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Review of Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities
The review of the Charter provides an opportunity to reflect on how well the Charter has been used to protect the rights of Victoria’s more vulnerable citizens. It also provides an opportunity to consider where there have been any gaps or shortfalls in its application to its intended purpose and to identify ways of strengthening or extending these protections beyond the current parameters of the Charter.

Download VALID's Submission here

Call to Parties
The 'Call to Parties' document was prepared by the Coalition for Disability Rights in the lead up to the 2010 State Election

The Call to Parties document can be downloaded here in pdf format.

The Coalition for Disability Rights brings together people with a disability, families, carers, advocacy bodies and disability support provider organisations to work together to ensure that people with a disability and their families have the right to be fully participating citizens of Australia.
Our Forgotten Families
 Issues and challenges faced by parents with a disability in Victoria
A summary of the experiences and issues as reported by Victorian parents with disabilities and practitioners associated with the Parents With a Disability Community Network (PWDCN) in 2009. 		Medicare Fact sheet
NSW CID has prepared a fact sheet to provide information to families, advocates and disability workers about some of the key items in Medicare that will be available to many people with intellectual disabilities.
Download fact sheet here in Word        Download fact sheet here in pdf format
Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry 
Supported accommodation for those with disability and mental illness.
VALID Joint Submission         VDAN 		Progress and Challenges
The Office of the Senior Practitioner presentation
Kevin Stone, VALID   Download presentation here in Word
Individualised Funding
VALID's Principles

The advocacy role of disability support workers.
 NDIS Take Action

 		Every Australian Counts is the campaign for the introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme. The NDIS will revolutionise the way people with a disability, their families and carers are supported in this country.

The NDIS will be a new support system for people with a disability, their families and carers. It will transform the way services are funded and delivered, ensuring people are better supported and enabling them to have greater choice and control.