Ability Incorporated welcomes parents and service providers to seek information and support whenever needed. Referral can be made by ringing us yourself, instructing another service to ring us on your behalf or asking your family or carer to help you. People from non-english speaking backgrounds, aboriginals and torres strait islanders are welcome under the above criteria. All policies for the service are developed in consultation with consumers, management committee, staff, volunteers and other interested people. People with disabilities are treated stereotypically and the needs of individuals are misunder-stood, often wilfully.
Powerful interests portray and treat people with disability as being of little importance.
Advocacy needs to conceptualise and engage in the problem of power, it is a process of challenging assumptions and ideas about people. We support individuals or groups in any decisions that are made about them. We encourage and support people to have a say in what type of services they are receiving. We give support to parents of family members with disabilities. We support families at meetings to ensure they are not disadvantaged by jargon.