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What is Disability?

A disability is any difference or condition that makes it harder for the person (or their carer) to take part in everyday life.

It can be:

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Physical – affecting a person’s movement or health. For example being in a wheelchair or having cerebral palsy
Mental – illness that impact the way a person thinks, feels or acts. For example Anxiety, Bipolar or the impact of trauma.
Intellectual – disabilities that make it hard for someone to communicate, learn or remember things. For example Learning disability, Brain injury or Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Sensory – affecting a person’s senses such as their hearing, sight or social communication. For example Autism, being blind or deaf.

What are Legal Issues?

Legal issues are where people have problems with the law or in protecting their rights.

These could pop up in areas such as:

Contact with the police or the criminal justice system
Family issues – like domestic violence or custody of kids
Discrimination – problems accessing things like education, housing, employment, health services, shops, transport, sport or other services because of a person’s Aboriginality or disability
Getting what they’re entitled to – like support under the NDIS, benefits or adequate housing