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Deidre Griffiths, Principal Solicitor & EO, Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc.

Publications by Intellectual Disability Rights Service Inc. (NSW)

Question of Rights, 1998

Rights in Residence, 1996

Intellectual Disability: a Manual for Criminal Lawyers, Mark Ierace, 1989

Available from Intellectual Disability Rights Service Inc. Tel: (02) 9318 0144.

Publications by Villamanta Publishing & Training Service

Details about these publications are available from Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc.

Tel: (03) 5229 2925 or go to Villamanta's website at www.villamanta.org.au.

People who have an Intellectual Disability and the Criminal Justice System, 2010

Your Rights, Your Choices. For people who have an intellectual disability, 2009

Cripples, Coons, Fags and Fems: A look at how four human rights movements have fought prejudice, 1999

Managing Finances: A trainers manual and workbook for carers and professionals managing the finances of older people and people with disabilities, 1998

Duty of Care: Who's responsible? A guide for carers supporting people with disabilities, 1997

Money for Life: A guide to financial management options for older people and people with disabilities, 1997

Right of Access: A guide to developing Action Plans and improving access for people with disabilities, 1997

Duty of Care and Negligence: A training manual for carers and support workers, 1996

Managing Mortality: Euthanasia on trial, 1996

Bound by Law: An investigation into the regulation of restraint, seclusion and aversive therapy used with people with an intellectual disability, 1995

Oliver Twist has Asked for More: The politics and practice of getting justice for people with disabilities, 1994

Also see:

Guardianship and Administration Advocates' Guide 2007. (A joint publication of Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc. and the Mental Health Legal Centre Inc. See "Other publications", below, for further details.)

Other publications

D'Argaville, M. & Bright, J., 1995, Right to Consider: A practical guide for lawyers on mental impairment and the law, Leo Cussen Institute

Office of the Public Advocate, 1997, Working for Justice: People with mental impairment and the police interview process – the role of the independent third person

Victoria Legal Aid & Office of the Public Advocate, 2005, Securing their Future: for parents of children and adult children with a decision-making disability

Victoria Legal Aid, Disability Discrimination Legal Service and Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc., 2006, Using disability discrimination law

Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc. & Mental Health Legal Centre Inc., 2007, Guardianship and Administration Advocates' Guide 2007. (Online publication accessible at www.villamanta.org.au or at www.communitylaw.org.au/clc_mentalhealth/cb_pages/guardian_advocates_guide.php. Follow the link from the "Education & Information" section.

The Library Service of the Department of Human Services has an extensive range of written and audio visual material. Tel: 1300 650 172.

Useful websites

Department of Human Services: www.dhs.vic.gov.au/disability

Disability Services Commissioner: www.odsc.vic.gov.au

Office of the Senior Practitioner: www.dhs.vic.gov.au/ds/osp

Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc.: www.villamanta.org.au

FURTHER READING :: Last updated: Thu Jul 1st 2010