Australian Federation of Disability Organisations - AFDO Newsletter

AFDO inaugral CEO elected President World Blind Union
AFDO congratulates Maryanne Diamond on her election, unopposed, to the presidency of the World Blind Union.

Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services

AFDO Newsletter - September 2012

mitchell — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:27:44 +1000

September 2012

247 Flinders Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone: 03 9662 3324
TTY: 03 9662 3374
Fax: 03 9662 3325
Email: office@afdo.org.au
Web: www.afdo.org.au

Table of Contents

AFDO HOSTS OUR FRIENDS FROM KIRIBATI 3
EDUCATION 4
PUBLIC TRANSPORT 6
NDIS ENGAGEMENT 9
SHADOW REPORT ON THE CRPD 10
CENTRELINK 11

Established in 2004, AFDO is a cross disability human rights organisation. Its membership consists of a number of national and state Disabled People’s Organisations including Blind Citizens Australia, Brain Injury Australia, Deaf Australia, Deafness Forum, National Association of People Living with HIV/Aids, National Council on Intellectual Disability, National Ethnic Disability Alliance, Short Statured Persons of Australia, Disability Resources Centre, Disability Justice Advocacy, People with Disabilities Western Australia and Australia for All. As well as these full members AFDO has a number of associate members. AFDO is in the unique position of bringing the concerns of people with a disability from a range of individual disability diagnoses and demographic factors as well as cross disability organisations together to form a combined and strong voice for people with a disability.

November 2010 issue

brenda — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:53:15 +1100

Welcome to the AFDO Newsletter for November 2010. In this issue, you'll find lots of information about what AFDO has been doing, including:

- Attending the Australian Disability and Development Consortium conference in Darwin, along with some self advocates

AFDO Newsletter February 2010

leah — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:10:47 +1100

The first edition of the AFDO Newsletter for 2010 contains a range of articles about our work and work happening in the sector, including:

An update on the AFDO Human Rights Monitoring Project, which is examining how AFDO might monitor the human rights of people with disability now and into the future;

April 2008 Volume 2, Issue 1

brenda — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:16:06 +1000

Welcome to the first edition of the AFDO newsletter for 2008.

In this issue ....

First AFDO Conference
In October this year, AFDO will hold its first conference. This will be an extremely exciting event and the organisation is well underway.

Impact of Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
Our agreement with FaHCSIA is to oversee the consultation process and, interpret feedback from the disability sector and assist the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) and the Attorney General’s Department (AGD) to ensure that work created is appropriate to the needs of people with disability.

October 2007 Issue 3, Vol 1

brenda — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:49:46 +1100

October 2007 AFDO Newsletter

In this issue ....

Report from CEO

Staff Changes
AFDO welcomes new CEO

Party Policy Update Links
Political Parties - sites outlining the policies affecting people with disability.

National Policy Officer Report
Flexible Housing Options Forum