Abduelhadi connected with ADEC’s advocacy program, finding not only guidance but genuine care. Our advocate immediately provided crisis support through food and material aid, financial assistance referrals, and carer support connections.
Access to frontline disability advocacy is at risk due to a serious funding shortfall.
ADEC has joined with fourteen other groups across Victoria to urge the Minister for Disability, the Hon. Lizzie Blandthorn, to provide emergency funding for disability advocacy.
When Chi Lam arrived in Australia from Vietnam, she cried every day. She came in search of a better life for her autistic son, but support was very difficult to find. A new culture and communication barriers also created feelings of social isolation.