Why does Queensland disability advocacy matter?
Get the facts and show your support for Queenslanders with disability and the advocacy organisations that support them.
In the last 12 months, Queensland Disability Advocacy Alliance organisations:
Delivered advocacy support to more than 6,000 Queenslanders with disability.
Provided almost 41,000 hours of support to Queenslanders with disability.
Employ 90 staff across Queensland.
Engage with 3,750 members and supporters in Queenslanders.
Don’t silence us.
The Queensland Government currently provides $4.9 million a year to independent individual, systemic, and citizen disability advocacy services across the state. However, this funding ends on 30 June 2021 and no commitment has been given by the state government to continue funding these vital services into the future.
There has never been a more important time for the voices of people with disability to be heard, particularly after the disturbing reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation we’ve heard at the Disability Royal Commission.
Independent advocacy services assist people with disability to protect their rights, including accessing quality mainstream services and working to make systemic changes to discriminatory laws or policies.
Independent disability advocacy is critical to making our communities more inclusive and without it, many of the 900,000 Queenslanders with disability would be left behind and silenced.