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The Virtual Centre
for
Women and Girls
with Disability
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Women with Disabilities Australia
(WWDA) will make a new website for
women and girls with disability
The website will have information for women
and girls with disability
WWDA got money from the National Disability
Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to help make this
website
The Website is called the Virtual Centre for
Women and Girls with Disability
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Some words you may not know
Violence
Violence is when someone hurts you
There are many types of violence
Violence can be when someone
hits you
touches you in places you do not want
them to
does not give you your medicine
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Violence is also when someone
yells at you
calls you bad words
takes your money
breaks your things
does not let you go out
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Some words you may not know
Disability Some people have a disability
A Disability can make it hard to do things.
Like
you need a wheelchair
you cannot talk well
it is hard to read
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A disability is also when
it is hard to see
you need an aid to hear
it is hard to think clearly
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The Virtual Centre website
will have information on lots of things. Like
leaders
health
sex
The website will also have information on 7
Choices
violence
Leaders8
The website will have information on your right
to do things
like
be a leader
work
go to School
It will also have information on your rights to do
things in your community.
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Like
meet other people
vote in elections
Choices
The website will have information on
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what is a choice
how to make a choice
your right to make a decision
your rights in law
Sex and Health
The website will have information on:
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how to look after your health
what is sex
how to have safer sex
The website will also have information on
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your right to have a baby
when you have a baby
Violence
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The website will have information on violence:
like
what is violence
your right to be safe
what to do when
-someone is violent to you
or
-you feel unsafe
The Website
The website will have
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things to read
pictures
films to watch
Who can use the website?
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you
your friends
your family
Other people can use the website. Like
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services you use
researchers
the Government
We want to know what you want on the
website
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what you want to find on the website
what the website should look like
what websites are easy for you to use
You can tell us what you want in lots of
ways.
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you can do a survey on the computer
you can come to a meet up
you can send an email. [email protected]
call. 0448 417 875
Need more information
or
help to know what all this means?
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Call. 0448 417 850
Send an email. [email protected]
Relay service
Call 1800 555 677
or
TTY 133 677
Ask for 1800 737 732
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Need a translator
Call 131 450
Ask for 1800 737 732
In danger now.
Call 000
To talk to some one about violence.
Call 1800 737 732.
or
Chat online at
www.1800respect.org.au.
Acknowledgements
Authorship
Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) wrote the content for this
booklet
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Copyright
© Copyright Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) Inc. 2019
The information in this booklet is for general education and
information purposes only.
All intellectual property rights, including copyright and patents, in
these booklets are owned and licensed by Women with Disabilities
Australia Inc.
Funding Acknowledgement
The Virtual Centre project is funded by the National Disability
Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in collaboration with Women with
Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
Image Licensing
Easy on the I Images © 2018 Leeds and York Partnership NHS
Foundation Trust. Used with permission. www.easyonthei.nhs.uk
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