visit any venues and experience difficulties in access which restrict your use of the facilities and general enjoyment. The third letter is like a bouquet of flowers for the proprietor to say that you found that the establishment is already accessible. Resolving access issues will provide many benefits to the community and businesses, not just the 20% of Australians, or nearly four million people, who experience some form of disability. This is a large consumer group with significant purchasing power! Passing on the postcard and/ or letters to various service providers will help increase the consideration and co-operation from service providers for the wider community. 

To find out more go to the Access Advocacy Kit   

 

Universal Taxi Petition presented to Parliament

Click here to read the December 2007 Universal Taxi Group Update

PWD(WA)Inc Newsletter - Federal Election Issue!

Go to the Newsletter Page of this website to download this newsletter.

People With Disabilities(WA) Inc 2007 Annual Report

The People With Disabilities(WA) Inc 2006 Annual Report can be viewed by clicking on the Publications page of this website.

Campaign Enable - Election 2007

Campaign Enable is a national campaign to ensure the voices of people with disabilities are heard during the federal election. For details on a forum  being held in the marginal seat of Swan click on the link below.

Electorate of Swan Pre-Election forum

Universal Taxi Reference Group

Click here to read the latest update.

Be Involved

Check out the new ‘Be Involved’ page of this website for upcoming events, consultations and activities where you can have your say on issues concerning people with disabilities in WA.

The Thermoregulatory Dysfunction Energy Subsidy

The Western Australian Government has introduced the Thermoregulatory Dysfunction Energy Subsidy to help financially disadvantaged persons, or their dependents, with thermoregulatory dysfunction to offset the energy costs associated with temperature control in their homes.
The subsidy is $335 per annum and to apply, a person must complete the application form for Thermoregulatory Dysfunction Energy Subsidy and return it to the Office of State Revenue. 

For more information you can visit the website of the Office of State Revenue at www.osr.wa.gov.au, email thermodysfunction@dtf.wa.gov.au or telephone (08) 9262 1373. 

 

2007-2008 Pre Budget Submission

2007-2008 Pre-Budget Submission
The Disability Coalition of WA compiled a Pre-Budget submission which has been forwarded to key decision makers within Government and the Opposition.  Click on the Current Issues page of this website to view the submission.

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