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CRUcial Times 1: December 1994

This is the first ever edition of CRUcial Times.

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This edition contains the following articles:

Editorial

CRU Presidents Report

Mike Duggan

Consumer participation in monitoring service standards

Institutional reform

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The Good Life

Bringing the Good Life to Life: a website that offers strategies to create and sustain this for a person with disability.

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2 days ago

Inclusive Education is a human right, but securing that right often requires advocacy. Having a working knowledge of key policies and laws provides a useful foundation for that advocacy – even if you never intend to resort to legal action. Queensland’s new Human Rights Act may provide some further protections from discrimination for students with disability, and from other issues which could arise in the future. This session presented by CRU’s colleagues from Queensland Advocacy Incorporated - QAI will provide an overview of the new legislation, other key laws, and a range of avenues for making complaints or resolving school issues. Join CRU and Emma Phillips and Nikki Parker from QAI for this informative online workshop being held via zoom on Wednesday 21st October. REGISTER HERE https://events.humanitix.com/using-the-human-rights-act-to-protect-the-rights-of-students-with-disab….

Image text: Families for Inclusive Education ONLINE LEARNING – Workshop for Parents. Using the Human Rights Act to Protect the Rights of Students with Disabilities in QLD. Wednesday 21st October, 2020. 10am to 11:30am. QAI logo, CRU Logo and Qld Government Logo with text Proudly supported by the Queensland Government through the Department of Education. ... View more about this articleView less about this article

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4 days ago

What you can do as a family to get started?

Do you know how to help your high schooler begin their journey to meaningful employment? – their first work experience or first paid job?

Are you wondering about life after high school and about how to start building a career for your son or daughter?

In the second half of 2020, CRU are starting work together on a new three-year project to support young people with disability and their families to engage with employment.

This program aims to inspire, increase the confidence of and motivate students with a disability and their families to make a start on the road to employment.

We’ll share information about the dates and times of these webinars and workshops soon, so join our mailing list to find out more.

This project is in partnership with Family Advocacy (NSW) and Imagine More (ACT) and is funded by the NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme Information Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC).
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In the second half of 2020, CRU – Community Resource Unit (QLD), Family Advocacy (NSW) and Imagine More (ACT) will start to work together on a new three year project to support young people with ...

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2 weeks ago

CRU is pleased to support next week’s webinar that discusses Australia’s next National Disability Strategy. It is being run by the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health.

The National Disability Strategy is a critical policy for Australia’s future. The new Strategy provides an opportunity for all levels of government in Australia to create meaningful opportunities for people with disability, recognise and respect human rights and ensure all Australians’ needs are considered now and if the future. But people with disability and their families need to provide constructive comment and innovative ideas to ensure this occurs.

Register on the link below.The Commission and The University of Melbourne's Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health are hosting a webinar on Australia's next National Disability Strategy.

The new Strategy is a once in a decade opportunity to create change. We invite everyone who is interested to attend, and to share this invitation with anyone else who may be interested.

The webinar will be held on Thursday, 24 September from 1-3 pm via Zoom. Auslan and closed captioning will be available.

For more details and to register, please visit https://events.humanitix.com/panel-discussion-national-disability-strategy-beyond-2020/

Senator Anne Ruston
New Zealand Human Rights Commission
First Peoples Disability Network
Children and Young People with Disability Australia

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4 weeks ago

I Choose Inclusion produced by Queensland Parents for People with a Disability (QPPD) in 2011 has been a valuable handbook for Queensland advocates for inclusive education for close to a decade, but it was out of print and out of date.
CRU has recently produced an updated version of I Choose Inclusion which includes information and links to the DoE Inclusive Education policy, NCCD, UNCRPD General Comment no 4, the Queensland Human Rights Act, and more.
It still includes valuable information for families on dealing with barriers to inclusive education, advocacy and meeting strategies, and the fundamentals of school inclusion.
Hard copies are available on request by emailing EducationProject@cru.org.au or you can download it via the link below. You can also join an online workshop on aspects of I Choose Inclusion at 10am on Tuesday 8th September. Register via our website.

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1 month ago

Inclusive Education is a right for all children and backed by more than 50 years of evidence, but sadly many young children with disability are still directed away from the regular school. Even when students are in the regular school, there can be subtle and not so subtle messages that can erode a family’s positive vision and expectations of school inclusion.

CRU’s new publication, Dreaming Big, Standing Strong: Queensland Stories of Inclusive Education, features 26 moving and illuminating Queensland stories of inclusive education to encourage and inspire families and others that inclusion is not just possible – but benefits everyone. These stories also contribute clarity on likely barriers and what families need to know to stay on an inclusive path and build a rich included life.

CRU thanks the young people, families, educators and allies who generously wrote for this collection. CRU’s Families for Inclusive Education Project is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through the Department of Education.

Please share so all young people and their families can Dream Big and Stand Strong.

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