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Self-advocacy

Taking steps to solve everyday issues and being your own best advocate

What is self-advocacy

ADA Australia encourages everyone to speak up for their rights and needs and the things that are important to you. This is called self-advocacy. But we know being confident to speak for yourself or knowing where to start can be difficult. That’s why we have provided tools to help you take the first steps.

Take steps to solve everyday issues

These tools will help you to take the steps to self-advocacy. As well as a general guide to speaking for yourself, these resources cover a range of everyday issues that many older people and people with disability tell us they face, such as:

  • Knowing your rights
  • Understanding and accessing aged care support
  • Getting supports through the NDIS
  • Problems with care services or disability support you access
  • Having a say in the things that impact your life
  • Dealing with other general services, such as your telephone company or bank
  • Problems where you live
  • Options when leaving hospital
  • Dealing with pensions and Centrelink

Tools for older people

Tools for people with disability

Step by step guide

Step by step guide (easy English)

Ask for help Do you have someone you go to for advice or a decision-maker? They can help. Information about decision-makers and their role in helping you speak for yourself.

Step by step guide

Step by step guide (easy English)

Steps to take when you need to raise an issue about your disability support or care services.

Step by step guide

Step by step guide (easy English)

Steps to take when you have a problem with your phone or electricity company, or bank-bills, repayments and contracts.

Step by step guide

Step by step guide (easy English)

Step by step guide

NDIS Access (easy English)

Other languages

NDIS Access (Vietnamese)

NDIS Access (Traditional Chinese)

NDIS Access (Simplified Chinese)

NDIS Access (Spanish)

NDIS Access (Filipino)

NDIS Access (Arabic)

NDIS Access (Hindi)

NDIS Access (Japanese)

NDIS Access (Korean)

NDIS Access (Punjabi)

If you have had changes in your life, or your NDIS plan is not working well for you, you can ask the NDIS to make the changes that you need. Information about how to do this.

Step by step guide

Step by step guide (easy English)

If you have had changes in your life, or your NDIS plan is not working well for you, you can ask the NDIS to make the changes that you need. Information about how to do this.

Step by step guide

Step by step guide (easy English)

If you are 65 or over or 50 or over for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, help is available from the Australian Government through My Aged Care.

Step by step guide

Step by step guide (easy English)

Understanding your options and what to ask for.

Step by step guide

Step by step guide (easy English)

Getting advice and dealing with problems.

Step by step guide

Step by step guide (easy English)

ADA Australia offer a large collection of resources. Go to ADA Australia Resources

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