• AGM:
  Date: Saturday 12 May 2012, 2pm - 4pm
  Location: TBC
  Guest Speakers: TBC
  
  If you would like a soft copy of the Agenda, Minutes or more information about our Guest Speakers, please contact our Administration Officer via the Contact Us page.
  

• Amputee Support Group / Acquired Brain Injury
  Please contact the IdA Office.

CAMPAIGN FOR CHANGE

Integrated disAbility Action Inc (IdA) actively campaigns for positive change on identified issues of interest, which may be specific to an individual and/or systemic in nature. Feedback obtained from our members enables IdA to address issues affecting people with disability, their carers and families. ‘Campaign for Change’ details who we are talking to, what we are doing and what is happening.

Transport is a long standing issue that IdA has been addressing for many years. Again it has been brought to the forefront due to the number of overwhelming responses in a recent survey. In response IdA recently wrote to the Acting Executive Director of the Northern Territory Government Department of Transport addressing the many issues people with disability are forced to live with daily in regards to the Multi Purpose Taxis (MPT).

An IdA representative was also asked to present at the Department of Planning and Infrastructure’s Commercial Passenger Vehicles inaugural Strategic Planning Day. A recommendation of this presentation was to have a small committee that could work to develop viable solutions to the many issues raised. IdA is pleased that the NT government has acted on this recommendation and implemented a MPT Services Working Group. The group met for the first time in late April 2011.

• Productivity Commission – Public inquiry on Disability Care and Support. The Productivity Commission has been asked by the Australian Government to undertake a public inquiry into a long-term disability care and support scheme. Visit the Productivity Commissions’ website to view the draft report:
  http://www.pc.gov.au/projects/inquiry/disability-support

• National Disability Insurnce Scheme. Every Australian Counts in the campaign for the introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This will revolutionise the way people with a disability, their families and carers are supported in this country. The NDIS will make it easier for people to access essential care, support, therapy, equipment, early intervention and training.
  
  Join the campaign – support people with a disability and their families to achieve independence. Visit their website for more news, information and what YOU can do to make it count! > NDIS Website

May
26th - Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, Cancer Council
http://www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/

July
10th - 16th - National Diabetes Week, Diabetes Australia
http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/

August
Disability Awareness Week
http://www.cdu.edu.au/daw/

October
4th - 11th - National Amputee Awareness Week, Limbs for Life
http://www.limbs4life.com  

December
3rd – International Day for People with Disability
http://www.idpwd.com.au