Advocacy Projects Manager @PWDAustralia, working in violence prevention and on the Royal Commission Disability Supports project. Follow or RT =/= approval

Joined May 2014
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Dr Jess Cadwallader retweeted
6 Apr 2017
Appearing before the #NotMyDebt Centrelink Inquiry? @ACOSS has this handy guide bit.ly/2oG9xAG
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Our members do fantastic stuff.... The Youth Network of Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is running a... fb.me/2QvBudkus

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Yep - these kinds of 'routine' non-consensual processes happen all the time in disability land. x.com/nswcid/status/84876529…

3 Apr 2017
Yes - this remains a problem @WWDA_Youth @JessPWDA @GregHuntMP @BradHazzard x.com/akavanagh_melb/status/…
Dr Jess Cadwallader retweeted
Finch: the NDIS (and NDS) will help education reform. But it will not make schools more inclusive of students with disability. #disabilityed
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Finch: NDIS will not help build ramps in schools, nor stop stigma and discrimination around disability. #disabilityed
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Gutierrez: "Shawn" was put into time out room because of behaviour, later called jail by one of his teachers. #disabilityed
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Gutierrez: must look at root cause of Shawn's behaviour. Could be due to disability, could be environmental factors. #disabilityed
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Finch: data only captures students who are deemed to have disability, but with social model, disability goes much broader. #disabilityed
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It's about time they reviewed this. Children with disability are poorly serves by the current Reportable Conduct arrangements #disabilityed x.com/pwdaustralia/status/84…

David Shoebridge: ombudsman reviewing class or kind determination - does PWDA support this? #disabilityed
Not bad feedback before I head off on parental leave (Friday). So glad to get the info about Reportable Conduct out there! x.com/pwdaustralia/status/84…

Speaker thanks Dr Cadwallader especially for her input. Thanks to 3 other witnesssss from PWDA too. #disabilityed
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Dr Jess Cadwallader retweeted
PWDA staff will be speaking at Inquiry into the education of students with a disability or special needs in New South Wales schools soon.
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PWDA's submission for Inquiry into Students with a disability or special needs in New South Wales schools Is here pwd.org.au/documents/Submiss…

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The webcast of Inquiry into the education of students with a disability or special needs in NSW schools is here: parliament.nsw.gov.au/pages/…

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We will be live tweeting their key points at the Inquiry into the education of students with a disability or special needs in NSW schools.
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Giving evidence to the NSW Inquiry into Students with Disability at 1.15 with @KateMFinch, @MeredithPWDA & Paulina (advocate) #disabilityed
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Szoredi:I didn't talk out about her breakdown as I was afraid of being a ward of the state, esp as I knew what happened to her in care #ph57
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Szoredi is now reading her statement. She is 24 years old, and her mother was a survivor of CSA in out of home care #ph57
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This panel also includes Dr Graham Gee, Registered Psychologist Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, giving evidence from video link #ph57
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This morning's panel includes Ms Szoredi, daughter of a survivor, reading a statement #ph57
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