Supported Decision Making Podcast - Rights in the time of Covid-19

Rights in the time of Covid-19

07/22/20 • 15 min

We are living in a time when decisions are being made that we would not have imagined possible 12 months ago. This is a time when human rights are quite appropriately on many people's radar. In this podcast, we revisit what are Human Rights and what that means for all of us in the time of COVID-19.

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Community Recovery: An Interview with Suzanne Orr ACT Minister for Disability

Today we speak to the ACT Minister for Disability Suzanne Orr. We cover the ACT Disability Strategy and the roadmap to recovery, and how people with disability will be supported throughout the recovery.
Show links:
Canberra Relief Network: https://canberrarelief.com.au/
Canberra Roadmap to Recovery: https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/community/canberra-recovery#:~:text=02)%206205%200900.-,Canberra's%20Recovery%20Plan%3A%20Community%20Recovery%20Roadmap,hail%20and%20now%20COVID%2D19.&text=The%20Phase%201%20snapshot%20in,reduce%20cost%20of%20living%20pressures.

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'Forgotten Workforce' - The University of Melbourne Report on Disability Support

DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKERS: THE FORGOTTEN WORKFORCE IN COVID-19 describes the findings from a national survey of 357 disability support workers (DSWs) conducted online between May and June 2020.
In this episode, Rob discusses the results of this survey and that doing the right thing by people with disability means doing the right thing by people who support them.
You can read the report here: https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/news-and-events/disability-support-workers-and-covid-19-findings-from-our-survey

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