Supported Decision Making Podcast
In this series we will build our skills in supporting others in their decision-making. This kind of support is particularly important for people in our community whose decision-making has been ignored or undermined. We can help people reclaim their decision-making power through the support we offer.
Episodes
44 episodes
The Things A Body Knows: An interview with award winning poet Andy Jackson
Andy Jackson is a poet and creative writing teacher who was awarded RMIT’s Future of Health Fellowship. Andy’s book “Human Looking” – a poetry collection that gives voice to a range of experiences of people with disability – won the 2022 Prime ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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29:10
Upcoming Spring Edition of the Canberra Disability Review
The Spring 2022 Edition of the Canberra Disability Review is available soon. This edition has a focus on the experience of parents with disability. We have an interview with Eliza Hull, musician and editor of "We've Got This." We have fantastic...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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0:55
Upcoming Winter Edition of the Canberra Disability Review
Akiko Hirata, Assistant Editor and Researcher for the Canberra Disability Reviews, gives an update on the great content for the Canberra Disability Review Winter Edition. There's a lot to look forward to in this edition from the focus on inclus...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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4:26
The Sexual Health Journey: Interview with Cate Barclay and Tim Bavinton from SHFPACT
We are all on a journey towards our full truth and identity. On the journey we experience relationships, our sexuality, and gender identity. Sometimes it can be bewildering. Sometimes presumptions and even the protective inclinations of others ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:05:37
Canberra Disability Review
We have recently launched an exciting project at AFI. The Canberra Disability Review is a quarterly online magazine that reflects the breadth of experiences, perspectives, policy impacts, and concerns of people with disability in the Canberra R...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:39
Principles of Guardianship
Guardianship has been in the headlines recently. In this podcast we will explore what guardianship is, why it happens, how a guardian is appointed, and what are the things guardians are meant to do and what are limits are applied to the scope o...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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23:40
The Self Advocacy Journey
In this podcast we will reflect on four simple points about self-advocacy. The work of self-advocacy, communicating what matters to us and what is OK and not OK in our lives, is ongoing. It isn't always easy particularly when it feel likes noth...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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17:18
Diversity, Inclusion and Stories that Matter: An Interview with Dr Lisa Stafford
In this interview, with Dr Lisa Stafford, we explore what we mean when we talk about inclusion, the power and inequities involved in design and planning, and creative approaches that have connected with the views and perspectives of young peopl...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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42:32
Recognising Carers in our Community: An Interview with Lisa Kelly CEO Carers ACT
People who are carers, in our community, are a diverse group of individuals. Some have found themselves in a carer role in abrupt and unexpected circumstances. Some are caring while negotiating the challenges of childhood and adolescence. Their...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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51:09
Advocacy, Vaccinations and the Pandemic: An Interview with Nicolas Lawler CEO AFI
In this podcast we catch up with Nicolas Lawler and discuss issues related to the present lockdown in the ACT, the impact it is having on some people with disability in the community, and also concerns related to support services and vaccinatio...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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11:24
Co-Design: An Interview with Kelly Ann McKercher
In this episode we had the opportunity to explore co-design with Kelly Ann McKercher. Kelly Ann is a design expert and author of the book "Beyond Sticky Notes: Co-design for Real: Mindsets, Methods, and Movements." Our conversation considered w...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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41:08
Advocacy In A Time Of Change: An Interview with Nicolas Lawler, CEO AFI
The call for disability advocacy services has increased throughout the Covid era. Many individuals, in our community, face complex challenges and disabling barriers, and without advocacy support they have to find a way their forward alone. Nico...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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22:48
Building A Better Normal: An Interview with ACT Disability Minister Emma Davidson
In this episode we interview ACT Disability Minister Emma Davidson. Our conversation covers a range of issues including the possible changes to the NDIS system that have been flagged, the relationship between state, territory and federal govern...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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45:31
Changes to the NDIS System: Interview with Stacy Reese AFI Policy Team
The Federal Government has signaled changes to the NDIS system. The upcoming introduction of compulsory independent assessors has been met with significant concern among people with disability and their supporters. Stacy Reese joins us in this ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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36:28
OUR 2020 GUESTS
Advocacy for Inclusion had a great range of guests on our Staying Connected podcast during the challenges of 2020. Our conversations ranged from discussing how to maintain mental health and find safety from domestic violence, the ongoing work o...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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31:33
Providing advocacy in the time of Covid-19 - Interview with Nicolas Lawler, CEO AFI
COVID-19 has brought a lot of challenges to how we live and work, for people with disability we know there have been extra challenges. Advocacy organisations, like AFI, have been inundated with calls for support over the last 6 months of the pa...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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34:51
Community Need in an Election Year: An Interview with Dr Emma Campbell, CEO ACTCOSS
The value of the community sector becomes most apparent in challenging times when communities are faced with hardship when individuals are most vulnerable. It's the community sector that steps in to listen and advocate to support and rebuild, t...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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33:30
Students with disability during COVID-19 - Interview with Mary Sayers CEO, CYDA
When physical schools have closed down, and education has gone online the challenges have proven all the greater in the homes of children and young people with disability. In this episode, we speak with Mary Sayers CEO of Children and Young Peo...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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36:17
'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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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13:14
Rights in the time of Covid-19
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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15:48
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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31:20
More than Isolated - Interview with Mary Sayers, CEO of CYDA
Today we speak with Mary Sayers, CEO of Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) about their 'more than isolated report'.Children and Young People with Disability Australia launched a survey in the early days of COVID-19 i...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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30:17
Fixing the system: preventing violence abuse and neglect of people with disability- with Bonnie Millen, Senior Policy Advisor
Today the Interim Report into Ann-Marie Smith's death has been released. In this episode, Rob speaks with our Senior Policy Advisor, Bonnie Millen about the report, the recommendations and how the system needs to change to prevent tragedies lik...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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31:50
Talking about the ACT COVID-19 Disability Strategy
The ACT Government has just released a Covid-19 Disability Strategy.In this episode, we discuss the main points of the strategy. "The ACT Government has heard the concerns of Canberrans with disability and the disability secto...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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8:29
The Disability Royal Commission in the time of Covid-19: An interview with Kate Eastman SC.
We are joined today by Kate Eastman Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission. Kate is a barrister with a significant background as an advocate for human rights and won the 2019 Human Rights Law Award. We discuss the Royal Commission and ho...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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43:34