Our advocacy
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Our advocacy
ACD advocates for children with disability in a number of ways.
Through our Support Line, workshops and information resources we empower families with the knowledge, skills and confidence to advocate for their child.
We also raise issues that impact all children with disability and their families directly with key decision makers.
We do this by:
- Meeting with key MPs and government ministers
- Giving families the opportunity to talk directly to MPs and government ministers
- Making submissions to royal commissions, government inquiries and reviews
- Participating in a number of government advisory committees
- Partnering with other organisations
Over the past 12 months we have:
Campaigns
- Advocated for support for children with disability during COVID
- Promoted inclusive local communities through our Local Government Action Plan
Presentations
- Public Accounts and Estimates Committee – Inquiry into the Victorian Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Roundtable on remote and flexible learning for students with disability
- Joint Parliamentary Committee on NDIS
Submissions
- Review of the Victorian Disability Act
- Victorian State Disability Plan 2021-2025
- Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS – Independent assessments
- Supporting young children and families to reach their potential (NDIA)
- Review of the Disability Standards for Education (2020)
Advisory committees
- Disability Inclusion Advisory Group (DET)
- Disability Act Review Advisory Group
- Roadmap to Reform Ministerial Advisory Group – Implementation Committee
- Victorian Community Advisory Council NDIS
Downloads
- ACD Submission to the Productivity Commission's inquiry into ECEC (PDF)
- ACD Submission for the assessment and support services for people with ADHD (PDF)
- ACD Submission to the review into the impact of COVID on students with disability (PDF)
- ACD Snapshot school experiences of children with disability and their families (PDF)
- ACD Submission to the joint standing committee on NDIS culture (PDF)
- ACD Submission to the Disability Royal Commission (PDF)
- ACD Snapshot Making kindergarten more inclusive (PDF)
- A better education for students with disability (PDF)
- Our hopes for our children and the NDIS (PDF)
- ACD Submission - Review of the Victorian Disability Act (PDF)
- ACD & Amaze Joint Statement - Support for students with disability during lockdown 4 (PDF)
- ACD Submission to Victorian State Disability Plan 2021-2025 (PDF)
- ACD Vic & ACD Tas Submission - Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS - Specific issues for children and independent assessments (PDF)
- ACD Submission - Supporting young children and families to reach their potential (PDF)
- Not just five days: ACD response to the snap lockdown (PDF)
- COVID Recovery Plan (PDF)
- Response to the Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2020 (PDF)
- ACD Local Government Action Plan (PDF)
- Presentation to the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee – Inquiry into the Victorian Government's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)
- ACD and Amaze welcome Victorian government announcement (PDF)
- Joint Statement from ACD and Amaze on support for students with disability (PDF)
- Reflections on remote flexible schooling during COVID-19 (PDF)
- ACD Submission to the Inquiry into the Victorian Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF)
- ACD Statement on the death of Willow Dunn (PDF)
- Submission to Review of the NDIS Act and Participant Service Guarantee (PDF)
- Submission to Joint Standing Committee into NDIS Planning (PDF)
- ACD Federal Election Platform 2019 (PDF)