Sharing your Experience with the Disability Royal Commission

Would you like to make a submission to the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) but don’t know how? 

Think you should contribute your lived experience to the Disability Royal Commission but wonder if it’s “big enough”? 

Wondering what the Disability Royal Commission is really all about? 

Then this workshop is for you.

AM session: from 9am-12noon or

PM session: from 5:30pm-8pm

About the workshop: 

The six Commissioners at the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) want to hear your stories of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation as someone who has a disability, or cares for someone with a disability. They’re doing this with the aim of understanding the breadth of these experiences and enabling systemic change to the way people with disability are treated in this country.

And if you need help, there are advocates who can help you put your story together. The DRC has just been extended until September 2023 so there is time for you to have your voice heard.

Come and meet DRC advocates Nance Haxton and Linda McKee at one of these workshops to discuss how, and whether you should make a submission.

Nance and Linda work for advocacy group Speaking Up For You (SUFY) and their job is to inform people about the DRC and help people put together their submissions.

Submissions do not have to be super formal and academic. You can write a short paragraph or poem, or a 20,000 word document, or anything in between. Submissions do not even have to be written! You can record your story on your phone and send that in as a submission.

Come to the workshop to become informed about the scope of the DRC, all of the different ways you can tell your story to the Commission, and how to do so safely.

Download the pdf Flyer here (pdf)

Download the Accessible flyer here (word doc)

This workshop is hosted by CRU and SUFY.

There is no cost to attend, but registration is essential.