Inclusion Australia

05/11/2026

It has been over a month since we launched the Self Advocacy for Everyone website! We call it SAFE.

We encourage you to explore the new website and discover the many resources available to support self advocacy across Australia.

On the website, you can:

• Learn about your rights
• Read stories from people with an intellectual disability
• Connect with self advocacy groups and peer support
• Get help through the SAFE Helpdesk.

Learn more on the SAFE website: https://ow.ly/3nuz50ZUjG5

05/11/2026

Children and Young People with Disability Australia is hosting a workshop with parents and families about their experiences supporting a young person with an intellectual disability navigate employment.

Your insights will help to create new employment resources for young people.

Expressions of interest close next Wednesday 11 November. The workshop is on Thursday 26 November.

Find out more below.

Leaving school and working out what comes next can be confusing for young people, their families and caregivers.

What information would have made it easier? What support made a difference? What’s still missing?

Your experience can shape practical, accessible resources for young people with intellectual disability and the families who support them.

📅 November 26, 5pm AEDT | Online
👉 Register your interest: https://ow.ly/3Pg95101zNu

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05/11/2026

Sign up for our monthly e-Newsletter! Available in Easy Read and a big version.

It's a great way to keep up to date with what is happening at Inclusion Australia.

It has all the latest in:
• what we have been up to
• our projects
• new resources
• and more!

Sign up here: http://eepurl.com/g1xyaD

It’s also a great way to find out about our member organisations and the things that are happening in your state or territory.

04/11/2026

Want to learn more about supporting the health of people with an intellectual disability?

The Primary Care Engagement Program is hosting a free lunchtime webinar series for disability support workers, team leaders, managers, nurses, family members and carers.

The webinars will share practical information and strategies that will help you support the health and wellbeing of people with an intellectual disability.

The 4 sessions are:
• 12 November: Preparing for GP visits
• 19 November: Preparing to go to hospital
• 26 November: Emergency planning
• 3 December: Oral health

All sessions are free and held online. You are welcome to attend 1 or all 4.

To find out more about each session or register, visit

04/11/2026

The Council for Intellectual Disability (CID) She Can Ask That workshop explores how you can support woman with an intellectual disability to make informed decisions about safe relationships and reproductive health.

The workshop is next Thursday 12 November at 11am (AEDT).

It will be co-facilitated by CID team members with lived experience of an intellectual disability.

Find out more in the post below.

03/11/2026

Planning for the future can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to do it alone.

Our Planning for the future webpage brings together information and resources to help people with an intellectual disability and their families plan ahead.

You will find planning resources about:

• Home and living
• Health
• Emergencies
• End of life
• Legal
• Creating a good life

Planning early gives everyone more time to think about what they want, make informed choices and prepare for the future.

Explore Planning for the future resources here: https://www.inclusionaustralia.org.au/families/planning-for-the-future/

03/11/2026

Can you help shape the way disability is talked about in the community?

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is inviting people with a disability from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, migrant, refugee and other culturally diverse communities to share their experiences and help update PWDA's Disability Language Guide.

To take part you need to:
- Take part in a 2 hour online focus group
- Spend about 3 hours preparing
- Register your interest by Thursday 5 November

The focus groups will be held on Friday 6 November, Thursday 12 November and Friday 13 November. You will only need to attend 1 session and will receive a $250 gift card for your time.

Find out more below or express your interest with PWDA by this Thursday 5 November here: https://buff.ly/GAWRAnO

01/11/2026

Positive Powerful Parents is a self advocacy group run by and for parents with an intellectual disability.

Their Flipping the Script training is designed and delivered by parents with lived experience of intellectual disability and involvement in systems.

The free training explores:
• Supports for parents with an intellectual disability
• Community attitudes and unconscious bias
• Practical ways to create positive change

Sessions are running across November and December in Melbourne.

Find out more and book your place: https://positivepowerfulparents.com.au/news/

30/10/2026

We are watching how the NDIS reforms are being implemented closely.

Senate Estimates are an important opportunity to understand how these changes are working in practice, and what is being done to keep people safe.

We want more information about how people with an intellectual disability and their families will be supported and listened to if they are affected by changes to their plans.

People need safe and accessible ways to raise concerns, ask questions and get help when they need it.

We wrote to the media to tell them what we are worried about. Read our statement on our website here: https://ow.ly/Ol6B5102j0n

30/10/2026

Seven years ago, Inclusion Australia was a very different organisation.

Since then, our reach, influence and impact have grown substantially. We have strengthened our advocacy, expanded our work and our membership, built our organisation to increase our visibility and helped ensure that the voices of people with an intellectual disability and their families are heard in some of the most important national conversations.

Catherine McAlpine has been at the centre of that journey.

After leading Inclusion Australia as CEO for more than six and a half years and supporting our leadership transition earlier this year, Catherine will finish with Inclusion Australia today after just over seven years with the organisation.

Catherine stepped down from the CEO role earlier this year and has remained with Inclusion Australia to support the transition. Her contribution has been significant. Not only in what Inclusion Australia has achieved, but in the strength of the organisation she leaves behind.

Inclusion Australia's board, members and team are enormously grateful for the leadership, commitment and care she has brought to our organisation over many years, and proud of everything that has been achieved during her time with us.

We are also grateful for the care she has taken to support the leadership transition and help set Inclusion Australia up for the future.

Thank you, Catherine, and all the very best for the next chapter.