Advocacy
At Integrated Disability Action, we provide advocacy services to support people with disabilities in standing up for their rights, accessing services, and addressing issues in their lives. Our advocates work directly with individuals to understand their needs, offer guidance, and help them navigate systems like healthcare, education, employment, and government services. Our goal is to empower people to have their voices heard and ensure they receive fair treatment and opportunities.
At IDA we strive to:
- Listen and Learn: Talk with people with disabilities, their families, carers, and guardians to understand important issues that affect them.
- Speak Up for Change: Work to improve these issues, whether they affect one person, a group, or the whole community.
- Share Information: Create and share helpful resources to raise awareness about issues that impact people with disabilities.
- Make Voices Heard: Ensure people with disabilities, their families, carers, and guardians have a say in important decisions made by governments and other organisations.
Who can have an advocate?
- IDA can assist you with your advocacy needs if you live in the local area of Darwin and/or Palmerston. Alternatively we can refer you to an advocate in your region with your specific needs in mind.
- IDA can assist you if you need to feel heard and be part if a decision.
- IDA can assist you if you are a family member or carer of as person with a disability.
What can an advocate help with?
- Understanding your rights.
- Getting fair treatment at work, school, or in the community.
- Help with the NDIS, housing, healthcare, and other services.
- Speaking up if you feel unsafe, ignored, or treated unfairly.
- Non-legal/moral support with legal or government issues.
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WHAT IS INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY IDA 2025