Stop Abuse Booklet
Read this to learn about abuse and how to speak up about abuse.
Racism Hurts Me Because
Self Advocates from Power in Culture and Ethnicity (PCE) share why racism hurts them. They also sharetimes where they feel power in their culture.
Report from the Hand in Hand Parent Meeting
Read this report to hear the voices of parents with Intellectual disability. Parents talk about their experiences with services and supports that were available to them.
ABC Interview about Rainbow Rights
Listen to this to hear Cameron Bloomfield from Rainbow Rights talks about Rainbow Rights’s Anthem in an interview with the ABC. Rainbow Rights is a self-advocacy group run by and for people with an intellectual disability in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTIQA+) community.
What is an Institution?
Watch this to hear Self Advocates with disability explain what an institution is and why they are a problem. Self Advocates say people should respect people with disability’s human rights.
Colin Hiscoe’s Life Story
Read this to hear the life story of Colin Hiscoe AM, a self advocate with intellectual disability that has been Reinforce Self Advocacy’s President. Reinforce Self Advocacy is Australia’s oldest Self Advocacy Organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability.
Colin and John Protest to Close Institutions
John and Colin Hiscoe are self advocates with intellectual disability. Watch this to hear them share their story of protesting in 1989 to close institutions.
Ray Grove Speaks Up about Closing Institutions
Ray Groves was a self advocate with intellectual disability who was a member of Self Advocacy Radio Show Raising Our Voices. Watch this video to hear Ray shared his story of speaking up to close institutions.
Terry’s Story of Living in Institutions
Watch this to hear Terry share his story of growing up in institutions. Terry was a self advocate and activist with intellectual disability. He was also a member of Reinforce Self Advocacy, a Self Advocacy Organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability.
Reinforce – Speaking Up Over the Years
This book is about the history of Reinforce Self Advocacy, the oldest Self Advocacy Organisation run by and for people with intellectual disability in Australia. In this book you will learn about the work Reinforce has done, and about Self Advocacy.
